2024 Track & Field Roster
Morales Williams, Christopher
Christopher Morales Williams
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 5-10
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Sophomore
- Hometown:
- Vaughan, Ontario
- High School:
- St. Elizabeth
Bio
2024: Olympics – Represented Canada while competing in the 400-meter dash at the Paris Olympic Games, clocking a 44.96 in the first round before posting a 45.25 in the semifinals to finish 21st overall.
Outdoor – Selected as a 2024 finalist for The Bowerman (collegiate track & field’s premier collegiate honor annually) after claiming indoor and outdoor titles in the 400-meter dash…Named USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Runner of the Year to sweep indoor and outdoor honors in 2024…Runner-up in the 200m at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational with a time of 20.93…Set the Canadian under-20 national record in the 400m at the Battle on the Bayou, crossing the finish line in 45.18 to claim victory with the No. 2 time in program history…Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay that clocked a time of 3:13.12 to finish first at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational…Victorious in the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with a time of 44.91, breaking his own Canadian under-20 record…Ran a season-best 200m time at the LSU Invitational, posting a 20.87 (W+4.5) to finish 11th…Placed second in the 400m prelims at the SEC Championships with a time of 44.88 before clocking a personal-best 44.05 in the finals to claim the 400m title…That time marked the No. 6 all-time NCAA performance and helped him set the overall Canadian national record and world lead, as well as the school, meet and facility record…Ran the opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Championships, helping the Bulldogs score with a time of 3:05.97 and an eighth-place finish…Also ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay in Gainesville, helping Georgia place ninth with a time of 39.77…Placed fourth in the 400m at the NCAA East Prelims quarterfinals with a 45.03…Guided Georgia to 10th place in the 4x100m at the NCAA East Prelims with a season-best time of 39.29…Ran the second leg of the 4x400m at the NCAA East Prelims, helping the Bulldogs post their fastest time of the season (3:05.21) to place 15th…Claimed the outdoor 400m title at the NCAA Championships with a 44.47 in the finals, his second fastest time of the season...Captured gold in the 400m at the Bell Track & Field Trials/Canadian Championships, running a 45.44 to clinch his spot for Team Canada at the Paris Olympics...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors.
Indoor – Named USTFCCCA South Region Runner of the Year and SEC Indoor Men’s Runner of the Year following a record-setting campaign…Posted an all-time world best and two of the top-five 400-meter dash times in collegiate history en route to NCAA and SEC gold medals…NCAA champion in the 400m, clocking the No. 5 time in collegiate history in the finals with a 44.67…Finished fourth in the 400m prelims at NCAAs with a 45.88…Set an all-time world best in his 400m finals victory at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in 44.49 to also set Canadian, collegiate, school, meet and facility records… Also clocked a 45.58 in the prelims to finish second…Named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week following his SEC Championship performance…Set a Canadian national record in the 300-meters at the Clemson Invite, clocking a 32.47 to finish second with the No. 7 all-time collegiate performance in the event…His time made him the No. 6 all-time collegiate performer in the 300m…Named SEC Men’s Co-Runner of the Week after breaking the Under-20 Canadian national record in the 400m at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown, running a 46.05 to emerge victorious in the event with the fifth-fastest time in Georgia history…Broke the overall Canadian national record in the 400m at the Tiger Paw Invite, posting a winning time of 45.39…Helped Georgia clock its fastest 4x400-meter relay of the season at the Tiger Paw Invite, posting a 3:07.48 to finish fourth with the No. 9 time in school history…Competed on the 4x400m relay team that finished fifth at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:07.98…Also led Georgia to a fourth-place finish (3:07.98) at the Razorback Invitational…Ran the third leg on the 4x400m relay team that finished second at the Clemson Invite with a time of 3:08.20.
2023: Outdoor – Placed 11th in the 400m dash prelims at the SEC Championships, running a season-best time of 45.87 that stand seventh on Georgia’s all-time top-10 list…Ran a 400m time of 46.31 in the first round of the NCAA East Prelims to place 13th, adding a time of 47.23 in the qualifying round to finish 17th…Ran his best 200m dash of the season at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in 20.98 to place 16th in the prelims…Ran a leg on the 4x400m relay team that won at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 3:04.71, qualifying for the championship meet…Helped the 4x400m relay team place seventh at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:03.22 after qualifying for the finals with a prelims time of 3:01.51…Ran the third leg on the 4x100m relay team that posted a time of 38.62 at the NCAA Championships, finishing seventh in the prelims and moving to second in the school record books…Part of 4x400m relay team that earned bronze medal honors at the SEC Championships thanks to a time of 2:59.63 that ranks second in school history and was the No. 15 all-time collegiate performance…Also ran legs on the 4x400m relay teams that won at the Mt. SAC Relays and LSU Invite.
Indoor – Clocked a time of 33:23 in the 300-meter dash at the Clemson Invite to finish sixth in the event…Ran a season-best 47.42 to place sixth in the 400m at the Texas Tech Open…Added an 11th-place finish at the MLK Invite with a 47.56…Posted a 400m time of 47.90 at the SEC Championships…Ran the third leg on the 4x400m relay team that won the Tiger Paw Invite with a 3:02.90, the second-fastest time in school history…Ran the second 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).
High School: Under-20 World Championships bronze medalist and national record holder in 4x400-meter relay…Finished ninth in the 400m at the U-20 World Championships…Earned a gold medal in the 400m and bronze in the 200m at the U-20 Canadian National Championships…Was OFSAA champion in both the 200m and 400m…Broke the 12th grade 200m OFSAA record…Named U-20 Male Athlete of the Year in Ontario…Claimed the U-18 Ontario titles in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay as a junior…Named to the All-Ontarian Team as a sophomore and junior…Captured 200m and 400m OFSAA titles as a freshman…Set 9th grade OFSAA 400m record in his first year…Captured U-16 Ontario titles in the 200m, 300m and 4x100m relay as a freshman…Personal bests of 46.27 (400m), 21.03 (200m) and wind-aided 20.98 (200m)…Earned RAP certificate and was on the Honor Roll from 10th to 12th grade.
Personal: Born Aug. 5, 2004…Son of Raul Morales and Tania Morales Williams…Brother Nicolas, attended the Academy of Arts University (San Francisco, Cali.) and sister, Alexandra, attended Nippising University (Ontario)…Majoring in Ecology...Recipient of the William Jay MacKenna Athletic Scholarship.
Outdoor – Selected as a 2024 finalist for The Bowerman (collegiate track & field’s premier collegiate honor annually) after claiming indoor and outdoor titles in the 400-meter dash…Named USTFCCCA South Region Men’s Runner of the Year to sweep indoor and outdoor honors in 2024…Runner-up in the 200m at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational with a time of 20.93…Set the Canadian under-20 national record in the 400m at the Battle on the Bayou, crossing the finish line in 45.18 to claim victory with the No. 2 time in program history…Ran the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay that clocked a time of 3:13.12 to finish first at the Hurricane Collegiate Invitational…Victorious in the 400m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational with a time of 44.91, breaking his own Canadian under-20 record…Ran a season-best 200m time at the LSU Invitational, posting a 20.87 (W+4.5) to finish 11th…Placed second in the 400m prelims at the SEC Championships with a time of 44.88 before clocking a personal-best 44.05 in the finals to claim the 400m title…That time marked the No. 6 all-time NCAA performance and helped him set the overall Canadian national record and world lead, as well as the school, meet and facility record…Ran the opening leg of the 4x400-meter relay at the SEC Championships, helping the Bulldogs score with a time of 3:05.97 and an eighth-place finish…Also ran the anchor leg of the 4x100m relay in Gainesville, helping Georgia place ninth with a time of 39.77…Placed fourth in the 400m at the NCAA East Prelims quarterfinals with a 45.03…Guided Georgia to 10th place in the 4x100m at the NCAA East Prelims with a season-best time of 39.29…Ran the second leg of the 4x400m at the NCAA East Prelims, helping the Bulldogs post their fastest time of the season (3:05.21) to place 15th…Claimed the outdoor 400m title at the NCAA Championships with a 44.47 in the finals, his second fastest time of the season...Captured gold in the 400m at the Bell Track & Field Trials/Canadian Championships, running a 45.44 to clinch his spot for Team Canada at the Paris Olympics...Named to SEC Academic Honor Roll...Earned U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) All-Academic honors.
Indoor – Named USTFCCCA South Region Runner of the Year and SEC Indoor Men’s Runner of the Year following a record-setting campaign…Posted an all-time world best and two of the top-five 400-meter dash times in collegiate history en route to NCAA and SEC gold medals…NCAA champion in the 400m, clocking the No. 5 time in collegiate history in the finals with a 44.67…Finished fourth in the 400m prelims at NCAAs with a 45.88…Set an all-time world best in his 400m finals victory at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in 44.49 to also set Canadian, collegiate, school, meet and facility records… Also clocked a 45.58 in the prelims to finish second…Named USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week following his SEC Championship performance…Set a Canadian national record in the 300-meters at the Clemson Invite, clocking a 32.47 to finish second with the No. 7 all-time collegiate performance in the event…His time made him the No. 6 all-time collegiate performer in the 300m…Named SEC Men’s Co-Runner of the Week after breaking the Under-20 Canadian national record in the 400m at the Track at New Balance Collegiate Showdown, running a 46.05 to emerge victorious in the event with the fifth-fastest time in Georgia history…Broke the overall Canadian national record in the 400m at the Tiger Paw Invite, posting a winning time of 45.39…Helped Georgia clock its fastest 4x400-meter relay of the season at the Tiger Paw Invite, posting a 3:07.48 to finish fourth with the No. 9 time in school history…Competed on the 4x400m relay team that finished fifth at the SEC Championships with a time of 3:07.98…Also led Georgia to a fourth-place finish (3:07.98) at the Razorback Invitational…Ran the third leg on the 4x400m relay team that finished second at the Clemson Invite with a time of 3:08.20.
2023: Outdoor – Placed 11th in the 400m dash prelims at the SEC Championships, running a season-best time of 45.87 that stand seventh on Georgia’s all-time top-10 list…Ran a 400m time of 46.31 in the first round of the NCAA East Prelims to place 13th, adding a time of 47.23 in the qualifying round to finish 17th…Ran his best 200m dash of the season at the SEC Championships, crossing the finish line in 20.98 to place 16th in the prelims…Ran a leg on the 4x400m relay team that won at the NCAA East Prelims with a time of 3:04.71, qualifying for the championship meet…Helped the 4x400m relay team place seventh at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:03.22 after qualifying for the finals with a prelims time of 3:01.51…Ran the third leg on the 4x100m relay team that posted a time of 38.62 at the NCAA Championships, finishing seventh in the prelims and moving to second in the school record books…Part of 4x400m relay team that earned bronze medal honors at the SEC Championships thanks to a time of 2:59.63 that ranks second in school history and was the No. 15 all-time collegiate performance…Also ran legs on the 4x400m relay teams that won at the Mt. SAC Relays and LSU Invite.
Indoor – Clocked a time of 33:23 in the 300-meter dash at the Clemson Invite to finish sixth in the event…Ran a season-best 47.42 to place sixth in the 400m at the Texas Tech Open…Added an 11th-place finish at the MLK Invite with a 47.56…Posted a 400m time of 47.90 at the SEC Championships…Ran the third leg on the 4x400m relay team that won the Tiger Paw Invite with a 3:02.90, the second-fastest time in school history…Ran the second 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).
High School: Under-20 World Championships bronze medalist and national record holder in 4x400-meter relay…Finished ninth in the 400m at the U-20 World Championships…Earned a gold medal in the 400m and bronze in the 200m at the U-20 Canadian National Championships…Was OFSAA champion in both the 200m and 400m…Broke the 12th grade 200m OFSAA record…Named U-20 Male Athlete of the Year in Ontario…Claimed the U-18 Ontario titles in the 200m, 400m and 4x400m relay as a junior…Named to the All-Ontarian Team as a sophomore and junior…Captured 200m and 400m OFSAA titles as a freshman…Set 9th grade OFSAA 400m record in his first year…Captured U-16 Ontario titles in the 200m, 300m and 4x100m relay as a freshman…Personal bests of 46.27 (400m), 21.03 (200m) and wind-aided 20.98 (200m)…Earned RAP certificate and was on the Honor Roll from 10th to 12th grade.
Personal: Born Aug. 5, 2004…Son of Raul Morales and Tania Morales Williams…Brother Nicolas, attended the Academy of Arts University (San Francisco, Cali.) and sister, Alexandra, attended Nippising University (Ontario)…Majoring in Ecology...Recipient of the William Jay MacKenna Athletic Scholarship.
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