2015 Outdoor:
? Recorded 400m hurdles PR (55.68) at the 2015 Horizon League Outdoor Championships (May 1).
? Finished first in 400m hurdles (55.68) at the Crusader Open (April 25).
? Placed third in 400m hurdles (57.60) at the Detroit Dual (April 4).
2015 Indoor:Â
? Set 60m PR (7.42) at the IPFW Duals (Jan 23), 200m PR at the GVSU Big Meet (23.22), 400m PR (49.83) at the Horizon League Indoor Championships (March 1).
? Placed first in the 400m at the Jack Skoog Dual (Jan. 16).
? Ran first leg on the 4x400m relay that finished second at the Horizon League Indoor Championships (March 1), Youngstown State National Invitational (Feb. 7), SVSU Jets Pizza Invitational (Jan. 31) and EMU Quad-Meet (Jan. 9).
? Also ran first leg on the 4x400m relay team that placed first at the IPFW Duals (Jan. 23).
2014 Outdoor:
? Redshirted
2014 Indoor:
? Season-best in the 60m was 7.55 at the SPIRE Midwest Open (Feb. 1)
? Best 200m time was 23.57 at the SPIRE Midwest Open
? Ran a 51.63 in the 400m at the GVSU Big Meet (Feb. 14)
? Earned a second-place finish in the 400 at the Jack Skoog Open (Jan. 17) with a time of 53.38
? Helped the 4x400 relay team to a third-place finish at the Jack Skoog Open with a time of 3:31.37
2013 Outdoor:
? Member of 4x400m relay team that broke school record with a time of 3:22.56 at Toledo Invitational (May 2)
? Finished fourth in 400m hurdles at UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 6)
? Ran season-best 400m hurdle time of 56.14 at Summit League Championship (May 9)
2012 Outdoor:
? Placed third in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.12 at the UDM-Oakland Dual Meet (April 7)
? Earned three fifth-place finishes in the 400-meter hurdles with a time of 57.31 at the Indiana Wesleyan Pre-Conference Meet (April 21), 56.62 at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 4), and a season best of 56.57 at the Lyle Bennett Open (April 28)
? Finished seventh and had a season best in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.74 at the Len Paddock Invitational (May 4)
2012 Indoor:
? Finished fourth in the 400-meter dash at the Mastodon Opener (Dec. 3)
? Placed fifth in the 400-meter dash at the Chip Invite (Jan. 13)
? Ran season best 51.69 in the 400-meter dash at the Big Meet (Feb. 10)
? Ran season best 23.39 in the 200-meter dash at the Big Meet (Feb. 10)
HIGH SCHOOL:
? Four-year letterwinner under Mike Schley
? Member of two-time Regional runner-up and three-time Huron League championship team
? Received Coach's Award and voted Co-MVP his senior year
? Two-time All-American at the USATF Championships in the 400-meter hurdles
? Two-time USATF Region 5 and Michigan Association champion
? Competed at Division II state finals in the 300-meter hurdles sophomore and senior years
? Set school record in the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 39.2
? All-league and All-region honorable mention football player as a RB/KR in 2010
ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
? Class Treasurer all four years
? Honor roll student
? Won the Wendy's High School Heisman School Scholarship Winner
TOP ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE
? Broke 27-year-old USATF Region 5 championship record in the 400-meter hurdle with a 55.12
Personal
Full Name: Derrek Ryan Williams
Birthdate: March, 26, 1993
Parents: Raymond Williams and Mary Bryant
Siblings: Raymond (21), Noelle (15), Dylan (14)
Top Three Reasons for Choosing Oakland:
1. Opportunity to participate at the Division I level
2. Size of the campus
3. Close to home
| Personal Bests (Indoor) |
| Event |
Time/Distance |
| 60m |
7.50 (IPFW Quadrangular 2012 - Jan. 28, 2012) |
| 200m |
23.39 (GVSU Big Meet - Feb. 10-11, 2012) |
| 400m |
51.63 (GVSU Big Meet - Feb. 14, 2014) |
| * denotes school record |
| Personal Bests (Outdoor) |
| Event |
Time/Distance |
| 100m |
11.53 (Toledo Invitational - May 2, 2013) |
| 400m |
53.12 (EMU Twilight Invitational - April 19-20, 2013) |
| 400H |
55.68 - (Horizon League Outdoor Championships -May 1, 2015) |
| * denotes school record |
