William Wright

position Middle Distance
class Junior
Hometown Anderson, S.C.
High school Wren HS

position Middle Distance
class Junior
Hometown Anderson, S.C.
High school Wren HS

Career Honors and Recognition

2024 Spring SEC Honor Roll
2023 First-Year SEC Academic Honor Roll

Season and Career Results
2024
Indoor
Missed the indoor season due to a lingering injury.

Outdoor
Missed the outdoor season with an injury.

2023
Indoor
Competed in seven meets during his first indoor season with the Gamecocks … Made his collegiate debut at the Clemson Opener, running a collegiate personal best in the 1,000m with a time of 2:31.21 to finish fifth overall … Was also the anchor leg on the 4x400m relay team that finished fourth at the Clemson Opener … Ran his first 800m event at the Gamecock Opener, finishing runner up with a time of 1:54.10 … Also turned in his best distance medley relay finish of the season at the Gamecock Opener with a third-place finish following a time of 10:25.85 … Turned in his fastest 800m race of the season at the Tiger Paw Invite, running 1:51.41 to place 14^th.

Outdoor
Competed in seven total events during his first outdoor season, running the 800m, 4x400m, 4x800m and one distance medley relay … Made his outdoor debut at the Island Relays Bahamas, running 1:55.81 in the 800m to finish fifth overall … The following week, he placed fourth in the 800m at the Weems Baskin Relays after clocking 1:53.27 … Set his outdoor PR in the 800m at the Tom Jones Memorial, running 1:52.74 … Was the leadoff leg for the second-fastest 4x800m relay team in Gamecock history, turning in a time of 7:25.33 to finish second at the Florida Relays … Competed in one DMR race at the Penn Relays, resulting in the eighth fastest DMR time in outdoor Gamecock history as he was the second leg on a squad that ran 10:12.09.

Pre- South Carolina
High School

Lettered in track & field, cross country and soccer at Wren High School … Coached by Larry Clark, Jr. … Competed in the 800m, 1600m, 4x800m and 4x400m … Holds the school record in the 800m as well as three additional relays … Named Team Captain and MVP … Claimed individual and team state titles, including winning back-to-back team state championships.

Personal

Son of Bernard and Judy Wright, born on Dec. 5, 2003 … Has triplet sisters: Anna, Chloe and Olivia … Plans to major in business with the goal of traveling internationally … Chose Carolina over College of Charleston … Earned the Palmetto Fellows Award.

Personal Records
Indoor