Ashley_Henderson

Ashley Henderson Season 2017-18

PositionSPRINTS
Height5-6
ClassSenior
HometownSt. Louis, Mo.

· First-Team Outdoor USTFCCCA All-American (2016, 100 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay; 2017, 4x100-Meter Relay, 100 Meters; 2018, 200 Meters)
· First-Team Indoor USTFCCCA All-American (2017 & 2018; 60 Meters & 200 Meters)
· Second-Team Outdoor USTFCCCA All-American (2016, 200 Meters; 2017, 200 Meters; 2018, 100 Meters)
· 2016, 2017 & 2018 MW Women's Outdoor Track and Field Most Outstanding Performer
· 2017 & 2018 MW Women's Indoor Track and Field Most Outstanding Performer
· 2016 MW Outdoor Track & Field Women's Student-Athlete of the Year
· 2018 MW Indoor Track & Field Women's Student-Athlete of the Year
· Nine-time MW Outdoor Track and Field Champion (2016, 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay; 2017, 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay; 2018, 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay)
· Five-time MW Indoor Track and Field Champion (2016, 200 Meters; 2017, 60 Meters, 200 Meters; 2018, 60 Meters, 200 Meters)
· All-MW Outdoor Track and Field Team (2016, 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay; 2017, 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay; 2018, 100 Meters, 200 Meters, 4x100-Meter Relay)
· All-MW Indoor Track and Field Team (2015, 200 Meters; 2016, 200 Meters; 2017, 60 Meters, 200 Meters; 2018, 60 Meters, 200 Meters )
· MW Women's Indoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week (Jan. 30, 2018)
· Four-time MW Women's Outdoor Track and Field Athlete of the Week (3/29/16, 5/2/17. 4/24/18, 5/1/18)

· 2017 & 2018 USATF Outdoor Championship Participant (100 Meters, 200 Meters)
· 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Participant (200 Meters)
· 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials Qualifier (100 Meters)


School Records
60 Meters (Indoor): 7.17 (Feb. 25, 2017 at MW Championships - Albuquerque, N.M.)
100 Meters (Outdoor): 10.96 (June 22, 2018 at US Track & Field Championships – Des Moines, Iowa)
200 Meters (Indoor):  22.49 (June 7, 2018 at NCAA Championships – Eugene, Ore.)
4x100-Meter Relay (Outdoor): 42.99 (May 13, 2017 at MW Championships - Logan, Utah)

Collegiate Bests
60 Meters: 7.17 (Feb. 25, 2017 at MW Championships - Albuquerque, N.M.)
100 Meters: 10.96 (June 22, 2018 at US Track & Field Championships – Des Moines, Iowa)
200 Meters (Indoor): 22.41 (March 10, 2018 at NCAA Championships - College Station, Tex.)
200 Meters (Outdoor): 22.49 (June 7, 2018 at NCAA Championships – Eugene, Ore.)
400 Meters (Indoor): 57.38 (Feb. 14, 2015 at Don Kirby Elite Invitational - Albuquerque, N.M.)
400 Meters (Outdoor): 56.35 (March 28, 2015 at Aztec Invitational - San Diego, Calif.)

USATF Outdoor Championships
2019: 2nd (10.96 – 100 Meters)
2017: 10th (11.30 - 100 Meters)

U.S. Olympic Trials
2016:
20th (23.31 - 200 Meters) 

NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2018:
6th (23.43 – 200 Meters) | 12th (11.23 – 100 Meters)
2017: 4th (43.32 - 4x100-Meter Relay) | 6th (11.19 - 100 Meters) | 10th (23.10 - 200 Meters) 
2016: 2nd (10.96w - 100 Meters) | 6th (43.68 - 4x100-Meter Relay) | 11th (23.30 - 200 Meters)

NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships
2018: 2nd (22.41 - 200 Meters) | 5th (7.20 - 60 Meters) 
2017: 4th (7.22 - 60 Meters) | 4th (22.83 - 200 Meters) 

NCAA West Preliminary Rounds (Outdoor)
2018:
2nd (22.90 – 200 Meters) | 3rd (11.19 – 100 Meters)
2017: 2nd (43.36 - 4x100-Meter Relay) | 2nd (11.01 - 100 Meters) | 5th (23.35 - 200 Meters) 
2016: 2nd (11.30 - 100 Meters) | 4th (44.43 - 4x100-Meter Relay) | 7th (22.82 - 200 Meters)

Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships
2018: 1st (11:04w - 100 Meters) | 1st (22.59 - 200 Meters) | 1st (44.23 - 4x100-Meter Relay)
2017: 1st (11.05 - 100 Meters)   | 1st (22.54 - 200 Meters)   | 1st (42.99 - 4x100- -Meter Relay)
2016: 1st (11.10w - 100 Meters) | 1st (22.44w - 200 Meters) | 1st (44.30 - 4x100-Meter Relay)

Mountain West Indoor Track and Field Championships
2018: 1st (22.87 - 200 Meters) | 1st (7.20 - 60 Meters) 
2017: 1st (22.81- 200 Meters)  | 1st (7.17- 60 Meters)
2016: 1st (23.44 - 200 Meters) | 4th (7.46 - 60 Meters)
2015: 2nd (24.09 - 200 Meters)

2017-18
Outdoor Track and Field: Qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the 100 and 200 meter dashes… Finished sixth in the 200 and set a new PR in the semis (22.49) and came in 12th in the 100 (11.23)… Broke 11 seconds twice in the 100 meter dash. First at the Desert Heat Classic in Tucson, Ariz. when she finished in 10.98 and again at the US Track and Field Championships, where she competed as an Aztec, finishing in 10.96 seconds... Took gold at the MW Championships in the 100 (11.04w), 200 (22.59) and 4x100m relay (44.23)… Was named the MW Outstanding Performer of the Meet, her fifth time winning this award overall and third at Outdoors… Won MW Track Athlete of the week twice.
 
Indoor Track and Field: Finished second at the NCAA Championships in the 200 meter dash with a school record time of 22.41… Took fifth in the 60m dash (7.20)… Won the gold medal in both the 60 and 200 meter dash at the MW Indoor Championships and was named the MW Most Outstanding Performer of the Meet.
 
2016-17
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed in 25 events throughout the outdoor season … Earned gold in the 100 at the Aztec Invitational (11.10), the Penn Relays (11.13) and the Mountain West Championships (11.05) … Earned gold in three of the six 200 events she competed in … Helped her team place within the top five in seven of the eight 4x100 relays she competed in … Helped her team win gold in the 4x100 at the Mountain West Championships (42.99) … Helped her team place fourth in the 4x100 at the NCAA Championships (43.32) … Set new PR’s in both the 100 (11.01) and the 200 (22.54) … Competed in the 100 twice at the USATF Outdoor Championships in late June, placing 15th and 10th.

Indoor Track and Field: Placed within the top ten in all the events she competed in during the indoor season … Won gold in the 60 at the UW Invitational (7.43) and at the Mountain West Championships (7.17) … Placed fourth in the 60 and 200 at the NCAA Championships in March (7.22 and 22.83) … Won gold in the 200 at the UW Invitational (23.57) and twice at the Mountain West Championships (23.24 and 22.81).

2015-16
Outdoor Track and Field: Put together one of the best sprinting seasons in program history ... qualified for the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials in both the 100 and 200, but chose to only run the 200 ... made the semifinals, taking 20th in 23.31 ... ran a time of 23.52 in the first round to advance to the semifinals ... was named the Mountain West Outdoor Track & Field Women's Student-Athlete of the Year ... narrowly missed a title in the 100 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, running a wind-aided time of 10.96 seconds, just 0.01 behind the winner Ariana Washington of Oregon at 10.95 ... also anchored the sixth-place 4x100 team to a time of 43.68 in the final two days after setting a school record of 43.55 in the prelims ... also ran a time of 23.30 in the 200 prelims to take 11th, finishing with first-team USTFCCCA All-America honors in both the 100 and 4x100, and second-team accolades in the 200 ... had a good meet at the NCAA West Prelims, running the second-fastest 100 (11.30), seventh-fastest 200 (22.82) and anchoring the fourth-fastest 4x100 (44.43) ... the 200 may have been most impressive at the prelims as it was a time of 22.82 into a 2.5-mps headwind to win her heat by almost a second (0.96) over the runner-up ... also dominated at the MW Championships, winning the 100, 200 and anchoring the victorious 4x100 team ... for her efforts, she was named the Women's Outstanding Performer of the Meet ... had five wins in the 100 on the year (out of eight races), three in the 200 and four in the 4x100 ... also did not finish worse than fourth place in any 100-meter race on the season ... was named the MW Outdoor Track & Field Women's Track Athlete of the Week on March 29 by defeating 60 other entrants in the open 100 (wind-aided 11.62), anchoring the winning 4x100 invitational, winning the invitational 100 (11.29) and in the invitational 200 (23.16 into a 1.7 mps) ... wind-legal bests (all personal bests) on the year were 11.21 in the 100 at the NCAA Championships on June 9 (No. 2 all-time at SDSU) and 22.64 in the 200 at the Payton Jordan Invitational (No. 2 all-time at SDSU) ... best 4x100 team was the school-record time of 43.55 in the NCAA Championships semifinal heat.

Indoor Track and Field: Doubled at the MW Championships, winning the 200 on Feb. 27 in a school-record time of 23.44 ... also earned all-conference honors in the 60 with a runner-up time of 7.46 ... a day earlier had run a PR of 7.35 in the 60 during the prelims, the third-fastest time in school history ... also picked up victories in both the 60 prelims (7.50) and the 60 finals (7.42) and in the 200 (24.19) at the UW Invitational on Jan. 29 ... season bests in the indoor campaign (both personal bests) were 7.35 in the 60 and 23.44 in the 200, both at the MW Championships.

2014-15
Outdoor Track and Field: Competed at the San Diego Collegiate Challenge (March 14), finishing second in both the 400 (56.79) and 4x400-meter relay (3:55.87)... two weeks later, she ran four events at the annual Aztec Invitational, taking second in both the 4x100 (44.91) and 4x400-meter relays (3:45.27), third in the 100 (11.64) and sixth in the 400 (56.35) to complete the outdoor season.

Indoor Track and Field: Made her debut as an Aztec at the NAU Friday Night Duals, taking fifth in the 4x400-meter relay with a time of 3:56.34 and eighth (25.39) in the 200-meter race... also competed at the Don Kirby Elite taking 31st (24.73) in the 200 and 22nd (57.38) in the 400... qualified for the 200 meters and traveled to the MW Championships where she posted a time of 24.09 to earn the second-place medal and a spot among SDSU's all-time list at No. 8... also ran the 4x400-meter relay, contributing to the team's success of a sixth-place finish and seventh in school history.

High School
Lettered four years at Hazelwood Central High School in Florissant, Mo. ... boasts personal-best times of 24.12 in the 200 at the Missouri Class 4 2014 state meet, earning the win, a 58.74 in the 400, a 23.89 in the 200, a 11.84 (NWI) and a 11.85 (+2.0) in the 100 at the 2012 state championships ... also ran legs on the 4x200-relay wining team at the 2013 and 2014 state meet.

Personal
Ashley Michelle Henderson was born Dec. 14, 1995 ... daughter of Todd and Angela Williams ... also recruited by Kansas State and Wisconsin.

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Freshman
2014-15

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Sophomore
2015-16

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Junior
2016-17

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