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Kyra Jefferson

  • Prev School Cass Technical
  • Twitter @kyruhjeff
  • Instagram kyrajeff
  • Class (I/O) --/R-SR
  • Event Sprints
  • Hometown Detroit, Mich.
  • High School Cass Technical

Biography

  • Broke Dawn Sowell's 28-year-old outdoor 200m collegiate record (22.02)
  • Fourth American, ninth woman in history to run 22.02 or faster before turning 23 years old
  • Signed professionally with Nike in June 2017
  • Fifth woman in school history to win four national titles
  • 2017 NCAA Woman of the Year Nominee
  • 2017 The Bowerman Semifinalist (second in school history)
  • 2017 NCAA Outdoor National Champion (200m)
  • Two-time 2015 NCAA Outdoor National Champion (4x400; 4x100)
  • 2015 NCAA Indoor National Champion (200m)
  • 2015 USTFCCCA South Region Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year
  • Six-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (200m--2; 4x100--2; 4x400--2)
  • Seven-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (200m--4; 400m; 4x400--2)
  • Four-time SEC Outdoor Champion (200m--2015, 2017; 100m--2016; 4x400--2015)
  • Two-time SEC Indoor Champion (200m--2015; 4x400--2014)
  • Ended career with UF's indoor 200m record (22.63)
  • Ran on UF's school record-breaking indoor and outdoor 4x400 relays (i: 3:29.58; o: 3:26.28)
  • Ran on UF's school record-breaking 4x100 relay team (42.72)
  • Ended career with No. 4-ranked 100m time (11.17), No. 6-ranked 400m time (51.50) on UF's all-time outdoor top 10
  • Five-time USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual, SEC Academic Honor Roll



Collegiate PR | 100m: 11.17; 200m: 22.02 (collegiate record); 400m: 51.50; 60m: 7.33
High School PR | 100m: 11.72; 200m: 23.53; 400m: DNR; 60m: 7.48

Ready to Fight

Kyra Jefferson’s TFRRS Profile (for top performances and meet results)

2017 (outdoor only): Won UF's first NCAA Outdoor 200m title with a collegiate record time of 22.02 ... Joined Evelyn Ashford, Allyson Felix, and Marion Jones as the only Americans in history to run 22.02 or faster prior to turning 23 years old ... Finished fifth in the 200m final at USATF Outdoor Championships ... Three-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (200m; 4x100; 4x400) ... All-SEC Outdoor First Team (200m) ... All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x400) ... First woman in school history, eighth woman in SEC history to win multiple outdoor 200m conference titles ... Helped UF's 4x100 relay to a third-place finish, second-fastest time in school history (42.73) at NCAA Outdoors ... Ran second for UF's 4x400 relay which took second at SEC Outdoor Championships, sixth at NCAA Outdoor Championships ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2016: Finished 18th overall in the 200m semifinals at U.S. Olympic Trials ... Three-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (200m; 400m; 4x400 relay) ... All-SEC Outdoor First Team (100m) ... All-SEC Indoor Second Team (200m) ... Runner-up finisher in the 200m at NCAA Indoor Championships ... Finished seventh in the 400m and 4x400 relay at NCAA Indoors ... Ran the 200m prelims at SEC Outdoor Championships, qualifying for the final ... Qualified for the 200m final at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary ... Ran second for UF's school record-breaking outdoor 4x400 relay team (3:26.28) at Pepsi Florida Relays ... Won the 200m title at Razorback Invitational ... Part of 4x100 and 4x400 relay titles at Pepsi Florida Relays ... Won the 200m title at LSU Invitational ... Helped the 4x400 relay team to a win at the UF Tom Jones Memorial ... Became the only collegian in history and the sixth woman in the world since 2002 (Allyson Felix, Sanya Richards-Ross, Shaunae Miller, Kim Gevaert, and Sherone Simpson) to break 11.20 in the 100m, 22.25 in the 200m, and 51.51 in the 400m ... USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2015: Finished sixth at the 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships (200m) ... Captured Florida’s first-ever outdoor 4x100 relay national title and third outdoor 4x400 relay national title … Three-time USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American (200m, 4x100 and 4x400 relays) … Two-time USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (200m, 4x400 relay) … Helped the 4x100 relay break the program’s 22-year-old record with a time of 42.72 at the SEC Outdoor Championships … Broke program’s indoor 4x400 relay record (3:29.58) to take the Rod McCravy Memorial title … Two-time All-SEC Outdoor First Team (200m, 4x400 relay) … All-SEC Outdoor Second Team (4x100 relay) … All-SEC Indoor First Team (200m) ... All-SEC Indoor Second Team (400m) … Fourth-place finisher in the 200m at NCAA Outdoor Championships … Helped the 4x400 relay team to a fifth-place finish at NCAA Indoor Championships … Runner-up finisher in the 400m and part of the 4x400 relay team’s fourth-place finish at SEC Indoor Championships … Collected runner-up honors in the 4x100 relay at SEC Outdoor Championships … Nabbed the 200m title at the LSU Invitational … Helped the 4x100 relay team to titles at the NCAA Outdoor East Preliminary, LSU Invitational and UF Tom Jones Memorial … Won 400m (51.50—sixth-fastest on UF’s all-time outdoor top 10) and 4x400 relay titles at the Pepsi Florida Relays … Claimed 200m titles at the Tyson Invitational and Razorback Invitational … USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2014: USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (200m) … All-SEC Indoor First Team (4x400 relay) … All-SEC Indoor Second Team (200m) … Runner-up finisher in the 200m at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships … Won the 4x400 relay title and took third place in the 200m at the SEC Indoor Championships … Ran the 200m semifinals at the NCAA Division I Outdoor East Preliminary … Claimed the 200m title at the Razorback Invitational (indoor) … Runner-up in the 60m at the Rod McCravy Memorial … Took third in the 200m at the Texas A&M Invitational (indoor) … Collected second-place finishes in the 200m and 4x100 relay at Pepsi Florida Relays … USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC Spring Academic Honor Roll.

2013: Competed indoors, redshirted for outdoor season … USTFCCCA Indoor All-American (200m) … Ran in the 200m preliminaries at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships … Participated in the 200m and 60m preliminaries at the SEC Indoor Championships … Won the 60m at the Doc Hale – Virginia Tech Elite Meet … Took the 200m title and ran a leg for the 4x400 relay team’s win at the Razorback Invitational … Runner-up finisher in the 200m at the Doc Hale – Virginia Tech Elite Meet … Finished second in the 60m and 4x400 relay at the Crimson Tide Opener … USTFCCCA All-Academic Individual ... SEC First-Year Academic Honor Roll member.

HIGH SCHOOL/PREP: Competed at Cass Technical High School in Detroit, Mich. … Ran the 100m and 200m at the 2012 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships … Three-time (2009, 2011-12) MHSAA Division 1 LP Finals champion in the 200m … 2011 MHSAA Division 1 LP Finals champion in the 100m … Recorded a fifth-place finals finish in the 200m at the 2012 New Balance Nationals Indoor … Finished sixth in the 300m at the 2012 New Balance Collegiate Invitational … Champion in the 200m and the third-place finisher in the 100m at the 2011 New Balance Nationals Outdoor … Collected a runner-up finish in the 200m and a seventh-place finish in the 100m at the 2011 World Youth Trials … Crossed sixth in the 200m at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships, in addition to clocking the United States’ seventh-fastest high school 200m time (23.53) during the preliminaries … Runner-up finisher in the 200m with a time of 23.97—third-fastest high school indoor time in the United States for the year—at the 2011 New Balance Nationals Indoor … Finished eighth in the 100m and sixth in the 200m at the 2010 New Balance Nationals Outdoor … Took sixth and seventh in the 100m and 200m, respectively, at the 2010 AAU Junior Olympic Nationals … Runner-up in the 200m at the 2010 Nike Indoor Nationals … Competed in the 100m and 200m at the 2009 AAU Junior Olympics … Kyra Jefferon’s DyeStat profile (for more high school performances and meet results).

Historical Player Information

  • 2016Senior

    Sprints
  • 2017Redshirt Senior

    Sprints