Tia Jones

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Tia Jones
Tia Jones in 2016
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2000-09-08) 8 September 2000 (age 23)
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event100 m hurdles
Medal record
World U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bydgoszcz 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tampere 100 m hurdles
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Bydgoszcz 100 m hurdles

Tia Jones (born September 8, 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting events

Jones has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the 13-14 girl 100 m and 200 m hurdles and setting national and Junior Olympic records in both events at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships on July 28, 2013.

She won the 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 USA Junior Championships in a time of 12.84 seconds, which equaled Aliuska López's world junior record dating from 1987. It was the best ever time set by a 15-year-old athlete.[1]

Personal bests[edit]

Event Time (sec) Venue Date
Outdoor events
100m 12.11 Winter Park, Florida 07 JUL 2013
200m 23.81 Greensboro, North Carolina 25 JUL 2013
100 m hurdles 12.38 Brussels, Belgium 02 SEP 2022
Indoor events
60 m hurdles 7.67 Albuquerque, New Mexico 16 FEB 2024

References[edit]

  1. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2016-06-27). Jones, McLaughlin, Hill and Norman impress at US Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-16.

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