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2016-17 Women's Track and Field Roster

Ilissa Morris

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Indoor Elig. Jr.
  • Outdoor Elig. R-So.
  • Hometown Richmond, Va.
  • High School Highland Springs

Biography

Indoor Mark Date
60m 7.91 12/4/16
200m 26.41 12/6/14
400m 60.34 12/4/16
Long Jump 5.09m (16-8.5) 12/6/14
Outdoor Mark Date
100m 13.03 3/19/16
200m 25.98 (+2.4) 4/9/16
400m 59.15 5/6/16
Long Jump 18-2 H.S.

2016-17
Indoor: Began the year with a lifetime-best 7.91 in the 60m dash at CNU ... First Tribe sprinter since 2008 to break the 8-second barrier.
Outdoor:

2015-16
Indoor: Ran 8.16 in the 60m dash at the CNU Holiday Open ... Also ran the 200m twice and the 60m three more times over the course of the season.
Outdoor: Ran the 400m at the CAA Championships ... Timed a lifetime-best 59.15 to finish 21st overall ... Also ran on the Tribe's 4x100m relay ... Lifetime-best 25.98 in the 200m came at UVA in early April ... Ran 13.03 in the 100m at the Tribe Invitational.

2014-15
Indoor: Opened her career with a 5.09m (16-8.5) jump in the long jump at the CNU Holiday Open ... Also set a season-best of 26.41 in the 200m at that same meet ... Ran the 60m in 8.23 seconds at CNU in January.
Outdoor: Redshirted.

Prep
Earned all-state honors outdoors as a junior, and added indoor all-state awards as a senior ... Won the long jump in 2013 at the USAT&F Virginia Junior Olympics meet ... Advanced to the national Junior Olympics, where she was fourth in the long jump ... Was also the MVP of the Highland Springs cross country team as a freshman and again as a junior ... Member of the National Honor Society ... Also a member of the Spanish Honors Society and the National Science Honors Society ... Member of the BETA Club (community service).

Personal
Daughter of Penelope and Hiram Morris ... Enjoys drawing, reading, and mentoring young people.

Historical Player Information

  • 2014-15Freshman

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2015-16Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
  • 2016-17Junior

    Sprints/Jumps