Norfolk State University Athletics

Personal Records
Outdoor
200 Meters: 25.67 (High School)
400 Meters: 57.19 (High School)
 
2013-14: Indoor: Ran in one meet, taking ninth place in the 800 meters at the Coach O Invitational (2:35.43). Outdoor: Redshirted.
 
2012-13: Indoor: Competed in four meets, the two competitions at CNU, the Penn State Invitational and the Gene Anderson Invitational at UNC … ran the 200 and 400 meters at both CNU meets, and also competed in the 400 at UNC … ran a season-best 400 time of 59.84 seconds in the 400m, placing seventh at UNC … also ran on the 4x400 relay team at the CNU Holiday Open and the Penn State Invitational. Outdoor: Took third place in the 400m at the NSU Relays in a season-best time of 58.70 seconds … ran a leg on NSU’s seventh-place 4x400 relay team at the MEAC Outdoor Championships (3:52.41) that clocked the second-fastest time for an NSU 4x400 during the year … also competed in the 400m at the Shamrock Invitational, Virginia Invitational and Morgan State Legacy Meet.
 
2011-12: Indoor: Ran a leg on both the distance medley (ninth place) and 4x400 relay (13th place) at the MEAC indoor meet … placed seventh in the 400 meters at the Coach O Invitational hosted by UMES. Outdoor: Ran the 800 meters in four different competitions, with a best time of 2:24.33 at the NSU Relays … that time was good enough for eighth place … also ran on NSU’s 4x400 relay team in all five meets that the team entered.
 
2010-11: Cross Country: Earned her first varsity letter of her career during cross country season. Indoor: Ran the second leg of NSU’s eighth-place distance medley relay team at the MEAC indoor meet (13:52.22) … ran the third leg on NSU’s 4x400 relay team that clocked a season-best time of 3:51.74 at Penn State … also competed in the 200 and 400 meters during indoor season. Outdoor: Competed in the 200, 400 and 800 meters during outdoor season … again was a key factor in NSU’s relay teams … helped the 4x400 team run a 3:53.37 at the Penn Relays.
 
High School: Lettered four years in track and two in cross country…finished second in the Peninsula District in the 400 meters (outdoor) and 500 meters (indoor) during her senior year…placed eighth in the 500 at the state meet…first-team Daily Press All-Star as well as an all-state performer in the 500…placed second in the 400 meters at the district outdoor meet her junior year…ran a leg on the school record-setting 4x800 meter relay team as a sophomore.
 
Personal: Ashley Desiree Sessoms was born on Dec. 27, 1992…daughter of Eric and Vicki Sessoms…major in business entrepreneurship.