Falesha Ankton
Class:
Junior
Hometown:
Benicia, Calif.
High School:
Benicia HS
Event:
Sprints/Hurdles
Experience:
3V
Washington's top sprinter in 2008 and one of the top returning hurdlers in the West Region ... an NCAA competitor both indoors and out in 2008 ... dramatically lowered PR's in every event ... ranks in UW's Top-10 in six different events.
2008: Washington's top female sprinter, leading the team in the 100-meters, 200-meters, and all three hurdles events ... qualified for first career NCAA Championships both indoors and outdoors ... outdoors, reached NCAA's in the 100m hurdles, placing 21st overall in a time of 13.69 ... excelled at West Regionals, placing second overall in the 100m hurdles, and ran the second-fastest time in UW history (13.46) in the prelims ... placed fifth at the Pac-10 meet in the 400m hurdles in a PR of 59.52, which ranks 8th in school history ... also was eighth in the 400m hurdles at Regionals ... won the 100m hurdles in the UW-WSU dual meet and won the 400m hurdles at the Oregon Invitational ... indoors, ran the 400-meter leg on the distance medley relay, which qualified for NCAA Indoors and finished 11th overall ... part of the DMR at the MPSF Championships which took second in a school record time of 11:12.77 ... also finished 2nd at MPSFs in the 60m hurdles in a PR of 8.43 seconds, which was an NCAA Provisional mark ... also lowered personal best in the 400-meters, running 57.13 at the Husky Classic.
2007: One of UW's top sprinters and hurdlers indoors, but did not compete outdoors ... second on the team in the 60m hurdles with best time of 8.72 coming in the prelims at the Husky Classic ... won the 60m hurdles title at the UW Indoor Preview, running 8.88 ... ran the second leg on UW's top 4x400m relay indoors, which placed sixth at the MPSF Championships in 3:47.58, the seventh best mark in Husky history ... also placed eighth in the 60m hurdles at MPSFs, and 17th in the 200m ... also competed in the 300m and 400m.
2006: One of the Huskies' top competitors in all three hurdles events, and a regular on UW's 4x100m and 4x400m relays ... led both relays to sixth-place finishes at the 2006 Pac-10 meet ... also ran in the 400m hurdles at Pac-10s, placing 14th overall in the preliminary round ... earned a victory in her outdoor hurdles debut, at the UW Outdoor Preview ... was sixth in the 60m hurdles at the MPSF Indoor meet ... clocked a season-best 8.93 for the 60m hurdles at MPSFs, and recorded season-bests outdoors of 14.58 and 1:02.82 in the 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles, respectively.
High School and Personal: Parents are Finas and Vernon ... has two brothers, Vernon Jr. and Vincent ... ran fourth at state in the 300m hurdles in 2005 ... won league and district hurdles titles as a senior ... was 11th at state her junior year ... placed second in the hurdles at the Arcadia Invite in 2005...took fifth in the 400m hurdles in the 2005 USA Junior Olympics ... earned three letters, and was team captain as a senior ... boasts 12 years of tap-dancing experience ... plans to major in business.
Major Meets
2006 MPSF TF - 6th, 60m HH
2006 Pac-10 - 14th, 400m IH; 6th, 4x100m; 6th, 4x400m
2007 MPSF TF - 17th, 200m; 8th, 60m HH; 6th, 4x400m
2008 MPSF TF - 14th, 400m; 2nd, 60m HH; 2nd, DMR
2008 NCAA-I - 11th, DMR
2008 Pac-10 TF - 18th, 100m HH; 5th, 400m IH
2008 Regional TF - 2nd, 100m HH; 8th, 400m IH
2008 NCAA-O - 21st, 100m HH
Collegiate Best Marks
100m.......12.13
200m.......24.86
400m.......57.13i
60m HH.......8.43
100m HH.......13.46
400m IH.......59.52
Courtesy University of Washington
Keith Conning: Falesha Ankton (Benicia) placed fourth in the 300 hurdles at the 2005 California State Meet.
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