2015 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Sasha Wallace
- Position:
- Hurdles
- Height:
- 5-9
- Class:
- Sophomore
- High School:
- Castro Valley
- Hometown:
- Castro Valley, Calif.
Nine-Time All-American
NCAA Champion (60m Hurdles)
Two-Time Pac-12 Champion
School Record (100 Meter Hurdles)
2016-17: Outdoor - Earned first-team all-American honors in the 100 meter hurdles... Took fourth place in the 100 meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships with a time of 12.81... Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 100 meter hurdles after posting a time of 12.90 (+ w4.5) at the NCAA West Regionals... Earned sixth place in the 100 meter hurdles (12.94) at the Florida Relays... Took fourth place in the 100 meter hurdles at the Mt.SAC Relays with a time of 13.56... Indoor - Claimed the NCAA Indoor title in the 60 meter hurdles by finishing in 7.90... Topped her own school record in the 60 meter hurdles (7.87) during the semifinals of the NCAA Indoor Championships... Won the 60 meter hurdles (7.96 seconds) at the UW Indoor Preview... Took first place again in the 60 meter hurdles at the Columbia EastWest Challenge with a time of 7.91... Won the 60 meter hurdles at the UNM Don Kirby Indoor with a time of 7.99... Broke the MPSF Championships 60 meter hurdles meet record with a time of 7.95.
2015-16: Outdoor – Competed in the 100 hurdles at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials… Third in the 100H at the NCAA Championships (12.81w)… Broke the school record in the 100H in the semi-finals of the NCAA Championships (12.95)… Pac-12 100H Champion (13.09), was also third in the triple jump (41-9.75)… Second in both the 100 hurdles (13.12) and the triple jump (42-6.25) at the Pepsi Invitational... Indoor – NCAA Runner-up in the 60H at the NCAA Championships (7.91)… MPSF 60H Champion (8.07)… Won the 60H at the Don Kirby Elite (7.96), was also fifth in the triple jump (42-8/13.0m)… Won the 60H at the Razorback Invitational (8.05)… Season Bests - Outdoor - 100 Meter Hurdles - 12.95, NCAA Championships, Eugene, Ore., (6/11/16); Triple Jump - 42-6.25 (12.96m), Pepsi Invitational, Eugene, Ore., (4/9/16). Indoor - 60 hurdles - 7.91, NCAA Championships, Birmingham, Ala., (2/12/16); Triple Jump, 42-8 (13.00m), Don Kirby Elite, Albuquerque, N.M., (2/13/16).
2014-15: Outdoor – Improved upon her school record in the 100 hurdles with a second-place finish at the Pac-12 Championships in 13.00…Pac-12 Champion in the triple jump with a best mark of 42-3.25 (12.88m)…also scored as a member of the 4x100 relay team which finished second at the conference meet…qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 100 hurdles and was named a second team All-American after finishing 12th in 13.14…finished seventh in her preliminary at the USATF Championships in 13.22…Indoor – All-American in the 60 hurdles, finishing fifth at the NCAA Championships with a time of 8.23…set a season best and with a time of 8.15 at the Husky Classic where she took third place…won the hurdles at both the UW Preview and the Rod McCravy Memorial…Season Bests: 100 Hurdles – 13.00, Pac-12 Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (5/17/15); Triple Jump – 42-3.25/12.88m, Pac-12 Championships, Los Angeles, Calif. (5/17/15); Indoor – 60 Hurdles – 8.15, Husky Classic, Seattle, Wash. (2/14/15).
2013-14: Outdoor – Qualified the NCAA Championships where she ran 13.63…won the Aztec Invitational 100 meter hurdles with a 13.33; the third-fastest time in school history…cleaned up at the Pepsi Dual and won the 100 meter hurdles, the triple jump and the 4x100 meter relay… her triple jump mark at the Pepsi Dual was the third-best in school history (41-7/12.67m)…ran a wind-aided personal record time of 13.06 at the Mt. SAC Relays, placed seventh…ran a school record 13.24 at the Pac-12 Championships and attained second place in the 100 meter hurdles…also placed third in the triple jump, recorded a 41-5.75/12.66m at the Pac-12 Championships…Indoor – ran in primarily the 60 meter hurdles during the indoor season, but competed in the triple jump once at the Don Kirby Elite and notched a school record 42-5.50 (12.94m) for fourth place…began the season with an 8.21 for second place at the UW Preview in the 60 meter hurdles, followed that performance up the following week with third place at the Rod McCravy Memorial Invitational…claimed her first title of the season at the Don Kirby Elite (8.1)…recorded a school and American Junior record 8.08 in the preliminaries of the NCAA Championships, unfortunately did not finish in the finals…Season Bests – Outdoor – 200 Meters – 24.63, Oregon Preview, Eugene, Ore., (3/22/14); 100 Meter Hurdles – 13.23, NCAA West Preliminaries, Fayetteville, Ark., (5/31/14); Triple Jump – 41-7/12.67m, Pepsi Dual, Eugene, Ore., (4/5/14).
Prep: Wallace is a Track and Field News All-American after being honored as the California Girls Track and Field Gatorade Athlete of the Year in 2012 and 2013...won state titles in the 100 hurdles and triple jump in consecutive years as a junior and senior…transferred to Castro Valley HS after attending Holy Names during her first three seasons…national runner-up in both the triple jump and the 60 meter hurdles at the U.S. Indoor national meet in 2012…prep bests: 100 hurdles – 13.33; triple jump – 42-4.
Personal: Major is pre-business administration.
Personal Bests
100 Meter Hurdles – 12.81w (legal-12.95),
NCAA Championships
Eugene, Ore., 6/11/16
Triple Jump – 42-8/13.00-i,
Don Kirby Elite
Albuquerque, N.M., 2/13/16
60 Meter Hurdles – 7.91
NCAA Championships
Birmingham, Ala. 2/12/16
NCAA Outdoor Championships
2017 - 100H, 6th, 12.81
2016 - 100H, 3rd, 12.81w
4x100 - 3rd, 42.91
2015 – 100H, 12th, 13.14
2014 – 100H, p-8th, 13.63
NCAA Indoor Championships
2016 - 60H, 2nd, 7.91
2015 – 60H, 5th, 8.23
2014 – 60H, p-5th, 8.08
Pac-12 Championships
2016 - 100H, 1st, 13.09
2016 - Triple Jump - 3rd, 41-9.75/12.74m
2015 – 100H, 2nd, 13.00
2015 – Triple Jump, 1st, 42-3.25/12.88m
2014 – 100H, 2nd, 13.24
2014 – Triple Jump, 3rd, 41-5.75/12.66m
