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2020-21 Women's Track & Field Roster

Felicia Phillips

  • Class Graduate Student
  • Hometown Germantown, Tenn.
  • High School Houston

Biography

2021

Indoor

  • Finished in eighth place at the Big Ten Championships in the 400 m with a 55.46. Her qualifying time of 54.58 is good for ninth in school history.
  • Placed third in the 60 m at the Badger Icebreaker
  • Finished in fifth place in the 60 m at the Husker Quad with a time of 7.72
  • Placed second in the 400 m at the Husker Quad with a time of 55.04

Outdoor

  • Placed fifth in the 100 m at the Big Ten Invite #1 with a 11.94
  • Placed second in the 200 m open at the B1G North Florida Invite with a time of 24.08
  • Took second place in the 100 m at the B1G Invite #2 with a 11.95

2020

Outdoor

  • Season canceled due to COVID-19

Indoor

  • A member of the first place 4x400 relay team at the Illini Invitational

2019

Outdoor

  • Competed in six meets for the Illini
  • Set a new PR in 100m with a time of 12.17 at Ole Miss Classic (3/30/19)
  • Ran the 200m with a career-best time of 24.40 at Ole Miss Classic (3/30)

Indoor

  • Competed in multiple events for the Illini at five meets
  • A member of the 4x400m relay team
  • Ran 60m in 7.91 at the Illini Invite, setting a new PR
  • Set a new PR in 600m with a time of 1:38.13 at the Illini Open (1/12)

2018

Outdoor

  • Contested the 400m at Big Ten Championships 
  • Set 24.70 season-best time in the 200m at the Kip Javrin Open 
  • Timed 25.21 in the 200m at the Illinois Twilight

2017

Outdoor

  • Competed at Big Ten Championships in the 400m
  • Also competed in the 400m at the EIU Big Blue Classic and Illinois Twilight 

Indoor

  • Competed in her first Big Ten Championships meet, contesting the 400m dash
  • Contested the 200m at the Illinois Twilight 
  • Placed runner-up in the 600m in her Illini debut at the Illinois Women's Duals 

High School

  • Ranked among the best in the Volunteer state in three sprint events in 2016 
  • Holds Houston High School records in both the 200m (24.43) and 400m (55.27)
  • In the 200m, Phillips ranked third in the state during the indoor season, and then placed second at the TSSAA State Track & Field Championships
  • In the 400m, Phillips won the state title with a time of 55.27. Phillips also timed 55.89 indoors, ranking second in the state of Tennessee
  • Was a 2016 Tennessee State Championships medalist in the 4x100m, 4x200m, and 4x400m relays

Personal

  • Daughter of Arnold and Gale Phillips
  • Born on September 2, 1998
  • Has one sibling, Arnold Jonathan
  • Father, Arnold, serves in the United States Military
  • Is related to Malik Elion, 200m and 400m sprinter at the University of Tennessee
  • Credits her her coaches Scott Hamlet and Hrukit Maat for guiding her and influncing her track career
  • Was a member of the National Honors Art Society in high school and is majoring in graphic art and design
  • Aspires to be a graphic designer for books, magazines and the like. 

Career-Best

Indoor Track & Field

60m: 7.68 - Husker Quad (2/6/21)                                            200m: 25.04
400m: 54.58 - B1G Championships (2/25/21)
600m: 1:38.13 - Illini Open (1/12/19)
800m: 2:27.84

Outdoor Track & Field

100m: 11.94 B1G Invite #1 - 3/26/21
200m: 24.08 B1G NF Invite - 4/3/21
400m: 54.91
800m: 2:23.96

Updated June 2021

Historical Player Information

  • 2016-17Freshman

    Sprints
  • 2017-18Sophomore

    Sprints
  • 2018-19Junior

    Sprints
  • 2019-20Senior

    Long Sprints
  • 2020-21Graduate Student

    Long Sprints