Nickesha Anderson

2008 OUTDOOR: Earned two All-America honors in a record-setting season in which she set personal bests and school records in both the 100 meters and 200 meters … Won the 100 meters at the Kansas Relays with a personal best and school-record time of 11.23 … Placed third at the Big 12 Championships in the 200 meters after running a school record and personal-best time of 22.57 … Finished fourth in the 100 meters at the NCAA Championships, earning All-America honors with a time of 11.37 … Earned All-America honors in the 200 meters at the NCAA Championships with a time of 22.91, finishing in third place … Won all-region honors in both the 100 meters and 200 meters after placing third (11.41) and second (22.68), respectively, at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships … Finished in sixth place in the 100 meters at the Big 12 Championships with a time of 11.35 … Won the 100 meters at the Drake Relays with a wind-aided time of 11.18 … Posted a first-place finish in the 200 meters at the John Jacobs Invitational with a wind-aided time of 23.07.

2008 INDOOR: Earned seven first place finishes between the 60 meters and 200 meters … Set the Kansas school record in the 60 meters at the Big 12 Championships … Her time of 7.22 was good enough to make her the Big 12 Champion, the first in school history … Earned Big 12 Athlete of the Week on Feb. 19 … Ran an Anschutz Pavilion record in the 60 meters (7.38) and the 200 meters (23.85) at the Jayhawk Classic … Became KU’s first All-American in the 60 meters and 200 meters … At the NCAA Championships, placed sixth in the 60 meters (7.28) and second in the 200 meters (22.62) … The 200 meter time is a Kansas school record. AT

MISSOURI BAPTIST UNIVERSITY: Dominated the sprinting events in her two years at Missouri Baptist University of the NAIA … Twelve-time individual champion … Captured the indoor 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash … Also took home the title in the outdoor 100-meter, 200-meter and 400-meter dash … Defending champion in the 100-meter dash at the Kansas Relays after posting a 2007 season-best time of 11.29.

PERSONAL: Daughter of Kenute Anderson and Wanda Riggan-Vidal … Born in Hanover, Jamaica … 2008 Olympian (Jamaica, 4×100-meter relay) … Majoring in early childhood education.