Cooper Williams

BLOOMINGTON, IN - 2021.08.18 -Football Fall Camp

Weight:
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Year:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Lafayette, Ind.
High School:
West Lafayette

2021
Indoor:
USTFCCCA All-Academic Honoree…selected as the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week for the week of January 27…first team All-American with the distance medley relay…second team All-American in the 600m…won the 600m with a personal record time of 1:16.58 at Big Ten Indoor Championships…also picked up third at the Big Ten Indoor Championships with the 4x400 meter relay and distance medley relay squads…won the 600m in a time of 1:16.80 at the Big Ten Open…was victorious to open the season in the 800m at the Big Ten Simmons Harvey Invitational with a time of 1:48.65…also helped the 4x400 meter relay team to third…captured to two golds at the Gladstein Invitational, in the 800m (1:48.09) and the 4x400 meter relay…took first in the mile and set a personal record of 4:03.86 at the Hoosier Hills Invitational…also captured silver with the 4x400 meter relay team…saw a pair of first place finishes (800m and DMR) at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Invitational…aided the 4x400 meter relay team at the Big Ten Indoor Track & Field Invitational to third place.

Outdoor:
Academic All-Big Ten Honoree.

2019-20
Cross Country:
Raced to 44^th at Big Ten Championships and clocked a time of 24:56.5…opened the season by finishing in 27^th with a time of 25:20.89 in the Joe Piane five mile…set a personal best in the 8K at the Pre-National Invitational with a time of 24:45.8.

Indoor:
Big Ten Distinguished Scholar…named an Academic All-Big Ten Honoree…tabbed for USTFCCCA All-Academic…earned All-America status by USTFCCCA in the 800m...placed fourth in the 800m (1:49.13) and with the 4x400m relay squad at Big Ten Championships…part of the Big Ten Championship-winning DMR team…recorded a new school record and won the 1000m with a time of 2:22.16 at Hoosier Open…won the 800m on two occasions—Vanderbilt Invitational and Indiana Relays…raced to first in the 600m at Gladstein Invitational in personal best time of 1:16.97…clocked a time of 1:17.33 in the 600m at Meyo Invitational and placed second…notched fifth in the 800m at Meyo Invitational with a time of 1:49.46…placed first with the 4x400m relay team at two meets—Hoosier Open and Gladstein Invitational…was a runner-up in the 4x400m relay at Vanderbilt Invitational…part of the 4x400m relay and DMR that placed second at Indiana Relays…ran the 800m leg of the DMR that took home bronze at the Alex Wilson Invitational.

Outdoor:
Due to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, the 2020 outdoor season was canceled.

2018-19
Cross Country:
Competed in two meets throughout the season…placed 45th in the B race at Nuttycombe with a time of 26:26.5…crossed 82^nd at Bradley Pink by clocking a time of 25:49.6.

Indoor:
Became an All-American in the 800 after going 1:47.69 at NCAA Championships… part of the All-America DMR squad at NCAA Championships… finished runner-up in the 800m at Big Ten Championships… picked up a point in 4x400-meter relay also at Big Ten Championships…opened the 2018-19 indoor season with two first place finishes in the 1000m and 4x400m at the 2018 Hoosier Open… At 2019 Indiana vs. Tennessee Duals he finished first in the mile with a time of 4:04.55 and also captured first in the 4x400m… Saw a first place podium finish in the 800m with a time of 1:49.09 at the 2019 Jim Green Track & Field Invitational… Appeared at the podium twice at the 2019 Gladstein Invitational in the 400m and 600m… At the 2019 Indiana University Relays he saw first place twice, in the 4x400m and the Distance Medley Relay… Secured fifth in the 800m with a time of 1:49.15 at the 2019 Iowa State Classic… Took first in the 800m with a time of 1:47.24 at the 2019 Alex Wilson Invitational… Finished second in the 800m at the 2019 Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships… Had two top five finishes at the 2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships: fifth in the 800m, and fourth in the Distance Medley Relay.

Outdoor:
Raced to All-America status in the 800m at NCAA Championships with a time of 1:46.45… picked up gold in the 800m at Big Ten Championships, clocking a time of 2:48.69… opened the 2019 outdoor season at the 2019 ASU Invitational with a first place finish in both the 800m and 4x400m… Competed at the 2019 Florida Relays where he saw fourth in the 1500m and second in the 4x800m with a time of 7:21.68… Appeared at the podium for a first place finish twice, in the 800m with a time of 1:48.23, and the 4x800m with a time of 7:23.81 and a fourth place finish in the 4x400m at the 2019 Tennessee Relays… At the 2019 Cardinal Classic he finished in second for the 1500m with a time of 3:45.16… Ended in first place in the 800m with a time of 1:48.69 at the 2019 Big Ten Championships… Ended his 2019 outdoor season with a fifth place finish in the 800m with a time of 1:46.45 at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

2017-18
Cross Country:
Finished a season best fourth place during the IU open (25:07.6) …crossed sixth at the Sam Bell Invitational with a time of 24:51.66…placed 35^th at Coast-to-Coast Battle in Beantown (25:08)…competed in the championship race at Nuttycombe.

Indoor:
Competed at Hoosier Hills where he placed first in the 800-meter…crossed fifth in the 800-meter in a time of 1:52.72 during IU Relays.

Outdoor:
Finished 13^th in the 800-meter at NCAA Nationals to garner his career-first All-American (second team) honors…became a Big Ten Champion in the 800-meter by crossing the finish line in a time of 1:47.53…competed in the 800-meter at Pac-12 vs Big Ten Invitational and topped the podium…also at the same meet aided the 4x400 relay team to a second place finish…crossed third in the 800-meter at Tennessee Relays (1:48.37)…set a PR in the 1,500-meter with a time of 3:47.19 at Florida Relays.

2016-17
Cross Country:
Redshirted.

Indoor:
Finished second in the 1,000m run at the Hoosier Open, his first career race in Indiana colors… earned his first career victory in the 800m run against Tennessee… runner-up in the 800m run and leadoff leg for the winning 4x800m relay team against Purdue… finished third in the mile run and anchored the winning 4x800m relay team at the Gladstein Invitational… captured third in the 600m dash and fifth in the 800m run at the IU Relays… finished 13^th at his first Meyo Invitational in the 800m run… took fifth in the Hoosier Hills Invitational mile run and carried the leadoff leg of the winning DMR… finished 10^th in the 800m run at his first Big Ten Championships meet.

Outdoor:
Finished eighth in the 800m run at the Pac-12 v Big Ten Challenge… crossed sixth in the 800m run at the Tennessee Relays… landed 10^th in the 1,500m run at the Louisville Invite… earned the victory in the 800m run at the Rankin/Poehlein Invitational… placed 17^th at the Big Ten Championships in the 800m run.