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2025-26 Women's Track and Field Roster

Crystal Walker

  • Position Hurdles/Long Jump
  • Class Fifth Year
  • Highschool Convent of Mercy Academy 'Alpha'
  • Hometown Portmore, Jamaica

Biography

2024-25
Indoor:
  • Competed at all seven meets during the indoor season
  • Won the long jump at the Karl Schlender Invite (5.57m) and the W-C-W Meet (5.36m)
  • At the GLIAC Championships, finished in 3rd place in the 60m hurdles (8.74) and 4th place in the long jump (5.51m)
Outdoor:
  • Advanced to the NCAA Championships in the 100m hurdles
  • Named All-Region by the USTFCCCA in the 100m hurdles and long jump
  • Rewrote the record books with two school records at the GLIAC Championships
    • 13.68 in the 100m hurdles prelimiary round (finished in 4th)
    • 5.93m in the long jump (finished in 2nd)
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the Redbird Challenge (14.17), the UW-Oshkosh Invite (14.32), and the APU Franson Last Chance Meet (14.03)
  • Won the long jump at the Very, Very Last Chance Meet (5.71m)
  • A member of the 4x100m relay team that won the UW-Oshkosh Invite with a time of 49.10
2023-24
Indoor:
  • Did not participate
Outdoor:
  • Ran the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Championships, placing in 14th with a time of 14.07
  • Took 2nd place in the 100m hurdles at the GLIAC Championships with a time of 13.84
  • Placed 3rd at the GLIAC Championships in the long jump with a mark of 5.89m
  • Won the long jump at the NCC/Carius/Gregory Invitational with a time of 5.75m, the Elaine Leigh Invite at 5.71m, and the Spartan Invite finishing with a mark of 5.66m
2022-23
  • Named to the USTFCCCA Track & Field All-Academic Team
Indoor:
  • Named to the USTFCCCA All-Region Team in the long jump, pentathlon, and the 60m hurdles
  • Competed at the NCAA Division II Indoor Championships where she took 13th in the nation in the long jump (5.66m)
  • Found the podium twice at the GLIAC Championships, taking 2nd in the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.79 and 3rd in the long jump with a mark of 5.62m. Also placed 4th in the pentathlon
  • Set a school record in the long jump with a distance of 5.92m at the Minnesota State Massive Meet, winning the event
  • Collected two other victories: the 60m hurdles (8.75) at the UW Oshkosh Titan Challenge and the long jump (5.65m) at the WCW Meet
Outdoor:
  • Named to the USTFCCCA All-Region team in the long jump
  • Competed in six outdoor meets on the season
  • Took 2nd in the long jump (5.68m) and 4th in the 4x100m (47.62) at the GLIAC Championships
  • Placed 1st in the long jump at the St. Francis Fighting Chance Invite
  • At the NCC Carius/Gregory Invitational, she took 1st in both the 100m hurdles (14.10s) and the long jump (5.92m)
  • Helped set a school record in the 4x200m relay with a time of 1:42.06 at the Tiffin Track Carnival
  • Earned two more 1st place finishes at the Tiffin Track Carnival in the 100m hurdles (14:35) and the long jump (5.85m)
2021-22
Indoor:
  • Named the Freshman Field Athlete of the Meet at the GLIAC Championships after taking 3rd in the pentathlon, 5th in the 60m hurdles, and 6th in the long jump
  • Won the 60m hurdles at the WCW Meet at 8.82 and the UW Oshkosh Early Bird Invite
  • Took second in the pentathlon at the Jet's Pizza Invite
Outdoor:
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the GLIAC Championships, while setting a school record in the preliminaries with a time of 13.91
  • Also took 2nd in the long jump hitting a distance of 5.47m
  • Won the 100m hurdles at the Drake Alternative Meet, GVSU Al Owens Classic, and the UW-Platteville Opener
  • Placed 2nd in the long jump at the Drake Aternative Meet and Al Owens Classic
  • Competed in the heptathlon at the Golden Grizzlies Invite, taking 4th 
Before NMU
  • Played Field Hockey, Netball, and ran Track and Field at Alpha Academy
  • Won MVP for field hockey and her team won the championship
Personal
  • Daughter of Barbara Hutchins and Danny Walker
  • From Portmore, Jamaica
  • Enjoys watching movies

Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Multi
  • 2023-24Junior

    Hurdles/Long Jump/Relays
  • 2024-25Senior

    Hurdles/Long Jump
  • 2025-26Fifth Year

    Hurdles/Long Jump