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Ashley Adams
Position: Hurdles / Jumps
Year: Senior
City/State: Plainfield, NJ
High School: Plainfield H.S.

Track: (Junior Year) Burst on the scene after transferring from Morgan State ... proceeded to set every hurdle record at Towson both indoor and outdoor ... she was unbeaten in the high hurdles during the regular season ... at the 2010 CAA Championships she swept the hurdles, setting a new conference record in the 100 meter highs with a time of 13.66, slower than her Towson record time of 13.55 she set at the Morgan Legacy Meet ... she became the first Towson hurdler to clear the 400 intermediates under one minute with a 59.92 clocking, a new school record that she later improved upon at the NCAA East preliminary (59.60) ... she just missed setting the CAA intermediate record (59.98) by four-one hundredths of a second ... named Co-Most Outstanding Performer of the CAA Meet ... twice honored as Female Track Athlete of the Week by theCAA ... ranked 28th in the East in the high hurdles and 47th in the intermediates ... became the 3rd Towson track athlete to compete in the Division I outdoor championships, following high jumper Laura Passalacqua (2007) and javelin thrower Kelly Robinson (2006, 2008) ... for the 2010 indoor season, she set program records in the 60 meter hurdles (8.58), 55 meter hurdles (8.07) and the 60 meter dash (7.84) ... was a factor in the long jump too with an indoor leap of 18'5.25" to tie for third on the Tigers' all-time Top Ten list ... also set a school record with 4,910 points in the heptathlon at the Morgan Legacy Meet.

At Morgan State: Competed in numerous events for the Bears ... top 100 meter hurdle time was 13.06 her freshman year ... that would be a Towson program record ... ran 14.08 twice as a sophomore ... best 400 meter hurdle time was 1:02.09 as a freshman ... ran a 25.54 in the 200 meter dash ... indoors she clocked an 8.55 in the 60 meter hurdles and an 8.07 in the 55 hurdles ... topped out at 7.98 in the 60 meter dash ... best heptathlon score was 4496 in her sophomore year.

Background/Personal: Posted impressive numbers for the Plainfield Cardinals ... top high hurdle time was 13.6 ... long jumped 18'8", high jumped 5'6" ... was a two-time outdoor county champion in the 100 hurdles and the 400 hurdles ... a three-time outdoor conference champion in the 100 and 400 hurdles ... state sectional champion and state group champion as a senior ... was a three-time All-Area, All-County and All-Conference first team indoor and outdoor selection in the 55 hurdles and 100 hurdles ... one time All-State first team selection during the outdoor season and a No. 1 top performer list as a senior... she most admires Jesus Christ ... active in church affairs ... favorite athlete is Gail Devers ... favorite book is the Bible ... listens to Maurette Brown Clark ... favorite movies include Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory and The Wiz ... favorite meal includes ham, macaroni and cheese and southern made greens ... most memorable experience was giving her life to  Christ ... daughter of William Adams and Cynthia Cureton ... born July 15, 1987 in Tacoma, Wash.

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