Villanova Univeristy Athletics

2021: Competed in the Villanova home meet in both the 60 meters and the 200 meters; Villanova Indoor Meet (3/5): In her first official competition since the end of the 2019 outdoor season came in seventh in the 60 meters and eighth in the 200 meters ... Posted times of 8.03 and 26.41, respectively, in the Wildcats home meet in Staten Island ... The 60 meter race was the first of her career.

2019: Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 60 meter hurdles and was a BIG EAST scorer in the 200 meters ... Established new personal best times in both of those events during the season, including in the 200 meters during the BIG EAST Championships ... Competed at four meets during the season; Dr. Sander Invitational/Columbia Challenge (1/25-1/26): Opened the season by running in the 60 meter hurdles and the 400 meters ... Came in 13th in the preliminary heats of the hurdles with a time of 8.66 ... Posted a time of 58.77 in the 400 meters on the second day of the meet; Villanova Invitational (2/2): Won the 60 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 8.47 in the final ... The time elevated her seventh on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the hurdles, and lowered her previous top time of 8.63 which had been set one season earlier ... Led the field of competitors in the hurdles with a time of 8.72 during the preliminary heats ... Lowered her time by a quarter of a second to win the final ... Placed seventh in the 200 meters at the Wildcats home meet with a time of 25.31 ... Also led off the 4x400 meter relay and was part of a lineup that came in second in the relay with a time of 3:52.78; FastTrack National Invitational (2/8): Recorded fourth place finishes in both the 60 meter hurdles and in the invitational section of the 200 meters ... Came in fourth in the final of the hurdles in 8.62 after ranking fifth in the preliminary round in 8.70 ... Finished fourth in the 200 meters in 24.90; BIG EAST Championships (2/22-2/23): Helped lead the Wildcats to their record 16th team title at the BIG EAST meet ... Was the runner-up individually in the 60 meter hurdles and also came in fifth in the 200 meters ... On the opening day of the meet was second overall in the heats of the hurdles with a time of 8.52, and also came in fifth in the preliminaries of the 200 meters with a new personal best time of 24.72 ... Held both of those position in the finals the next day, as she came in second in the hurdles (8.57) and fifth in the 200 meters (24.88) ... Her times in each event were the second-fastest of both the season and her career.

2018: Was a BIG EAST champion as part of the 4x400 meter relay and also earned All-BIG EAST honors individually in the 60 meter hurdles ... Competed at three meets during the season ... Lowered her personal best time in the 60 meter hurdles during the year and moved into ninth place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the event; Villanova Invitational (2/3): Made her season debut at the Wildcats home meet ... Came in fourth in the final of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.76 after she led the field of competitors in the preliminary heats with a time of 8.72 ... Also placed sixth in the 400 meters with a time of 58.20; FastTrack National Invite (2/9): Finished eighth in the 60 meter hurdles and 11th in the invitational section of the 200 meters ... Posted a time of 8.67 in the preliminary heats of the 60 meter hurdles and was ranked eighth heading into the final ... Matched that position with a time of 8.81 in the final heat ... Posted a time of 25.23 in the 200 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/23-2/24): Led off the conference champion 4x400 meter relay ... Was the runner-up in the 60 meter hurdles and came in 11th in the preliminary heats of the 200 meters ... Had a split of 57.92 on the opening leg of the 4x400 relay and Villanova posted a winning time of 3:42.01 in the race ... That time is the third-fastest indoors in school history in the 4x400 relay ... Was ranked fourth in the preliminary heats of the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.71, then lowered the mark to a personal best time of 8.63 to finish second in the final ... Recorded a time of 25.20 in the heats of the 200 meters ... Contributed 10.5 points towards the Wildcats winning the team title at the BIG EAST meet.

2017: Ran in seven meets during the season and scored in both the 60 meter hurdles and the 200 meters at the BIG EAST Championships; Jack Pyrah Invitational (12/3): Made her collegiate debut at the season opener, where she won the 60 meter hurdles with a time of 8.95 and ran the leadoff leg of the 4x400 meter relay as part of a lineup which tied for a first place finish with a time of 3:56.00; Nittany Lion Challenge (1/14): Came in sixth in the final of the 60 meter hurdles (8.89) after ranking seventh in the preliminary heats (9.13) ... Finished 15th in the 200 meters with a time of 26.11; Gotham Cup (1/20): Finished seventh in the 60 meter hurdles (9.05) and 12th in the 200 meters (25.65); Villanova Open (1/27): Ran the second leg of the 4x400 meter relay which tallied a sixth place finish with a time of 3:52.98 ... Tied for seventh in the preliminary heats of the 60 meter hurdles (8.95) and came in seventh in the final (8.82); Villanova Invitational (2/4): Led off the 4x400 meter relay in a lineup that came in fifth with a time of 3:52.86 ... Came in fifth in the 60 meter hurdles in both the preliminary heats (8.81) and the final (8.79); FastTrack National Invitational (2/10): Recorded a time of 8.88 in the preliminary heats of the 60 meter hurdles and registered a time of 25.48 in the 200 meters; BIG EAST Championships (2/24-2/25): Finished fourth in the 60 meter hurdles and eighth in the 200 meters at the conference meet ... Posted a time of 8.87 in the preliminary heats of the hurdles and finished with a time of 8.92 in the final ... Ranked eighth in the 200 meters in both the preliminary heats (25.23) and the final (25.48), with her time in the preliminaries representing a season best.
 

OUTDOOR

2021: Won her first career individual BIG EAST title in the 400 meter hurdles … Also led off the Wildcats conference champion 4x400 meter relay and was an All-BIG EAST performer in the 4x100 meter relay … Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary for the second time in her career … Competed at a total of seven meets during the season; Villanova Opener (3/19): Tallied a fourth place finish in the 200 meters with a time of 26.04 in the season opener at Villanova Stadium; Penn Challenge (3/27): Ran the 400 meter hurdles for the first time during the season and notched a first place finish with a winning time of 1:02.39; Virginia Challenge (4/17): Came in sixth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:01.32; Philadelphia Metropolitan Collegiate Invitational (4/24): On the traditional weekend of the Penn Relays competed in both the 400 meter hurdles and on the Wildcats sprint medley relay team in a local meet at Franklin Field … Came in third in the hurdles with a time of 1:00.30 … Ran one of the 200 meter legs of the sprint medley relay which Villanova won with a time of 3:49.82 … The time ranks as the third-fastest in the Wildcats record book; Penn Twilight (5/1): In her final tune-up before the BIG EAST Championships came in third in the 200 meters with a time of 24.78 and finished fourth in the 100 meters in 12.30; BIG EAST Championships (5/14-5/15): One of the key performers for the Wildcats as the team won its third consecutive outdoor BIG EAST title … Individual conference champion in the 400 meter hurdles … Led off the BIG EAST champion 4x400 meter relay and also ran the third leg of the 4x100 relay which finished third and garnered All-BIG EAST honors … Won the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.73 in the final after leading the field with a time of 1:02.06 in the preliminary heats a day earlier … The 4x400 relay squad recorded a winning time of 3:38.86, the second-fastest of the season for Villanova and the eighth-fastest 4x400 time in school history … The 4x100 relay squad recorded a time of 46.15 which is the second-fastest in the Wildcats record book; NCAA East Preliminary (5/27, 5/29): Competed in the national first round heats of the 400 meter hurdles for the second time in her career and led off the 4x400 meter relay in the national quarterfinal round … Registered a season-best time of 1:00.03 in the hurdles to come in sixth in her heat … Villanova sent a 4x400 team to the NCAA East meet for the first time since 2011 and the squad finished 20^th overall with a time of 3:39.68 after being ranked 24^th entering the meet.
 
2019: Ran a leg of the BIG EAST champion 4x100 meter relay and also earned all-conference honors in both the 100 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles ... Qualified for the NCAA East Preliminary in the 400 meter hurdles for the first time in her career ... Became the seventh athlete in school history to break one minute in the 400 hurdles and was the Wildcats first qualifier for regionals in the event in six years ... Competed in a total of six meets and 17 races during the outdoor season; Penn Challenge (3/23): Came in second in the 100 meter hurdles and third in the 400 meter hurdles in the outdoor season opener ... Recorded times of 14.27 and 1:04.85, respectively; Florida Relays (3/29): Posted times of 14.14 in the 100 meter hurdles and 1:01.08 in the 400 meter hurdles; Hurricane Alumni Invitational (4/13): Came in fourth in the 400 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 59.99 ... Moved up to seventh place on the all-time Villanova performance list in the event, while the mark secured her spot at the East regional meet later in the year ... Also came in fifth in the 100 meter hurdles at the Miami meet with a time of 13.81; Penn Relays (4/25-4/27): Had a memorable week at the Penn Relays, where she notched a sixth place finish in the 400 meter hurdles, advanced to the final of the 100 meter hurdles and ran a leg of the 4x100 meter relay which qualified for the Eastern section final ... Posted her second-fastest time of the season in the 400 meter hurdles with a mark of 1:00.33 on the first morning of the three-day carnival ... Later that same day ran the third leg of the 4x100 relay which came in 21st overall in the preliminary heats with a time of 46.73 ... It was only the third time in the last 14 years that Villanova lined up for the prelims in the 4x100 relay and the team advanced to the Eastern final a day later, where the Wildcats posted an identical time of 46.73 and finished fourth in their section ... Posted a season-best time of 13.64 in the preliminaries of the 100 meter hurdles ... Ranked fourth overall going into the final and placed seventh in the final in 13.76 while running her fifth race in three days; BIG EAST Championships (5/10-5/11): Tallied a trio of top-three finishes in the 100 meter hurdles, the 400 meter hurdles and the 4x100 meter relay to help Villanova win the BIG EAST title and finish off its second straight conference "triple crown" with championships in cross country, indoor track & field and outdoor track & field ... Had the second-fastest time in the preliminary heats of both the 100 meter hurdles (13.87) and the 400 meter hurdles (1:01.95) on the first day of the conference meet ... Began the second day of the meet by running the third leg of the 4x100 meter relay, with Villanova posting a time of 46.42 and winning the relay title for the first time since the inaugural BIG EAST women's meet in 1983 ... The time recorded ranks fourth on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the relay and represented the third entry on the program's top-10 list which occurred during the 2019 season ... Runner-up in the final of the 100 hurdles with a time of 13.88 and came in third in the final of the 400 meter hurdles in 1:00.80 ... Garnered three All-BIG EAST honors at the outdoor conference championships for the second straight year; NCAA East Preliminary (5/23): Competed in the national first round heats of the 400 meter hurdles ... Recorded a time of 1:00.86 to finish 37th overall in her first career appearance at the regional meet. 

2018: Competed in four events at the BIG EAST Championships, including both the 100 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles in addition to running a leg of the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 100 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles, as well as for being a part of the 4x400 meter relay squad ... Registered personal best times in both hurdle events during the year ... Competed at a total of seven meets during the season; Penn Challenge (3/24): Runner-up in the meter hurdles with a time of 14.51 and placed fifth in the 400 meter hurdles in 1:02.95; Florida Relays (3/30): Ran three races at the meet ... Registered a time of 14.06 in the 100 meter hurdles and crossed the finish line in 1:02.83 in the 400 meter hurdles ... Also led off the 4x400 meter relay for a Villanova squad which posted a time of 3:51.24 in the preliminary heats; Colonial Relays (4/5-4/6): Tallied a third place finish in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 13.90 and finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:02.53; Temple Owls Invite (4/13): Finished first in the 400 meter hurdles with a personal best time of 1:00.72 and was the runner-up in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.11 ... Her winning time in the 400 meter hurdles put her into ninth place on the Wildcats all-time performance list in the event; War Eagle Invitational (4/21): Tallied fourth place finishes in both the 100 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles ... Crossed the finish line in 14.21 in the final of the 100 meter hurdles after finishing seventh in the preliminary heats with a time of 14.17 ... Registered a time of 1:01.52 in the 400 meter hurdles; Penn Relays (4/26-4/27): Came in 11th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:00.99 to open the meet ... Finished 20th in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.46 the next day ... Ran the 400 meter leg of the sprint medley relay and helped Villanova finish 10th in the relay with a time of 4:01.62 ... The time is the fifth-fastest in school history in the sprint medley relay; BIG EAST Championships (5/11-5/12): Was a key contributor towards the Wildcats winning the team title at the conference meet ... Scored in four events in all, including two individual events and two relays ... Runner-up in the 100 meter hurdles and came in third in the 400 meter hurdles ... Villanova came in third in the 4x400 meter relay and fifth in the 4x100 meter relay ... Earned All-BIG EAST honors in both individual events as well as in the 4x400 relay ... Was personally responsible for 16.5 team points at the meet ... Registered a personal best time of 13.62 in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter hurdles ... Stayed second in the final when she crossed the finish line in 13.76 ... Also was third in the 400 meter hurdles in both the preliminary heats (1:01.30) and the final (1:01.20) ... Led off the 4x100 meter relay in which the Wildcats posted a time of 47.53 ... Also led off the 4x400 meter relay which finished with a time of 3:46.45.

2017: Competed at six meets during her first collegiate outdoor season ... Scored in four events at the BIG EAST Championships, including individually in both the 100 meter hurdles and the 400 meter hurdles as well as in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays ... Was a BIG EAST champion in the 4x400 meter relay and earned All-BIG EAST honors in the 100 meter hurdles; Penn Challenge (3/25): Came in third in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.03 and was fourth in teh 100 meter hurdles in 14.57 in the outdoor season opener; Colonial Relays (3/31): Posted times of 15.18 in the 100 meter hurdles and 1:04.37 in the 400 meter hurdles; Sam Howell Invitational (4/8): Advanced to the final of the 100 meter hurdles and came in fourth in the event with a time of 14.34 ... Was third overall during the preliminaries with a time of 14.28 ... Aso finished 12th in the 400 meter hurdles at the meet with a time of 1:05.07; Larry Ellis Invitational (4/22): Came in ninth in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 14.53 and also placed 10th in the 200 meters in 25.17; Penn Relays (4/27, 4/29): Ran in the championship section of the 400 meter hurdles and was a part of the Wildcats lineup in the preliminary heats of the 4x400 meter relay on the first day of the meet ... Posted a time of 1:01.12 in the 400 meter hurdles ... Led off the 4x400 meter relay for a quartet which finished 20th overall in the preliminary round with a time of 3:46.12 ... Villanova qualified for the ECAC section of the relay two days later and was the runner-up in that section with a time of 3:43.28 which was the team's fastest of the season in the relay; BIG EAST Championships (5/12-5/13): Led off the BIG EAST champion 4x400 meter relay in which the Wildcats posted a winning time of 3:44.34 ... Also led off the 4x100 meter relay which finished in fourth place with a time of 48.70 ... Came in third in the final of the 100 meter hurdles to earn All-BIG EAST honors and was fifth in the final of the 400 meter hurdles ... Recorded a time of 13.83 in the preliminary heats of the 100 meter hurdles and was third overall heading into the final ... Placed third in the final with a time of 14.11 ... Was fourth in the preliminaries of the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.16 ... Came in fifth in the final in 1:04.53.
 

BEFORE VILLANOVA

Mountain Pointe High School: Earned three varsity letters in track & field while competing in the sprints and hurdles, as well as three letters in basketball as a point guard … Team captain and MVP of the track & field team … Basketball team captain … Two-time School Athlete of the Year … Holds school records in the 200 meters (24.80) as well as in the 4x100 and 4x400 meter relays … City record holder in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 300 meters and both the 4x100 and 4x400 relays … Meet record holder at the Arcadia Open in the 300 meter hurdles … Was a state champion in 2015 … Member of her school’s student council.
 
Personal: Born 10/3/98 in Walnut Creek, Calif. … One of eight children of DeWaine and Vonderell Burns … Siblings are Reginald, Tahara, Chevonne, TiVianna, Ashle, Christopher and Cameron … Hobbies include politics, reading and playing sports … Has participated in urban dance and camp counseling among her other activities … Chose to attend Villanova for the combination of its academic and athletic reputation, and the opportunity to succeed both on and off the track … Political Science major.