Connor Washington - Men's Track & Field - Arkansas Razorbacks

Connor Washington

Jr./Jr. | 6-0 | Sprints | The Woodlands, Texas | The Woodlands College Park

Sophomore (2023)
Outdoor: Earned first-team All-America as member of Razorback 4 x 400m relay, running first leg, that placed eighth in the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:03.66 … In semifinal, with Washington on third leg, Arkansas posted a 3:00.97 that ranked third best in the meet … Advanced to semifinal of USATF Championships in 200m (20.73 prelim, 20.74 semi) … Qualified for NCAA West Preliminary rounds in both 100m and 200m, setting a collegiate best of 10.28 in the second round of the 100m along with a season best of 20.52 in second round of 200m … Competed in SEC Championships, posting times of 10.47 and 20.90 in the prelims … Opened outdoor season at Stanford Invitational, placing sixth in 100m final with a 10.49 … Finished sixth in 100m at Mt. SAC Relays (10.67 final, 10.53 prelim) and was 11th overall in 200m (20.81) … At John McDonnell Invitational, runner-up in 200m (20.61) … In LSU Invitational, posted a 10.33w and 20.98 … Won 100m in 10.06w at Arkansas Qualifier while runner-up in 200m with a windy 20.67 … Member of 4 x 100m relay, running second leg, as Arkansas advanced to the NCAA Championships, posting a season best 39.23 in the semifinal … Clocked 39.20 for 10th overall at NCAA West Preliminary round … Won Arkansas Twilight in 39.99 with Washington on anchor leg as well as John McDonnell Invitational.

Indoor: Member of national champion 4 x 400m relay as Arkansas posted a time of 3:02.09 with Washington splitting 46.48 on first leg in NCAA Indoor final … Competed in 200m prelims at SEC Indoor Championships, posting a time of 21.04 to place 14th … Opened season placing third in 300m with a best of 32.93 at Arkansas Invitational … Set a career best of 6.74 in 60m at Razorback Invitational, placing eighth … Registered times of 21.09 for eighth at Tyson Invitational and 21.05 for second in Arkansas Qualifier … Ran first leg (47.61) of 4 x 400m relay that was runner-up at Arkansas Invitational (3:08.86) … Then split 46.27 on second leg of fourth place 4 x 400m relay at Razorback Invitational.

Freshman (2022)
Outdoor: Posted season best times of 10.29 and 20.60 during first collegiate season … Bronze medalist in 100m with 10.29 performance at USATF U20 Championships … Top 200m time came in prelims of SEC Championships … Second leg of 4 x 100 relay that placed second in SEC Championships with season best time of 39.24 … Also ran second leg when Arkansas finished third in 4 x 100 relay at Penn Relays, was third leg when Razorbacks finished fourth at Mt. SAC Relays … Earned second-team All-America as first leg (45.9 split) on 4 x 400m relay when Arkansas placed 14th in semifinal of NCAA Championships … Opened outdoor season placing third in the 100m at John McDonnell Invitational (10.52) … Finished seventh in Penn Relays with a 10.41 clocking after a 10.46 in the prelims … In the 200m, posted a windy 20.89 at Mt. SAC Relays, then ran 20.64 to win Arkansas Twilight … Produced 20.60 twice in SEC Championships, placing eighth in final … Finished 19th in NCAA West Preliminary round with a 20.83 after a 20.79 in first round … First leg of sprint medley relay that finished eight at Texas Relays (3:22.36).

Indoor: Earned first-team All-America as member of sixth place 4 x 400m relay at NCAA Indoor Championships, splitting 46.85 on third leg … Set indoor career best times of 6.81 and 21.03 during debut season with Arkansas … Clocked 6.81 in placing sixth in 60m at Arkansas Invitational … Finished fifth with 21.03 at Tyson Invitational … Ran second leg (46.30 split) of eighth place 4 x 400 at Tyson Invitational … Third leg (47.25) on ninth place effort in 4 x 400 at SEC Championships.

High School
2021 State 6A champion at 200m with a career best of 20.39. Silver medalist in 100m with a wind-aided time of 10.00, matching the winning time but separated by 0.001 of a second (9.998 to 9.999). Under all-conditions, Washington’s 10.00w equals the third best performer and performance on the high school all-time list.

College Park finished third in team scoring for the State 6A division as Washington supplied 23 of the 38 points. He also ran third leg on the winning 4×400 relay (3:13.37), an outdoor high school leading time for 2021. Washington anchored the 4×400 relay to victories during the Area (3:13.69) and Region (3:13.74) meets in qualifying for the State meet.

As a sophomore in 2019, won 100m title at AAU Junior Olympics while finishing second in 200m. Bronze medalist in 400m at 2019 UIL state meet with a 47.46, after setting PR of 47.43 in winning Region II-6A title.

 

Connor Washington | College Stats

Career Best Times

Indoor

60m | 6.74

200m | 21.03

300m | 32.93

400m | 47.96 (46.27 split)

Outdoor

100m | 10.00w, 10.20

200m | 20.39

400m | 47.43