2023 Track & Field Roster
Sumner, Will
Will Sumner
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Freshman
- Hometown:
- Canton, Ga.
- High School:
- Woodstock
Bio
2023: Outdoor – Set a school and facility record in the 800-meters at the NCAA Championships, winning the title with a time of 1:44.26 (No. 5 all-time collegiate performance)…Also victorious in the prelims with a time of 1:46.00…Won the 800m finals and prelims at the SEC Championships with respective times of 1:46.20 and 1:47.64…Runner-up in the 800m quarterfinals at the NCAA East Prelims with a 1:49.22…Posted an 800m time of 1:49.35 in the first round of the NCAA East Prelims… Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team that emerged victorious at the Texas Relays with a school-record time of 2:58.82…That time ranked No. 4 in collegiate history.
Indoor – Became the No. 8 all-time performer in the 600 meters with the No. 8 all-time performance after he ran a school record 1:15.32 to win the MLK Invite…Set a school record in the 800m at the Music City Challenge thanks to his 1:47.28 for second…Won the SEC title after he completed his laps in 1:48.28…Earned First Team All-America honors in the 800m after taking seventh (1:51.46)…Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team that finished runner-up at the NCAA Championships with the No. 3 time in UGA history (3:03.10)…Also finished second in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Championships after the foursome completed the race in 3:03.32
2022: Cross Country - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
High School: Won 2022 Brooks PR 400-meter dash title and set meet record with a 45.90…Grabbed top honors in the 400m at the 2022 Nike Indoor Nationals (46.63)…Collected world titles at the 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in both the men’s 4x400m relay and the mixed 4x400m relay…Won the 2022 GHSA 7A 400m title with a state record 45.78 and ran a leg on the winning 4x800m relay team…Owns the No. 2 all-time U.S. indoor 800m time (1:48.14) and the No. 3 all-time U.S. outdoor 800m time (1:46.53)…Set the indoor national high school record in the 500m (1:01.25) and 600m (1:15.58)…State record holder in both the 400m (45.78) and the 800m…Won the 7A state 400m title as a junior…Earned varsity letters in both freshman and sophomore years…Personal best of 21.55 (200m)…Key Scholar…Academic letterman…Lamp of Knowledge recipient.
Personal: Born Oct. 22, 2003…Son of Brad and Tosha Sumner…Sister, Brynne, competes on Clemson’s track and field team…Intending to major in Business.
Indoor – Became the No. 8 all-time performer in the 600 meters with the No. 8 all-time performance after he ran a school record 1:15.32 to win the MLK Invite…Set a school record in the 800m at the Music City Challenge thanks to his 1:47.28 for second…Won the SEC title after he completed his laps in 1:48.28…Earned First Team All-America honors in the 800m after taking seventh (1:51.46)…Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team that finished runner-up at the NCAA Championships with the No. 3 time in UGA history (3:03.10)…Also finished second in the 4x400m relay at the SEC Championships after the foursome completed the race in 3:03.32
2022: Cross Country - Did not compete for the Bulldogs.
High School: Won 2022 Brooks PR 400-meter dash title and set meet record with a 45.90…Grabbed top honors in the 400m at the 2022 Nike Indoor Nationals (46.63)…Collected world titles at the 2022 World Athletics Under-20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, in both the men’s 4x400m relay and the mixed 4x400m relay…Won the 2022 GHSA 7A 400m title with a state record 45.78 and ran a leg on the winning 4x800m relay team…Owns the No. 2 all-time U.S. indoor 800m time (1:48.14) and the No. 3 all-time U.S. outdoor 800m time (1:46.53)…Set the indoor national high school record in the 500m (1:01.25) and 600m (1:15.58)…State record holder in both the 400m (45.78) and the 800m…Won the 7A state 400m title as a junior…Earned varsity letters in both freshman and sophomore years…Personal best of 21.55 (200m)…Key Scholar…Academic letterman…Lamp of Knowledge recipient.
Personal: Born Oct. 22, 2003…Son of Brad and Tosha Sumner…Sister, Brynne, competes on Clemson’s track and field team…Intending to major in Business.
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