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CAREER BESTS
200-meter dash 21.41 60-meter hurdles 8.12 110-meter hurdles 14.17 400-meter hurdles 53.98
2010 (SOPHOMORE)
Top 200-meter dash and 400-meter hurdles Boilermaker; set new personal record in the 60-meter hurdles by shaving off .05 seconds to set a time 8.12 seconds at the Boilermaker Invitational (2/20); set new personal record in 110-meter hurdles at the Dave Rankin Invitational (4/17), with a time of 14.17 seconds; Cut off 1.79 seconds to set a new personal record in the 400-meter hurdles at the Arizona State Invitational (3/27), with a time of 53.98; placed fourth in the 200-meter dash at the Big Ten Indoor Championships (2/28).
2009 (FRESHMAN)
Scored at both the Big Ten Indoor and Outdoor Championships as a rookie; posted a top indoor time of 21.65 in the 200-meter dash at the indoor conference meet to reach the finals and earn eighth; notched his top-two career times in the 200 at the Big Ten Outdoor Championships, qualifying with a time of 21.42 and placing eighth at 21.45; also helped the 4x100-meter relay team to a fifth-place showing and time of 41.22
HIGH SCHOOL
Four-year track and field standout at Miamisburg High School, helping team to a third-place finish at the 2008 Ohio high school state championships; placed in three events as a senior at the state championships, winning the 300-meter hurdles, and taking second in the 110-meter hurdles and 200-meter dash; won the 300-meter hurdles as a junior and took fourth in the 110-meter hurdles.
PERSONAL
Michael Jon Willey was born June 21, 1989, in Kettering, Ohio; is the son of Kevin and Karen Willey; has one brother, Jacob; enjoys outdoor activities; undecided on a major.