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2022-23 Women's Track & Field Roster

(C) Douglas Johnson

Parys Smith

Parys Smith

  • Position:
    Hurdles
  • Height:
    5-7
  • Class:
    Sophomore
  • Hometown:
    Keego Harbor, Mich.
  • High School:
    West Bloomfield
  • Letters:
    1

Summary

Biography

2022-23:  INDOOR:  Only competed in the first regular-season meet - GVSU Holiday Open (12/9) ... posted times of 26.74 (200m dash), 9.43 (60m hurdles) and was a member of the 4x400m relay.  OUTDOOR:  Competed in four regular-season meets ... posted season-best times of 15.81 for 100m hurdles and 1:13.46 for 400m hurdles at the Michigan State Spartan Invite (3/31).

2021-22:  INDOOR:  Competed in five regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished 11th at GLIACs in the 60m hurdles with a season-best time of 9.43 ... ran a season-best time of 26.86 for 200m at the SVSU Tune-Up (2/18) ... posted a season-best time of 8.30 for the 60m dash at the SVSU Jet’s Pizza Invite (1/28-29).  OUTDOOR:  Participated in four regular-season meets, plus the GLIAC Championships ... finished ninth in the 400m hurdles (season-best time of 1:06.54 prelims) at the GLIACs ... ran a season-best time of 15.83 for 100m hurdles at the Ashland Alumni Open. 

High School:  A 2021 graduate of West Bloomfield High School ... was a three-year (2018-19-21) track letterwinner for the Lakers since the 2020 season was canceled ... earned the squad's Most Improved Award ... participated as a freshman in the MHSAA Division 1 Regional meet in the 300m hurdles ... competed in both the 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles at the regional meet in 2019 ... ran a season-best time of 47.85 in the 300m hurdles at the 2021 MHSAA Regional meet for coach Nick Stration ... posted a season-best time of 15.57 in the 100m hurdles to place fifth in the finals of the regional meet ... clocked in at 16.44 for 100m hurdles at the 2021 MHSAA Division 1 state meet, and ran leadoff on the 4x200m relay ... competes during the summer for the Courageous Track Club and coaches Kamila Kingston and Jasmine Wilks.

Personal:  Full name -- Parys S. Smith ... born on February 4, 2003, in West Bloomfield, Mich. ... daughter of Jelani and Patrice Ethington ... has two older brothers, Prentice and Preston, and an older sister, Princess ... is majoring in Exercise and Sport Science ... named to the Coach's Honor Roll (term GPA 3.0-3.49) for Fall 2021.

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Historical Player Information

  • 2021-22Freshman

    Hurdles
    5'7"

  • 2022-23Sophomore

    Hurdles
    5'7"