2021-22 Men's Track and Field Roster

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Will Laird

  • Class Senior
  • Hometown Seattle, Wash.
  • Highschool Garfield

Biography

College Bests
800m - 1:53.54
1000m - 2:24.36
1500m - 3:44.77
Mile - 4:02.72
6000m (XC) - 18:56.2
8000m (XC) - 24:40.3
10,000 (XC) - 32:25.0

High School Bests
800m 1:55.4
1600m 4:17.72
5000m (XC) 15:58.2

2021-2022: During indoor track, opened up at Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia meet with a third-place finish in the 1000m with a time of 2:26.30…Ran 4:02.72 in the mile at Bruce Lehane Scarlet and White Invitational, which was No. 4 all-time at Yale…Ran first leg of the second team All-Ivy League relay in the Distance Medley Relay at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships…Finished fourth in the 1500m against Harvard, running a time of 3:53.05…Finished 20th in the 1500m at Virginia Challenge, running 3:46.78…Helped the 4x800m relay finish fourth at Ivy League Heptagonal Outdoor Track and Field Championships…Finished off with a personal best in the 1500m at Princeton Elite Invitational, running 3:44.77 for No. 8 all-time at Yale.

2020-21: No competition due to coronavirus pandemic.

2019-20: In indoor track, opened up with a personal best in the 800m, running 1:53.54 for a third-place finish against Columbia and Dartmouth…Finished third in the 1000m against Harvard and Princeton, running a personal best time of 2:24.36…Earned a personal best in the mile at David Hemery Valentine Invitational, running a time of 4:04.42….Finished third in the 1000m at Ivy League Heptagonal Indoor Track and Field Championships, running a time of 2:27.60, and followed up by helping the Bulldogs place third in the Distance Medley Relay…Earned track and field team's Most Improved Athlete Award...Outdoor season was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2018-2019: In indoor track, finished 4th in the 1000m at YDC; finished 7th in the mile and 1st in the 4x800 at HYP...Ran a new PR at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational...Finished 7th in the 1000m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships in a new PR and also ran a leg of the 4x800m relay...Competed at the IC4A Championships in the mile...In outdoor track, opened with a 1500m at the Raleigh Relays...Finished 4th in the 1500m at Harvard-Yale...Competed at the Virginia Challenge...Finished 16th in the 1500m at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships...Ran a PR at the Army West Point Twilight; finished his season at the IC4A Championships.

2017-18: In indoor track competed in the 1,000 meters at the Yale-Dartmouth-Columbia tri-meet…Ran a 4:12.34 in the mile at the David Hemery Valentine Invitational…Competed in the 1,000 meter run at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships and ran a leg of the 4x800 meter relay…Ran a personal best of 4:10.97 in the mile at the ECAC Indoor Championships. In outdoor track ran a 1:56.14 in the 800 meters at the Harvard-Yale Match...Competed in the 1500 meter run at the Virginia Challenge...Recorded a personal best of 3:52.71 in the 1500 meters at the Ivy League Heptagonal Championships.

Off the track: A Communication and Consent Educator (CCE) at Yale…Works at the Strittmatter Lab at the Yale Medical School.

High School: 12th at the 3A State XC Champs...3rd in the 3A 800m...5th in the 3A 1600m at State.
Personal: Played club soccer for 10 years, went to two state finals and was a regional and national champion...Has two younger brothers and a yellow lab...Volunteered with the Special Olympics: Project Unified club all four years of high school.

Historical Player Information

  • 2017-18First Year

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2018-19Sophomore

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2019-20Junior

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2020-21Senior

    Middle Distance/Distance
  • 2021-22Senior

    Middle Distance/Distance