Ruebin Walters

Position:
Hurdles
Class:
Senior
Hometown:
Diego Martin, Trinidad & Tobago
High School:
East Mucurapo Secondary School
Prev School:
Central Arizona College

Accolades
• School record-holder, 110-meter hurdles
• First Team All-American, 110-meter hurdles (2018)
• Second Team All-American, indoor 60-meter hurdles (2018)
• Second Team All-SEC, indoor 60-meter hurdles (2018)
• First Team All-American, 110-meter hurdles (2017)
• First Team All-American, 60-meter hurdles (2017)

2017-18
2018 Outdoor Season
Finished sixth in the 110-meter hurdles (13.95) at to earn first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 110-meter hurdles with a quarterfinal-winning time of 13.55 at the NCAA East Preliminary ... competed in the final of the 110-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships but did not finish ... ran a wind-aided 13.28 in the preliminaries ... also ran the third leg on the Tide’s 4x100-meter relay that finished ninth in 39.97 ... won the 110-meter hurdles at the LSU Invitational in a time of 13.54 ... also ran the third leg on the Tide’s “A” 4x100-meter relay which finished second in 39.97 ... ran the third leg on the Tide’s “A” 4x100-meter relay which finished first at the War Eagle Invitational with a time of 39.98 ... finished second in the 110-meter hurdles at the Tom Jones Invitational with a time of 13.31 that ranks No. 2 all-time at Alabama ... also ran the third leg on the Tide’s “A” 4x100-meter relay which finished second with a time of 39.72 ... won the 110-meter hurdles at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 13.51 ... won the 110-meter hurdles at the Samford Alabama Track Challenge with a time of 13.51 ... also ran the third leg on Alabama’s 4x100-meter relay which finished first in 40.08.

2018 Indoor Season
Finished 13th in the prelims of the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Championships with a time of 7.93 ... finished second in the 60 meter hurdles at the SEC Championships with a time of 7.69 ... also ran the second leg of the Tide’s distance medley relay which finished tenth with a time of 10:09.71 ... finished second in the 60 meter hurdles at the Tiger Paw Invitational with a personal best time of 7.61 ... won the 60 meter hurdles at the New Mexico Classic with a time of 7.64 ... ran a 7.71 in the prelims to give him the fourth- and sixth-fastest times in UA history ... won the 60-meter hurdles at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a time of 7.70, now the fifth-best time in school history ... won the 60-meter hurdles at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a personal best time of 7.63, which ranks No. 3 all-time at Alabama ... won the 60-meter hurdles at the season-opening UAB Blazer Invitational in a time of 7.76.

Summer 2017
Won the 110-meter hurdles at the Trinidad & Tobago National Championships to earn a berth on the country’s IAAF World Championship squad ... broke Keith Talley’s 31-year-old school record in the event with a time of 13.30 in the preliminary round of the national championships.

2016-17
2017 Outdoor Season
Finished second in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 13.59 ... won the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional in 13.39 to qualify for the NCAA Track & Field Championships ... also ran the third leg on Alabama’s NCAA-qualifying 4x100-meter relay ... posted the fastest first round time in the 110-meter hurdles at the NCAA East Regional, clocking a 13.53 to advance to the quarterfinals ... finished fourth in the 110-meter hurdles at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 13.56 ... finished fifth in the prelims of the 110-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships in 13.69 to advance to the finals ... finished 10th in the prelims of the 400-meter hurdles at the SEC Championships in a personal-best 52.74 ... finished second in the 110-meter hurdles (13.52) and seventh in the 400-meter hurdles (54.36) at the SEC Relays ... the 110-meter hurdle time is a personal best for Walters at Alabama ... made his outdoor season debut at the War Eagle Invitational and won the 110-meter hurdles in 13.53.

2017 Indoor Season
Finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in a time of 7.77, the ninth-fastest time in school history ... also ran a 7.73 in the prelims, which is the seventh-best time in UA history ... finished fifth in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in 7.78, the eighth-fastest time in school history ... ran the third-fastest time in Alabama history in the prelims on Friday (7.72) ... won the 60-meter hurdles at the Tiger Tuneup in a personal-best 7.74 ... finished second in the 60-meter hurdles at the Tiger Paw Invitational in a personal-best 7.78, the fourth-fastest time in school history ... clocked a 7.86 in the preliminaries ... ran the lead leg on the Tide’s 4x400-meter “B” relay that finished 11th at the Tiger Paw in 3:18.94 ... won the 60-meter hurdles for the second time in two outings with a time of 7.85 at the Bayou Bengal Invitational ... the time was the eight-fastest in school history ... made his Alabama debut at the Bob Pollock Invitational, winning the 60-meter hurdles in 7.83.

Central Arizona College
2015-16
Named the 2016 USTFCCCA NJCAA West Region Men’s Track Athlete of the Year ... ranked No. 1 outdoors in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.60 and third in the nation in the 400-meter hurdles in 51.77 in 2016 ... won the 110-meter hurdles and finished second in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... won the 60-meter hurdles at the 2016 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships ... third in the 110-meter hurdles and second in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2015 NJCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships ... third in the 60-meter hurdles at the 2015 NJCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships.

Prep and Personal
Finished fifth in the 110-meter hurdles at the 2016 North America, Central America & Caribbean U23 Championships in El Salvador ... competed in the 110-meter hurdles for Trinidad and Tobago at the 2012 IAAF World Junior Track & Field Championships.