2010 Track and Field Roster
Brandin Williams
- Position:
- Javelin
- Height:
- 6-2
- Class:
- Senior
- Hometown:
- Moreno Valley, Calif.
- High School:
- Canyon Springs/College of the Desert/Riverside CC
PERSONAL BESTS
INDOOR
Shot Put: 36-08.25 (2009)
OUTDOOR
Javelin: 222-01 (2009)
BIG 12 SCORING
2008 (O) Javelin, 3rd (210-04)
2009 (O) Javelin, 1st (222-01)
CAREER UPDATE: Williams owns 15 of the top 25 marks in CU history in the javelin. He is the third best performer in the event all-time and his PR of 222-01 is the sixth best throw ever for a Buffalo. Williams became the fifth Buff to ever win a Big 12 javelin title and was the first since 1962.
2011: Indoor: Did not compete.
Outdoor: Williams took first in the first meet of the season with a season-best mark of 199-09 at the Potts Invite (3/18). He went on to place 12th overall at the Big 12 Championships with a toss of 173-00 to end his career at CU.
2010: Did not compete
2009: Indoor: Williams competed in the shot put during the indoor season, throwing a PR of 36-08.25 at the Colorado School of Mines Twilight meet (2/20).
Outdoor: The outdoor season he turned his focus back to the javelin, earning five first-place finishes on the year. Williams' best toss of the season came in his final throw at the Big 12 Championship when he launched the javelin 222-01, the sixth best throw in CU history. It was the first time since 1965 that a CU throw has surpassed 220 feet. With the throw, Williams won the Big 12 title, becoming part of a very elite group of five men to have won javelin titles at CU and the first since 1962. At regionals he finished 12th with a throw of 201-02 but his Big 12 winning throw was good enough to qualify him for nationals. At NCAAs Williams recorded a throw of 202-10 in the prelims and was 23rd.
2008: Outdoor: Williams did not compete during the indoor season as a javelin thrower but he did have a breakout season for the Buffs, earning four first-place finishes on the javelin. He earned his first top honor at the Rob Upton Invite with a throw of 187-08. Williams kept getting better and at the Big 12 Championship, he launched a throw of 210-04, which bettered his previous best by more than 10 feet, and placed third overall to help the Buffs win the conference title. It was the eighth best throw in CU history and he became the fourth best performer in the event. The mark also qualified him for regionals at which his best throw was 198-09 and was good for 18th.
2006 (Riverside CC): Williams recorded his personal record of 198-09 in the javelin at the California Junior College State Meet in 2007.
HIGH SCHOOL: Williams earned three letters in football and one in track at Canyon Springs High School. He ran the 100-meter dash in 10.7 in high school.
PERSONAL: Brandin Williams was born on Sept. 5, 1988 in Los Angelos, Calif. He is the son of Frank and Sheila Williams of Moreno Valley, Calif. He has three brothers, Dahltin, Adrian and Corbin. Adrian is a shortstop on the UCLA baseball team. His father was a member of the football and track and field teams at Cal and his cousins, Carl Ray and Lee Harris, played football at Fresno State. He lists music and movies as his hobbies.
