Thursday, January 21, 2010

Jeshua Anderson (Taft HS, Woodland Hills; WSU)

Jeshua Anderson

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Woodland Hills, Calif.

High School:
Taft High

Height:
6-2

Event:
Hurdles

Experience:
HS

NCAA CHAMPION
WSU CAREER. SOPHOMORE (2008-09): Football - Had hernia surgery during August practice...missed only first game of season...had starts in 11 of 12 games...career-high 5 pass receptions in both Baylor and Arizona State games...scored two TDs - one each against Portland State, Oregon.


FRESHMAN (2007-08): Football - Played all 12 Cougars' games, starting one...hauled in12 receptions for 372 yards and two touchdowns...posted season-highs in receptions (four) and yards (127) against No. 9 Oregon...had a season-long 61-yard reception against Oregon State...also returned three kickoffs for 48 yards...Indoor Track - Broke freshman school record in 60m hurdles at Vandal Indoor (2/8/08, Moscow) with time of 8.01i...broke 24-year-old freshman school record in 400m dash of 46.67i with runner-up finish and NCAA Provisional Qualifying mark at Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championships (3/1/08, Seattle)...time is ninth-best in all-time records...same meet ran third leg of 4x400m relay breaking 27-year-old school indoor record with third-place time of 3:08.86i...finished 14th in prelims (47.69i) of 400m dash at NCAA Championships (3/14/08, Fayetteville)...OutdoorTrack - Outstanding debut in collegiate track, winning every intermediate hurdles race...won Texas Relays 400m hurdles in 49.68 (4/5/08, Austin), breaking freshman school record set by his coach, Mark Macdonald, in 1989 (51.20)...named Pac-10 Men's Track Athlete of the Week for March 31-April 6...won Mt. SAC Relays 400m dash in 46.54, 6th-best in WSU all-time records...ran 110m hurdles PR time of 14.08 at WSU versus Washington Dual Meet (5/3/08, Pullman)...won Pac-10 Championships 400m hurdles in 49.55 (5/17/08, Tempe)...named Pac-10 Newcomer of the Year...won NCAA West Regional intermediate hurdles in PR and meet record 49.41 which is also freshman school record and second-best all-time at WSU (5/31/08, Northridge)...ran 2nd leg of 4x400m relay at West Regional in 45.5, for third-place finish in 3:07.48...lowered 400mH PR with win at NCAA Championships in time of 48.69, the fifth-best time by an American man and third-best by a collegian in 2008...won the USA Junior Outdoor Championships and broke stadium record with time of 49.28 (6/21/08, Columbus)...ran top time in prelims at Olympic Trials (49.05) but finished ninth in semifinals (48.92) so did not advance to final...won IAAF World Junior Championship in a school record time of 48.68 after running fastest prelim time of 51.12 (7/11/08, Bydgoszcz, Poland).

HIGH SCHOOL CAREER. Earned six varsity letters at Taft High...13 strides led to runner-up to state titles in 2006 in both 110m hurdles and 300m hurdles...Toreadors won 2007 state track team title...closed out prep career by setting a national 300m hurdle record time of 35.28 seconds, winning state title...ran 35.34 at state meet prelims which was state meet record...finished fourth in 110m hurdles with time of 13.82...also won Arcadia Invite 300m hurdles in 35.75, ninth-best in nation...named American Track & Field Athlete Athletes Only Magazine Athlete of the Week (June 4, 2007)...won 400m dash at Mt SAC Relays...named 2007 Los Angeles Daily News All-Area Boys Track & Field Team...ran anchor on winning 4x400m relay (3:06.22) at USATF Junior Olympics (7/29/07, Walnut, Calif.)...on the gridiron, junior season recorded 20 catches for 367 yards and five touchdowns as team posted 13-1 record and won Los Angeles City championship...lost to Crenshaw in state playoffs...senior season had 40 catches for 1,013 yards and 10 touchdowns...added 129 yards and a score on 12 carries...Taft went 6-5...set single-game and City Section record with six touchdown receptions against Gardena.

PERSONAL. Jeshua Anderson was born in June 1989...parents Timothy and Leslie Anderson.

ANDERSON'S WSU BESTS
60m Hurdles - 8.01i (2008) FSR
400m - 46.54 (2008), 46.67i (2008) FSR
4x400m Relay - 3:07.47 (2008), 3:08.86i (2008) SR
110m Hurdles - 14.08 (2008)
400m Hurdles - 48.68 (20008) SR
4x100m Relay - 40.12 (2008)

PAC-10 CHAMPIONSHIPS PERFORMANCES
2008 400m Hurdles 1st 49.55
4x400m Relay 4th 3:07.47

NCAA WEST REGIONAL PERFORMANCES
2008 400m Hurdles 1st 49.41
4x400m Relay 3rd 3:07.48

NCAA CHAMPIONSHIP PERFORMANCES
2008 400m Hurdles 1st 48.69
4x400m Relay 15th 3:09.45
2008 400m Dash (Indoor) 14th 47.69i

Courtesy WSU

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