2018 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Ratanya Washington
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Height:
- 5-5
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- High School:
- Long Beach Poly
- Hometown:
- Long Beach, Calif.
2018
Competed in one indoor meet and four outdoor meets as a senior ... Participated primarily in the 400m ... Posted a season-best time of 58.46 at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational on Apr. 14 ... Finished fourth in the 400m at the USC Dual Meet on Apr. 29, crossing the line in 58.91 ... Was part of a Bruin 4X400 team that finished second at that meet, coming in at 4:04.18.
2017
Finished fourth in the 400m at the Long Beach Dual with a time of 59.46 … Also helped the Bruins’ 4x400m squad to a runner-up showing at the Long Beach Dual with a time of 3:57.02 … Was granted a redshirt year.
2016
Competed in five outdoor events … Ran in the 200m, 400m and the 4x400 meter relay … Recorded a season best time of 56.49 in the 400m at the Bruin Legends of T&F Invitational to finish seventh overall … Helped her relay team earn a third place finish at the Rafer/JJK Invitational with a time of 4:02.71.
2015
A USTFCCCA honorable mention All-American in the 4x100m relay ... NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships competed on the 4x100m relay that clocked 45.48 … Pac-12 Track & Field Championships competed in the 400m running 56.27 which is a personal best placing 19th …UCLA vs. USC competed in the 400m running 56.73 placing 5th … UCLA Legends Invitational ran in the 200m placing 11th with a time of 25.47 and the 4x400m relay that clocked 3:50.97 and placed 4th … 2015 Arizona State Pac-12 vs Big 10 Invitational ran the 400m in a time of 57.29 to place 15th.
Finished eighth in the 400m at the USC Dual with a time of 58.14 … Ran on the 4x400m relay team at the USC Dual which finished in 3:50.42 … Placed sixth in the 400m with a time of 58.25 at the Rafer/JJK Invitational.
High School
Attended Long Beach Poly in Long Beach, Calif. … Lettered three seasons in track and field for coach Sharaud Moore and Don Norford … Helped the 4x400m relay win the CIF title in 2013 … Placed second at the CIF Championships in the 400m in 2013 … A three-time state meet qualifier … A New Balance third-team Indoor All-American … Earned the California State Assembly Award in 2011 and 2013 … Led Long Beach Poly to a 4x400m Moore League title in 2013 … Placed third in the Moore League meet in the 400m in 2013 and third in the 300m hurdles in 2011 … A 2013 Junior Olympic participant.
Personal
Daughter of Raymond Washington Jr. and Vanessa Washington … Has one brother named Vincell and two sisters named Raynessa and Veonna … Can speak Japanese ... Majoring in Geography.
