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COLLEGIATE PERSONAL BESTS: 600m – 1:20.94, 800m – 1:50.63, 1000m 2:26.93, 1500m 3:49.03
AWARDS: Earned Academic All-Big Ten honors four times (2018-21).
AT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIPS
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16/20): Ran in both the 800m and 1500m prelims.
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28-29/20): Member of the DMR team that placed fifth (9:46.23)...Ran in 800m prelims.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/10-12/19): Finished 16th in 800m prelims (1:52.33).
Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/22-23/19): Set a personal-best in 800m prelims (12th - 1:51.92).
2021 Outdoor
Season: Recorded six top-ten finishes.
Big Ten Outdoor Championships (5/14-16): Posted personal bests in both the 800m (1:50.63) and the 1500m runs (3:49.03)
Jesse Owens Invitational (4/30-5/1): Placed second in the 800m run and sixth in the 4x400m relay.
2020 Outdoor
Season cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 Indoor
Season: Was a member of DMR that placed fifth at Big Ten Indoor Championships...Tallied six top-10 finishes.
Penn State Tune Up (2/21): Ran a regular-season best in 800m (1:52.24) .
2019 Outdoor
Season: Tallied three top-10 finishes…Ran in the 800m in four meets…Finished 16th in 800m prelims at the Big Ten Championships.
Virginia Challenge (4/19-20): Ran a season-best time of 1:52.05 in 800m.
2019 Indoor
Season: Set personal-bests 800m (1:51.92) and 600m (1:20.94).
Penn State Tune-up (2/16): Took fourth in 600m race with a personal-best mark of 1:20.94.
2018 Outdoor
Season: Posted three top-10 finishes...Won the 800m at the Jim Thorpe Open.
Bucknell Team Challenge (4/21): Ran a then-personal best 1:54.43 for fifth place. Jim Thorpe Open (5/4): Won the 800m (1:57.62).
2018 Indoor
Season: Tallied four top-10 finishes.
Penn State Tune-Up (2/17): Ran then-personal-best time of 1:21.02 in 600m. Spire NCAA D-1 Indoor Track & Field Classic (2/9-10): Recorded a then-indoor personal best in 800m (1:54.47).
2017 Indoor
Season: Posted collegiate bests of 1:21.88 in 600m and 1:55.89 in 800m...Recorded three top-10 finishes during the season.
BEFORE PENN STATE
Led Needham High School to Bay State Conference Championship (2015) and MA Division 2 Indoor State Championship…Named a three-time Bay State Conference all-star…Won Bay State conference title in the 800m (2015), 600m (2016) and 400m (2016)...Captured Indoor MA Division 2 600m State Championship (2016)...Finished as Outdoor MA Division 1 runner-up 800m (2016)...Set eight Needham High School records (Indoor: 600m, 4x400, DMR, SMR; Outdoor: 400m, 800m, 4x400, SMR)... Named outdoor track captain and team MVP (2016)…Competed at New Balance Indoor Nationals in both 2015 and 2016.
PERSONAL
Full name is William Thompson Ashenfelter...Son of Susan and Tom Ashenfelter...Grandson of Olympic gold medalist Horace Ashenfelter...Majoring in marketing...Born on September 11, 1997 in Needham Massachusetts.
Senior2020-21