2017 Men's Cross Country Roster

Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Yamlak Tsega / XULA Athletics
Mark Armour

Ammiel Williams

  • Height 5-11
  • Weight 175
  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Los Angeles, Calif.
  • High School Hamilton
  • Major Political Science

Biography

Honors
•  Fourth-team Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar in 2016-17
•  Gulf Coast Athletic Conference Honor Roll in 2016-17
•  Dean's List five times (fall 2014, fall 2015, fall 2016, spring 2017, fall 2017)
•  XULA Male Junior Scholar-Athlete of the Year in 2016-17
•  XULA Sister Grace Mary Flickinger Honor Roll three times (2015, 2016, 2017)
•  GCAC Track Athlete of the Week in 2016

Briefly
•  Fourth year at XULA . . . Lettered twice in cross country, twice in track
•  Member of 2016 GCAC cross country team champion
•  An officer in several student organizations while at XULA — president of College Democrats and Pi Gamma Mu honor society, vice president of History Club, treasurer of Habitat for Humanity, secretary of Pre-Law Club

2017 Cross Country (Senior)
•  24th at GCAC Championships with 8K time of 34 minutes, 57.79 seconds . . . Helped Gold Rush finish second in team standings
•  Competed in 5-of-6 meets

2017 Track and Field (Junior)
•  Scored in two events at GCAC Championships, helping the 1,600 and 3,200 relay teams to fourth-place finishes

2016 Cross Country (Junior)
•  16th at GCAC Championships with 8K career-best time of 33:05.03 and helped Gold Rush win team title
•  Produced career-best 5K time of 18:49.5 at Allstate Sugar Bowl Festival
•  331st at NAIA National Championships with 8K time of 35:37.5
•  Competed in all seven meets

2016 Track and Field (Sophomore)
•  Sixth place at the GCAC Championships in the 800 (2:06.13) and seventh in the 1,500 (4:35.48)
•  GCAC Track Athlete of the Week for March 14-20 after producing times of 2:07.38 in the 800 and 5:17.23 in the mile at the Rhodes Invitational

2015 Cross Country (Sophomore)
•  Member of team but did not compete in any meets

High School
•  Competed in track, football and basketball
•  Competed in sprints and relays and helped 1,600 relay team earn top-3 finish at Los Angeles City Section meet
•  2-year football starter (wide receiver and cornerback) and caught touchdown pass his senior year (2013) in first-round playoff game
•  Made the honor roll multiple times
•  Attended three leadership conferences

Personal
•  Had a summer 2017 research fellowship in the Public Policy & International Affairs program at Princeton University
•  Volunteer for XULA chapter of Max Outreach and has worked 50 hours of community service
•  Also active in XULA Men on the Move peer mentoring program

Historical Player Information

  • 2015Sophomore

    5'11" 175 lbs
  • 2016Junior

    5'11" 175 lbs
  • 2017Senior

    5'11" 175 lbs