Will Allen

Position:
Sprints
Class:
Freshman
Hometown:
Lexington, Ky.
High School:
Dunbar

Accolades
• First Team All-American, outdoor 4x400-meter relay (2017)
• Second Team All-SEC, outdoor 4x400-meter relay (2017)

2017-18
2018 Indoor Season
Finished third in the 400 meters at the New Mexico Classic with a personal best time of 46.92 ... finished eighth in the 200 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a personal best time of 21.40 ... ran the lead leg on the Alabama “A” 4x400-meter relay which placed first at the Vanderbilt Invitational in a time of 3:07.86 ... finished fourth in the 400 meters at the Vanderbillt Invitational in a personal-best 47.23 ... finished second in the 500 meters at the season-opening UAB Blazer Invitational in a time of 1:03.20 ... also ran the lead leg on the Tide’s “A” 4x400-meter relay that posted a time of 3:12.03, the top collegiate time in the race.

2016-17
2017 Outdoor Season
Ran the lead leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished sixth at the NCAA Championships in 3:03.81 ... the time is the eighth-fastest in school history ... also ran the lead leg on the 4x400 at the NCAA semifinals that posted the fourth-fastest time in school history at 3:03.26 ... ran the third leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished fourth at the NCAA East Regional to qualify for the NCAA Track & Field Championships in 3:03.54, the sixth-fastest time in school history ... finished 47th in the 200 meters at the NCAA East Regional in 21.78 ... member of the Alabama 4x100 (39.52) and 4x400 (3:02.75) relays that finished eighth and third, respectively at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... the 4x400-meter relay time is the third-fastest in school history ... finished 16th in the prelims of the 200 meters at the SEC Championships in a personal-best 20.82 ... ran the lead leg on Alabama’s 4x400-meter relay that finished first at the Ole Miss Classic in 3:03.52 ... finished third in the 200 meters at the SEC Relays in a personal-best 20.96 ... finished sixth in the 400 meters at the War Eagle Invitational in a 47.36 ... finished sixth in the 400 meters at the Jim Bush Collegiate in a personal-best 47.34 ... ran the third leg on Alabama’s 4x100-meter relay (40.64) that finished third and the 4x400-meer relay (3:13.21) that finished fourth at the Jim Bush Collegiate ... finished fifth in the 200 meters (21.48) and was the top collegiate finisher in the 400 meters (47.41) at the Crimson Tide Invitational ... also ran the third leg on both the ‘A” 4x100-meter relay (40.31) and the “A” 4x400-meter relay (3:14.37) at the CTI ... made his collegiate outdoor debut at the Florida State Relays and finished eighth in the 100 meters in 10.71.

2017 Indoor Season
Ran the second leg on Alabama’s distance medley relay that finished fifth at the SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in 9:46.81 ... finished 15th in the 400 meters at the Tiger Paw Invitational in a personal-best time of 47.92 ... finished 10th in a time of 48.16 in his first 400-meter race of his college career at the Bob Pollock Invitational ... also ran the lead leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter relay “B” squad that finished ninth in 3:26.16 ... finished seventh in 7.03 in his first collegiate 60-meter race at the Auburn Invitational ... finished ninth in the 200 meters at the Auburn meet in 21.92 ... made his collegiate debut at the Commodore Invitational and finished sixth in the 200 meters in a time of 21.64 ... also ran the lead leg on the Tide’s 4x400 relay “A” squad.

Prep and Personal
Member of the U.S. gold medal-winning 4x400-meter relay team at the 2015 Pan-American Junior Track & Field Championships in Canada ... set the Kentucky high school record in the 100 meters with a time of 10.42 as a senior, breaking the record previously held by Tyson Gay ... also set the state record in the 400 meters (47.39) ... state champion in the 200, 400 and 4x400-meter relay as a junior and senior and the 100 meter champion as a senior ... born June 6, 1997 in Marietta, Ga.