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Sean Willard - Track & Field - University of Kentucky Athletics

SeanWillard

  • class Junior
  • High school Midlothian
BIO

Collegiate Bests
1,500M: 4:00.83 | Mile: 4:24.46 | 3K: 8:51.50

2013-14 (Freshman)
Outdoor – 1,500M season best was 4:00.83 at the Bellarmine Invitational.
Indoor – Ran the mile and 3K twice each … Mile season best was 4:24.46 at the Kentucky Invitational … Ran 8:51.50 in the Hoosier Open 3K.
Cross Country – Did not compete.

Prior to UK
A quality prospect out of Virginia … Has produced at some of the top levels of the Virginia prep ranks including a top-10 finish at the 2012 state cross country meet, a top-15 time at the Virginia Outdoor Championships at 1,600m and a top-20 performance at 2012 New Balance Nationals … Was also an All-Milestat.com selection for cross country in 2012.

Personal
Son of Scott Willard and grandson of Ken Willard, who is one of the greatest running backs in San Francisco 49ers history, a four-time Pro Bowler and the second pick in the 1965 NFL Draft … Ken Willard, a North Carolina alumnus, was also recently named an ACC Legend.

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