Beau Walker
11/16/2006 12:00:00 AM
*All-American*
Top Times
60m hurdles ?? 8.01*
100m hurdles ?? 12.96*
400m hurdles ?? 56.28
100m ?? 11.70
200m (O) ?? 23.41
200m (I) ?? 23.5
400m (I) ?? 53.61
Alabama Highlights:
RS-Senior
- Earned All-America honors in the 60m hurdles with a 4th place finish at the NCAA Championships
- Set a new school record at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 8.01 seconds in the 60m hurdles
- The 60m hurdles SEC Champion
- Ran provisional qualifying times in both the 60m dash and the 200m dash during the indoor season
- Won the 60m hurdles competition held at Madison Square Garden in conjunction with the New Balance Invitational
- Ran the lead leg of Alabama’s school record 4x400m relay team at the Kentucky Invitational
- Posted a regional qualifying mark in the 400m hurdles in her only event of the outdoor season before being sidelined by injury
RS-Junior
- Top seed in the 100 and 400m hurdles at the NCAA MidEast Regional
- Won the 400m hurdles at the Drake and Mt. Sac Relays (set the Drake Relays Record)
- Ran a personal best in the 200m dash at the Bulldog Invitational, 23.41
- Won six of seven races in the outdoor season, including two 100m hurdles titles, three 400m hurdles titles and one in the 200m dash
- Part of the fifth fastest 4x100m relay in the school history which turned in a 44.17 on the way to winning the Drake Relays title
- Set the school record in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Championships, taking fourth place in the process
- All-American in the 60m hurdles
- SEC 60m hurdles champion
- All-SEC in the 60m hurdles
RS-Sophomore
- Won the NCAA Mideast Regional 400m hurdles title by three-quarters of a second, posting a meet record 56.50 and took second in the 100m hurdles with a school record 12.96
- Became the first Alabama hurdler to break 13 seconds in the 100m hurdles at the SEC Championships, posting a 12.99
- Second all-time for Alabama in the 400m hurdles with a 56.28 at the SEC Outdoor Championships
- Finished second in the 100m hurdles and third in the 400m hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships
- Second team All-SEC in the 100m hurdles
- Enjoyed the biggest meet of her collegiate career on one of track and field's biggest stages when she won the 100 and 400m hurdles as well as anchoring two Tide relays to victory at the prestigious Drake Relays
- Named the 2004 Drake Relays "Outstanding Performer of the Meet"
- Named SEC Track Athlete of the Week for her Drake performance.
- One of two Tide competitors at the NCAA Indoor Championships where she took sixth in the second heat of the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 8.30 seconds, finishing 15th overall
- Posted career best times in the 100 and 400m hurdles and 100, 200 and 400m dashes
- Ranks third all-time for the Tide in the 60m hurdles and fifth in the 400m dash indoors
- Finaled in the 60m hurdles as well as the 200 and 400m dashes at the SEC Indoor Championships, taking third, ninth and ninth respectively
Sophomore
- Redshirted the indoor and outdoor season
Freshman
- Posted a career best time of 24.07 in the 200m dash at the LSU Team Invite
- Tied her career best in the 100m hurdles at the LSU Team Invite
- Finaled in the 100m hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships finishing seventh
- USA Junior All-American in the 100m hurdles
Prep Highlights:
- Coached by Marcus Walker and Wayne Vaden
- Competed for Marcus Walker Track Club
- Two-time State Champion in the 100m hurdles
- State Champion in the 300m hurdles and the 4x200m relay
- Youth Athletic National Champion in the 100m hurdles
- Twice named All-State
- Two-time 60m hurdles All-American
- Member of the National Honor Society
- Named to the Denver Education Excellence Program (DEEP)
- Member of the Student Council
- Sumplot Games 60H Champion
Personal:
- Birthday - March 25, 1983
- Daughter of Marcus and Coy Walker
- Has two brothers, Julian and Brent and a sister Marqus
- Board of Directors for the Lady Warriors, Inc. (girls athletics organization)
- Running “If the Shoe Fits” scholarship campaign
- Commerce and Business Administration Women’s Initiative Program
- Marketing major
- Is a Boys and Girls Club Volunteer
- Will be attending graduate school for Sports Management at Alabama
* School Record
Frisco Classic Preview: Rob Vaughn
Wednesday, February 25
Arkansas Postgame: Coach Curry
Sunday, January 19
Softball Condensed Highlights: vs. Alcorn State
Tuesday, April 19
Women's Basketball Selection Show Recap
Monday, March 15
