Arlicia Bush Season 2019

2021 Outdoor: Did not compete.

2021 Indoor: Did not compete.

2020 Indoor: Won bronze in the 400 meter-dash with a personal best time of 53.40 at the ACC Indoor Championships … Also ran as a member of the 4x400 team that won gold (3:38.21) and as a member of the distance medley relay team that took silver (11:08.41) … Ran as a member of the DMR team that posted a time of 11:10.18 to finish second at the JDL DMR Invitational … Won the 400 meters at the Virginia Tech Challenge with a time of 53.54 … Was part of the 4x400 team that finished third with a time of 3:36.29 at the Texas Tech Shootout … Was part of the 4x400 team that finished first with a time of 3:36.24 and ran in the 400-meter dash, finishing second with a time of 54.50 at the Doc Hale Virginia Tech Invitational … Was part of the 400-meter dash and finished fourth with a time of 54.55 and part of the 300-meter dash and finished sixth with a personal best time of 38.87 at the Hokie Invitational … Ran as a  member of the 4x400 team that finished first with a time of 3:37.79 and ran the 500-meter dash, finishing second with a personal best time of 1:12.99 at the Virginia Tech Invitational.

2019 Outdoor: Tallied a time of 53.77 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the NCAA East Preliminaries … Placed fourth in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.73 at the ACC Outdoor Championships … Was also a member of the 4x100 team that turned in a time of 45.79 and the 4x400 team that finished sixth, clocking a time of 3:43.25 … Placed third in the 400-meter dash at the Lenny Lyles-Clark Wood Invitational with a time of 54.17 … Placed eighth with a time of 56.56 in the 400-meter dash at the Tennessee Relays … Clocked a time of 54.28 in the 400-meter dash and was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team (45.64) and 4x400-meter relay team (3:38.36) at the Florida Relays …  Ran a time of 56.08 in the 400-meter dash and was a member of the 4x100 team that placed third with their time of 45.45 and the 4x400 team that also placed third with a time of 3:42.25 at the FSU Relays.

2019 indoor: Ran the 400 for the distance medley relay team that finished 10^th at the NCAA Indoor Championships … Finished fifth in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Indoor Championships with a personal-best time of 53.92 seconds … Was a member of the 4x400 relay team that finished second with a time of 3:38.12 … Also ran the 400 for the distance medley relay team that won gold … Was a member of the distance medley relay team that finished second at the Camel City Invitational … Ran a time of 54.06 seconds to finish first in the 400-meter dash at the Virginia Tech Challenge … Completed the 400-meter dash in a time of 54.82 seconds to finish seventh at the Doc Hale Elite Meet … Also ran on the 4x400-meter relay team placed first with a time of 3:38.12 …Won the 500 at the Virginia Tech Invitational, running the race in a time of 1:13.38 ... Also was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished first.

2018 outdoor: Ran on the 4x100-meter relay team that was two spots away from making it to Eugene, despite running the 11th-fastest time (44.62) at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds ... Also ran the anchor leg on the 4x400-meter relay team that posted a time of 3:37.57 ... Recorded a time of 54.62 in the 400-meter dash to finish 11th in the ACC Outdoor Championships ... Was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished fourth with an overall time of 3:36.35 ... Turned in a time of 54.00 in the 400-meter dash at the National Championship Relays … Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that claimed eighth with a time of 44.94 … Also competed in the 4x400-meter relay, finishing eighth with an overall time of 3:36.95 … Set a new personal best in the 200-meter dash at the War Eagle Invitational 2018 with a time of 24.21 … Also competed in the 400-meter dash, finishing fifth with a time of 54.25 … Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team that finished third with an overall time of 45.13 … Posted a time of 24.53 in the 200-meter dash at the Tennessee Relays … Finished with a time of 54.67 in the 400-meter dash … Was a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finished third in the preliminaries at the Home Depot Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a time of 3:38.88 … Advanced to the finals, capturing third with a time of 3:37.94 … Also competed on the 4x100-meter relay team that finished eleventh with an overall time of 45.75 …Competed in the 400-meter dash at the Weems Baskin Relays, placing eighth with a time of 55.68.

2018 indoor: Participated in the preliminaries of the 400-meter dash in the ACC Championships, finishing with a time of 54.68 … Also competed on the 4x400-meter relay squad who finished fourth with a time of 3:36.83 … Was a member of the DMR team at the ACC Championships who finished first with a time of 10:57.60 … Competed on the distance medley relay team, finishing first at the Roanoke Tune Up with a time of 11:08.48 … Finished with a time of 56.87 in the 400-meter dash at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational … Also competed in a leg of the 4x400-meter relay, finishing 11th with a time of 3:41.26 … Completed the 400-meter dash in 54.62 seconds to place 12th at the 2018 Rod McCravy Memorial Track and Field Meet ... Finished in the 200-meter dash at the Clemson Invitational with a time of 24.98 … Also participated in the 400-meter dash at the Clemson Invitational, placed 12th with a time of 55.90 … Began the year at the Nittany Lion Challenge, tallying a time of 39.39 in the 300-meter dash to place sixth … Also competed in the 4x400-meter relay at the Nittany Lion Challenge, running a leg on the team which took first with a time of 3:43.85.

2017 outdoor: Tallied a 10th-place finish at the USA Junior Outdoor Championships in the 400-meter dash with a time of 53.73 ... Earned a top-20 finish as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team at the NCAA Championships ... Ran the 400-meter sprint at the NCAA East Preliminary Rounds, earning a top-25 finish in the event ... Was a member of the 4x100-meter relay team at that same meet, earning a season-best time of 44.60 seconds ... Also was a part of the first 4x4 team in school history to qualify for the NCAA Championships with an 11th-place finish in the quarterfinal round of the NCAA East Regionals ... Competed in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships ... Was a part of the 4x100 (44.63) and 4x400 (3:32.57) relays at the league championship, placing third and second, respectively, to collect second-team All-ACC honors in both events ... Also was a member of the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relay teams that advanced to the Championship of America Invitational at the Penn Relays for the first time in school history ... Competed in the 400 at a trio of meets during the regular season, earning a silver medal in the event at both the War Eagle Invitational and the Tennessee Relays ... Ran the 200 for the first time outdoors at the Tennessee Relays, finishing the sprint in 24.56 seconds ... Made her outdoor debut at the Weems Baskin Invitational, placing third in the 400 with a lifetime-best time of 53.29 seconds - the fourth-fastest time in the event in school history.

2017 indoor: Recorded a personal-best time of 54.54 seconds in the 400-meter dash at the ACC Championships, placing 11th overall – good enough for eighth on Tech’s all-time list … Also was a member of the school-record breaking 4x400 relay team, placing fourth at the ACC Championships with a time of 3:37.42 … Won the 400 at the Virginia Tech Challenge, finishing the race in 54.68 seconds … Competed in the 400 at the Music City Challenge … Also collected a second-place finish as a member of the 4x400 relay team, finishing in a time of 3:40.04 … Ran the 200 for the first time in her career at the Doc Hale VT Elite Meet, recording a personal-best time of 24.98 … Also won the 400-meter dash at that same meet … Raced in the 400 at the Bob Pollock Invitational … Won her first collegiate race in Hokie uniform, recording a lifetime-best time of 1 minute, 14.09 seconds in the 500 meters – the fourth-best time in the event in program history.

High school: Was a two-sport athlete at Ridge View, earning one letter in basketball and six letters in track and field … Earned all-league and all-state honors four years in a row as a member of the track and field team … Was a four-time all-American … Also was crowned the region (4x) and state champion (3x) while at Ridge View … Holds a school record in two events (400m and 4x4 relay) … Owns a personal-best mark of 53.59 in the 400-meter race and a 3:48.7 in the 4x4 relay … Placed fifth at the 2015 New Balance Nationals … Graduated with honors and was a member of the National Honor Society.

Personal: Born Jan. 3, 1998 … Daughter of Ebony and Angel Brooks … Has two younger siblings, Alliyah and Angel Jr. … Enrolled in university studies.

Bush's Track and Field Career Bests

IndoorOutdoor

200m - 24.98, Doc Hale VT Elite (2017)
400m - 53.40, ACC Championships (2020)
500m - 1:12.99, VT Invitational (2020)

200m - 24.21, War Eagle Invitational 2018 (2018)
400m - 53.29, Weems Baskin Invitational (2018)