Patrice Potts Season 2007-08

ClassJunior
HometownGreensville, Va.
High SchoolBrunswick
Patrice PottsEvent: Sprints
Class: Junior
High School: Brunswick
Hometown: Greensville, Va.
 

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2007 Outdoor: ACC 100-meter dash champion (11.40) ... Member of 4x100-meter relay that set a school record by taking second place with a 44.33 effort at the NCAA East Regional ... Finished third at the NCAA East Regional in the 100-meter dash with an 11.63 performance ... Was the top collegiate finisher in the 100-meter dash at the Georgia Tech Invitational (11.58) ... All-ACC performer in the 200-meter dash with a personal best time of 23.25 ... Registered eighth-place finish in the 400-meter dash at the Hurricane Invitational (55.86).

2007 Indoor: ACC champion in the 60-meter dash at indoor championships ... Member of third-place ACC 4x400-meter relay that ran in 3:42.54 at the conference meet... All-ACC for the 60 and 200-meter dashes ... Turned in the conference's top 55 and 60-meter dash times: 6.85 in the 55-meter dash for second place at the VT Last Chance Invitational, then a 7.35 60-meter dash time at the Sykes-Sabok Challenge Cup ... At the same meet, set the school record in the 200-meter dash with a 23.67 performance and had the second-best 200-meter dash time in the conference ... Claimed event title in the 60-meter dash with a school record time of 7.35, .09 second faster than her previous best mark.

2006 Outdoor: Placed 19th in the 100-meter dash at the NCAA East Region meet with a time of 11.79 ... Set the school record in the 100-meter dash at the Hurricane Invitational with a time of 11.70, which was also an NCAA regional qualifying time ... Placed 15th in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.52 at the Hurricane Invitational ... Broke the school record with a regional qualifying time of 11.68 in the 100-meter dash at the Texas Relays, finishing 12th ... Part of the 4x100-meter relay team that set the school record at the Texas Relays with a time of 46.18 ... Placed 18th at the Sea Ray Relays in the 100-meter with a time of 11.75 ... Earned All-ACC honors for her third-place finish in the 100-meter dash, recording a time of 11.68 at the ACC Championships ... Recorded a personal-best time of 24.28 in the prelims at the ACC Championships in the 200-meter race ... Finished eighth in the 200-meter dash at the ACC Championships in 25.09 ... Part of the sixth-place 4x100-meter relay at the ACC Championships with a time of 46.42 ... Finished third in the 200-meter race at the Liberty Invitational in 24.77 ... Was 17th in the 100-meter event at the Georgia Tech Invitational with a time of 12.04 ... Placed 34th in the 200-meter race at the same meet in 25.39.

2006 Indoor: Broke the school record in the 60-meter sprint at the Virginia Tech Last Chance meet with a time of 7.45, finishing fourth ... Shattered the school record in the 60-meter event during her first collegiate race with a time of 7.50 in the preliminaries at the Clemson Invitational ... Placed third in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.51 at the Penn State Invitational ... Was part of the sixth-place 4x400-meter relay team with a time of 3:48.59 at the Penn State Invitational ... Set a personal-best time in the 200-meter dash at the Penn State Open with a time of 24.43, finishing eighth ... Finished fourth in the 60-meter finals after finishing with a personal-best time of 7.48 in the prelims, which is a school record ... Placed 13th in the 200-meter race with a time of 24.59 ... Placed fourth in the 60-meter dash with a time of 7.46 at the ACC Championships.

High School: 2005 Nike High School All-American ... Was runner-up in the 100-meter and 200-meter dashes at the 2005 Golden West Invitational, the oldest and one of the most prestigious high school invitationals in the United States ... Three-time Virginia State AA champion in 2005, in the 55-meter dash (indoor) and 100-meter and 200-meter outdoor ... Set a state meet record in the 100-meter dash ... Runner-up in the 100-meter and 200-meter events at the 2005 Southern Track Classic, the top high school invitational in Virginia ... Ranked third all-time in all divisions of Virginia high schools in the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.69 ... Ranked fourth all-time in all divisions of Virginia high schools in the 200-meter dash with a time of 24.19 ... 2005 Dye-State Elite performer in the 100- and 200-meter dashes ... 2005 Brunswick High School Athlete of the Year ... A 2005 inductee into the Brunswick High School Hall of Fame ... A four-year letterwinner in track and field under coach Martin Astrop ... Two-year basketball letterwinner ... Four-year first-team all-district, regional and state performer ... Four-time team MVP.

Personal: Born September 9, 1987 in Greensville, Va. ... Daughter of Shirley Williams and David Potts ... University studies major ... Has three siblings, Crystal, Richard and Dallas.

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