Collegiate PR | Indoor: 400m - 54.90; 500m - 1:15.02; 600m - 1:30.52 |
Outdoor: 400m H - 55.59; 800m - 2:06.92
Vanessa Watson's TFRRS Profile (Top Performances and Meet Results)
USTFCCCA All-America Honors
- 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-American (4x400)
- 2023 USTFCCCA Outdoor Honorable Mention All-American (400mH)
- 2023 USTFCCCA Indoor First Team All-American (4x400)
- 2022 USTFCCCA Outdoor First Team All-American (400mH)
All-SEC Honors (at UF)
- 2023 All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (400m Hurdles- Bronze Medalist)
- 2023 All-SEC Indoor Second Team (DMR - Silver Medalist)
UF All-Time Top 10
- No. 1: Indoor 4x400 relay (Third leg, 3:27.58 at 2023 Razorback Invitational)
- No. 3: Indoor DMR (Second leg, 10:57.58 at 2023 Razorback Invitational)
- No. 2: Outdoor 400 Meter Hurdles (55.59 at 2023 SEC Outdoor Championships)
2024: Participated in the 400m H at the SEC Outdoor Championships (May 10).
2024 Indoor: Did not compete.
2023 Outdoor: Finished sixth in the 400m hurdles (57.51) and fifteenth in the 800m (2:06.92) at the Pepsi Florida Relays... Competed at the Tom Jones Memorial, finishing third in the 4x400 (3:29.27) and fifth in the 400m hurdles (56.33)... Finished second in the 800m (2:05.33) at the LSU Invitational... Won bronze in the 400m hurdles (55.59) and finished sixth in the 4x400 (3:30.86) at the SEC Outdoor Championships... Finished first in the 4x400 (3:31.33) and third in the 400m hurdles (56.68) at the NCAA East Preliminaries. Qualified for the NCAA Championship in both events... Finished eleventh in the 4x400 (3:30.37) at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. Named USTFCCCA Outdoor Second Team All-American in the 4x400 and Honorable Mention All-American in the 400m hurdles.
2023 Indoor: Made her season debut at the Clemson Invitational in the 600m, placing first with a time of 1:30.52… At the Razorback Invitational, she participated in both school record relay teams. In the distance medley relay, she ran the second leg of the school record team (10:57.58). In the 4x400m, she ran the third leg of the relay team that school record (3:27.58)… At the Tyson Invitational, she ran both the 400m and 4x400m. She ran a 54.90 in the 400m and helped the 4x400m relay team (3:31.76) to a third-place finish... Ran in both the 4x400 and DMR at the SEC Indoor Championships. Ran the second leg on the fifth place 4x400 relay team (3:38.85) and the second leg of the DMR team that finished second (11:06.01). Earned Second Team All-SEC honors for her performance... Finished sixth in the 4x400 (3:29.88) at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Earned USTFCCCA First Team All-American honors for the 4x400.
2022 Outdoor: Made Florida debut in the 400-meter hurdles at the Texas Relays in 57.38 ... ran personal best 56.25 in the 400-meter hurdles at the Pepsi Florida Relays ... ran the third leg on Florida's 4x400 team (3:29.20) at the Pepsi Florida Relays ... competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial ... fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Championships (56.84) ... member of the 2022 SEC Outdoor Championship team ... competed in the 400-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Prelims ... NCAA Qualifier in the 400-meter hurdles ... 7th Place at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter hurdles ... First Team All-American (400mH) ... member of Florida's NCAA Outdoor National Championship team ... made semifinals of 400-meter hurdles at USATF Outdoor Championships
2022 Indoor: Made Florida debut at the Bob Pollock Meet in the 400 meters ... ran a personal best in the 400 meters (55.47) at the Tyson Invitational ... ran in the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championships ... alternate at the NCAA Indoor Championships for Florida's 4x400 team ... member of the 2022 NCAA Indoor National Championship team
Prior to Florida:
- Attended University of Tennessee
- 2020 U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier (400mH)
- 2021 NCAA Outdoors qualifier (400mH)
- 2019 USATF Juniors Bronze Medalist in the 400m hurdles
- 2019 New Balance Nationals All-American (400m hurdles - 3rd place)
- 2018 400m Hurdles New York State Outdoor Champion
- 2018 600m New York State Indoor Champion
MAJOR:
Received undergraduate certificate in Sports Management in May 2024.
