Velecia Williams Season 2024-25

Career Performance List

Honors
USTFCCCA First-Team All-America (Long Jump - 2024 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Second-Team All-America (Long Jump - 2023 Outdoor)
USTFCCCA Honorable Mention (Long Jump - 2022 Outdoor)
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award (2024)
USTFCCCA All-Academic (2023, 2024)
Academic All-Big Ten (2024)
Nebraska Scholar-Athlete Honor Roll (Fall 2023; Spring 2023, 2024)

2024
Indoor: Placed 10th in the triple jump (41-6, 12.65m) and 16th in the long jump (19-4 1/4, 5.90m) at the Big Ten Championships…finished second in the long jump at the Mark Colligan Memorial and ninth at the Tyson Invitational…posted a personal-best triple jump mark of 42-3 1/2 (12.89m) at the Graduate Classic to win the title…added a third-place triple jump mark at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invitational.

Outdoor: Named a First-Team All-American in the long jump, finishing seventh with a 21-0 ½ (6.41m)...went a personal-best 21-6 ¼ (6.56m) in the long jump at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, moving to No. 7 on Nebraska’s all-time list…finished sixth in the long jump (20-1 ¾, 6.14m) and 13th in the triple jump (40-7 ½, 12.38m) at the Big Ten Championships…added a runner-up finish in the long jump at the Jim Click Shootout with a 20-9 ¼ (6.33m) and a third-place finish in the long jump at the Michael Johnson Invitational with a 20-11 ¾ (6.39m)...contributed to the runner-up 4x100m relay at the Jim Click Shootout.

2023
Indoor: Competed in the long jump and 60m at three meets.

Outdoor: Finished fourth at the Jamaican National Championship jumping 6.34m in the long jump…placed 10th in the long jump at the NCAA Championships with a leap of 20-2 1/4 (6.15m)…jumped a season-best 41-7 1/4 (12.68m) at the Big Ten Championships to place eighth in the triple jump, while adding a 13th-place finish in the long jump (19-2, 5.84m)…picked up a pair of triple jump victories at the KSU Ward Haylett (42-3 1/4, 12.88m) and the Drake Relays (41-4 1/2, 12.61m)…finished as runner-up in the long jump at the Jim Click Shootout with a distance of 20-10 1/2 (6.36m).

Before Nebraska
Competed for one season at Kansas State…placed 17th in the long jump at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships…finished sixth in the long jump and 11th in the triple jump at the 2022 Big 12 Outdoor Championships…had a seventh-place finish in the long jump and 12th-place finish in the triple jump at the 2022 Big 12 Indoor Championships…named to the 2021-22 Academic All-Big 12 Rookie Team…Won one silver and two bronze medals at the ISAA Boys and Girls Championships in 2021.