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2025 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Truman Williams

  • Major U.S. History / Classical & Medieval Studies
  • Height 5-3
  • Events Sprints
  • Class 2025
  • Hometown Montclair, N.J.
  • High School Montclair

Biography

Results

Career
: One of 90 Senior Scholar Award-winners, who have participated in varsity sports for four years and maintained a cumulative grade point average of 3.50 or better. 

2025: Team captain.... Bates Nominee for DIIICA Men’s Sport Student-Athlete of the Year.... Named a USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Athlete.

Outdoor Highlights: NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection....  Earned All-Region honors from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association in the 400 meters.... Placed fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 48.85 seconds at The F.I.R.E. MEET at Williams (May 9-10).... Helped Bates take fifth in the 4x100 relay in 42.16 seconds and placed 10th individually in the 100-meter dash with a personal-record time of 10.86 seconds at the New England Division III Outdoor Championships (May 2-3).... Helped Bates place fourth in the 4x100 relay in 42.18 seconds, seventh in the 4x400 relay in 3:19.96, and took eighth individually in the 100-meter dash in 11.44 seconds at the NESCAC Championship (April 26).... Helped Bates place second in the 4x100 relay in 42.04 seconds, took second individually in the 200 meters in 22.36 seconds, and placed fifth in the 100-meter dash in 10.91 seconds at the Maine State Intercollegiate Championship (April 18-19).... Won the 400 meters in 50.53 seconds and helped the Bates 4x400 relay take second place in 3:31.15 at the Carla Coffey Invitational (April 11-12).

Indoor Highlights: NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Competed at the NCAA Division III Championship and placed 17th nationally in the 400 meters with a time of 49.47 seconds (March 14-15).... Earned All-Region honors in the 200 meters, the 400 meters, and the Distance Medley Relay from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.... Helped the Bates Distance Medley Relay team place seventh in 9:58.01 at the Tufts Final Qualifier (March 8).... Broke the Bates record in the 600 meters and took third place with a time of 1:19.90 at the New England Division III Indoor Championships (Feb. 28-March 1).... Broke the Bates record in the 400 meters and took third place with a time of 47.90 at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 14-15).... Broke the Bates record in the 500 meters and took fourth place with a time of 1:03.31 at the John Thomas Terrier Classic (Jan. 31-Feb. 1).... Broke the Bates record in the 200 meters with a time of 21.75 seconds and set a new personal record in the 60-meter dash with a time of 6.97 seconds, taking third place in both events at Middlebury's Small College Invitational (Jan. 26).... Won the 400 meters in 49.06 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 18).... Helped Bates win the 4x400 relay in 3:27.46 at the Suffolk Relays (Jan. 11).

2024: Named a USTFCCCA Men's All-Academic Athlete.

Outdoor Highlights: NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Placed second in the 400 meters in 49.62 seconds at the MIT Final Qualifier (May 16).... Helped both the Bates 4x100 relay team and the 4x400 relay team take eighth place in times of 42.48 seconds and 3:23.00 respectively at the New England Division III Outdoor Championship (May 4).... Helped the Bates 4x400 relay team place fifth in 3:22.03 and took eighth place individually in the 400 meters in a personal-record time of 48.81 seconds at the NESCAC Championships (April 27).... Won the 400 meters in 49.56 seconds, helped the Bates 4x100 relay team place second in 42.20 seconds, and placed eighth in the 200 meters in 22.69 seconds at the Maine State Classic (April 19-20).... Took eighth in the 200 meters in 22.65 seconds and placed ninth in the 100-meter dash in a personal-record time of 11.11 seconds at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational (April 13).... Helped the Bates 4x400 relay team place fourth in 3:23.83 and took fourth place individually in the 400 meters in 49.97 seconds at the UMASS Flagship Opener (April 7).... Helped the Bates 4x100 relay team place second in 42.58 seconds and took seventh individually in the 200 meters in 22.64 seconds at the Black & Gold Invitational (March 29-30).... Won the 400 meters in 51.02 seconds and helped the Bates 4x100 relay team take second place in 43.52 seconds at the Wesleyan Swanson Invite (March 23).

Indoor Highlights: Ran the 400-meter leg of the Distance Medley Relay as the Bobcats earned All-America honors with a fourth-place finish in 9:51.53 at the NCAA Championships.... NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Helped the DMR team earn All-Region honors and qualify for the NCAAs in 9:52.26 at the Tufts "Last Chance" Meet (March 2).... Broke the Bates indoor record in the 400 meters with a time of 49.05 seconds at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 9-10).... Won the 400 meters in 50.45 seconds and took third place in the 200 meters in 22.92 seconds at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 3).... Helped the Bates 4x400 relay team take first place in 3:22.73 at Middlebury's New England Small College Invite (Jan. 28).... Won the 200-meter dash in 22.93 seconds and took second in the 400 meters in 50.26 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 20).

2023

Outdoor Highlights:
NESCAC Spring All-Academic selection.... Helped the 4x100 relay team place 15th at the Open New England Championships with a time of 42.34 seconds, the third fastest 4x100 relay in Bates history (May 13).... Helped the 4x400 relay team place fourth at the New England Division III Championships with a time of 3:21.63 (May 6).... Helped the 4x400 relay team place eighth at the NESCAC Championships with a time of 3:26.24 (April 29).... Helped the 4x100 relay team take second place in 43.23 seconds, took third place individually in the 400 meters in 51.18 seconds, and finished seventh in the 200 meters in 23.40 seconds at the Maine State Classic (April 22).... Helped the 4x400 relay team place second at the UMASS Commonwealth Invitational in 3:19.34, the seventh fastest mark in Bates history (April 15).... Took sixth in the 400 meters in 52.09 seconds at the RPI Tri-Meet (April 8).... Helped the 4x100 relay team win its race in 42.75 seconds and placed sixth individually in the 200 meters in 23.16 seconds at the Bates College Quad Meet (April 1). 

Indoor Highlights: NESCAC Winter All-Academic selection.... Placed third in the 200 meters in 23.67 seconds and sixth in the 400 meters in 53.03 seconds at the Lynn Ruddy Invite (Feb. 18).... Helped Bates place second in the 4x400 relay in 3:29.10 at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 4).... Took sixth in the 200 meters in 23.97 seconds at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 21).... Finished second in the 400 meters in 54.23 seconds and helped Bates take fourth in the 4x400 relay in 3:35.93 at the MIT Tri-Meet (Jan. 14).

2022

Outdoor Highlights:
Helped the Bates 4x100 relay team achieve a season-best time of 42.91 seconds at the Open New England Championships (May 14).... Helped Bates finish sixth in the 4x100 relay (43.31 seconds) and eighth in the 4x400 relay (3:25.81) at the New England Division III Championships (May 5-7).... Helped Bates take sixth in the 4x400 relay (3:23.58) and seventh in the 4x100 relay (43.49 seconds) at the NESCAC Championships (April 30).... Helped Bates place second in the 4x100 relay (43.23 seconds) at the Maine State Classic (April 23).... Ran a season-best time of 11.35 seconds in the 100 meters and helped Bates place third in the 4x100 relay (43.71 seconds) at the Silfen Invitational (April 15-16).... Helped Bates place third in the 4x100 relay (43.85 seconds), took fifth in the 100 meters (11.46 seconds), and finished sixth in the 200 meters (23.05 seconds) at the Tufts Quad Meet (April 9).... Helped Bates win the 4x100 relay (43.09 seconds), helped Bates place second in the 4x400 relay (3:33.05), and finished second in the 400 meters (51.78 seconds) at the Bates Quad Meet (April 2).

Indoor Highlights: Earned All-Region honors in the 400 meters from the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.... Helped Bates finish eighth in the 4x400 relay (3:29.79) at the New England Division III Championships (Feb. 25-26).... Finished sixth in the 60-meter dash in a season-best time of 7.15 seconds at the Lynn Ruddy Invitational (Feb. 19).... Ran a season-best time of 22.44 seconds in the 200 meters at the Valentine Invitational (Feb. 11-12).... Won the 400 meters (season-best time of 50.52 seconds), took second in the 200 meters (23.01 seconds), and helped Bates place second in the 4x400 relay (3:31.98) at the Maine State Meet (Feb. 5).... Helped Bates place second in the 4x400 relay in 3:38.58 at the Bates Invitational (Jan. 22).... Took fourth in the 60 meters (7.28 seconds), third in the 400 meters (51.93 seconds), and helped Bates win the 4x400 relay in 3:43.76 at the MIT Tri-Meet (Jan. 15).

Personal: 2021 graduate of Montclair (N.J.) High School where he competed in track & field and cross country.

Historical Player Information

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