Alexandria Anderson

Alexandria Anderson
Medal record
Women’s athletics
Representing the United States
World Championships
	2011 Daegu	4×100 m relay
	2013 Moscow	4×100 m relay
World Relay Championships
	2014 Nassau	4×100 m relay

Alexandria Anderson (born January 28, 1987) is an American track and field sprinter who specializes in the 100-meter dash and 200-meter dash. She was the 2011 American champion in the 60-meter dash.

Anderson won four Chicago city volleyball titles at Morgan Park High School.^[1] She started running at the age of six in the streets against boys. She was recruited to run summer track and fell in love with the sport.

She was an All-American for University of Texas Longhorns.She won the NCAA outdoor 100m in her senior year in 2009.

She earned a place on the 4x100 relay as an alternative in the 2009 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and 2011 World Championships in Athletics . She ran the second leg in the 2009 edition but the exchange was fumbled between her and third leg runner Muna Lee they were then disqualified. She won a gold medal running the anchor leg in the preliminary rounds stopping the clock in 41.94 in Daegu.

Personal bests

Event	Time	Venue	Date
100 m	10.91 (1.8 m/s)	Des Moines, Iowa	22 June 2013
200 m	22.60 (0.5 m/s)	Fayetteville, Arkansas	11 June 2009
400 m	52.63	Charleston, Illinois	21 May 2005
Long lump	6.32 (1.6 m/s)	Charleston, Illinois	20 May 2005

References

↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MpCqVVFHWEw

"Alexandria Anderson". Retrieved 26 December 2012.
Texas University Profile

External links

Alexandria Anderson profile at IAAF

World Youth Champions in women's medley relay

1999: United States (Durst, Moore, Fairley, Henderson)
2001: United States (Lodree, Felix, Perkins, Smith)
2003: United States (Onyepunuka, Anderson, Lacy, Hastings)
2005: United States (Carter, Collins, Knight, Cross)
2007: United States (Goodman, Purvis|, Krais, Alexander)
2009: United States (Clark, Purvis, Nelson, Eutsey)
2011: Jamaica (Williams, Jackson, Gordon, James)
2013: United States (Hall, Westbrook, Rogers, Baker)

US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash

1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Rosa Grosse (CAN) 1928: Katherine Mearls 1929–32: Mary Carew 1933: Pearl Young 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935–7: Helen Stephens 1938–40: Not held 1941: Jean Lane 1942–4: Not held 1945–6: Alice Coachman 1947: Not held 1948: Juanita Watson 1949–50: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Catherine Hardy 1952: Dolores Dwyer 1953–4: Mabel Landry 1955–8: Isabelle Daniels 1959–60: Wilma Rudolph 1961–3: Willye White 1964: Debbie Thompson 1965–7: Wyomia Tyus 1968–9: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1971: Pat Hawkins 1972–3: Iris Davis 1974: Theresa Montgomery 1975: Alice Annum (GHA) 1976: Lisa Hopkins 1977–8: Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford

1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–3: Evelyn Ashford 1984–5: Alice Brown 1986: Jeanette Bolden 1987: Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 1988: Evelyn Ashford & Gwen Torrence 1989: Gwen Torrence 1990–2: Michelle Finn

1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gail Devers 1994–6: Gwen Torrence 1997: Gail Devers 1998: Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 1999: Gail Devers 2000: Carlette Guidry-White 2001–2: Chryste Gaines 2003: Angela Williams 2004: Gail Devers 2005: Angela Daigle 2006: Me'Lisa Barber 2007: Hasani Roseby 2008: Angela Williams 2009: Me'Lisa Barber 2010: Carmelita Jeter 2011: Alexandria Anderson 2012: Tianna Madison 2013: Barbara Pierre 2014–15: Tianna Bartoletta 2016: Barbara Pierre

Notes	Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–1932), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–1990)

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