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Track & Field Honors• Outdoor All-MWC (Long Jump - '08)NEW MEXICO:One of the top long jumpers in the country at her peak, but will miss the 2010 indoor and outdoors season to focus on her academics...will have one year of eligibility remaining in 2011...UNM indoor (20-01.50) and outdoor (21-04.00) record holder, 2008 MWC Outdoor silver medalist, and U.S. Olympic Trials participant in the event...has 2 jumps of 21 feet or more in her career...also an excellent sprinter and key member of the Lobos' 4x100 relay team.2009: (outdoor) Led the team and ranked 15th nationally (3rd MWC) in the long jump with a season-best leap of 20-10.75 in Albuquerque (April 11)...won the event at both home meets and jumped over 20 feet in three of her five LJ competitions...finished fifth in the event at the MWC Championships (19-11.00)...did not compete at the NCAA regional meet (academics)...led the team (7th MWC) in the 100m with an altitude-adjusted season best of 12.00. (indoor) Redshirt season. 2008: (outdoor) Established herself as one of the nation's top young long jumpers...broke Lavern Clarke's 18-year-old UNM record, qualified for the U.S. Olympic Trials, and became the first Lobo to advance to the NCAA Regional in the long jump with a career-best mark of 21-04.00 at UTEP on April 12...jump was the best in the MWC, and T-6th nationally...won the silver medal in the event at the MWC Championships with a jump of 21-00.00 - the best by a Lobo at the MWC meet and No. 2 on the Championships list...lost on a tie-breaker to defending champion Janay DeLoach, a senior All-American from Colorado State...entered the NCAA Midwest Regional meet as the No. 2 seed, but jumped under 20 feet for the first time all season and placed 22nd (18-10.00)...went on to finish 22nd (19-06.25) in the qualifying round of the U.S. Olympic Trials...won the LJ at the Texas Relays (section B) and at the home meet in Albuquerque...surpassed the NCAA regional qualifying standard and finished 1st or 2nd in all four regular season LJ competitions...also led the team in the 100 (career-best 11.93) and was 2nd in the 200 (collegiate best 24.66)...helped the Lobos' 4x100 team advance to the NCAA Regionals for the first time in program history with a season-best time of 45.70 in Albuquerque...the squad placed 5th at the MWC Championships and 11th at the Midwest Regional meet...14 competitions in 7 meets (6 LJ). (indoor) Became the first UNM woman to long jump over 20 feet indoors en route to a 4th place finish (20-00.25) at the MWC Championships...broke her own record a week later with a NCAA provisional qualifying leap of 20-01.50 to win the event at a last chance meet in Seattle...also led the team in the 60 (career-best 7.70) and 200 (25.24)...12 competitions in 5 meets. 2007: (outdoor) Led the team (7th MWC) in the long jump with a top mark of 19-05.50 recorded at USC on March 24...went on to finish 8th in the event at the MWC Championships (19-02.50)...won the LJ at Arizona State (19-04.75) and Arizona (19-02.50)...runner-up at the Don Kirby Invite in Albuquerque (18-11.75)...ranked 2nd on the team (top-20 MWC) in the 100 (12.22) and 200 (24.69)...also helped the 4x100 relay team clock its fastest time of the year, but an injury kept her out of the lineup at the MWC Championship meet...17 competitions in 7 meets. (indoor) Ranked 2nd on the team in the long jump (18-05.00 - 11th MWC), 60m (7.76 - T-17th MWC) and 200m (24.74 - T-11th MWC)...15 competitions in 5 meets. HIGH SCHOOL:A 2006 graduate of Killeen (Texas) Ellison High School...ranked among the nation's best in the long jump as a senior, winning the Texas class 4A state long jump title with a lifetime best and school record leap of 19-07.75...also claimed regional and district LJ crowns in '06...a talented sprinter as well, placing second in the 200m at the '06 district meet with a PR time of 24.39...time was ranked 6th in class 4A...also recorded a PR of 37-03.50 in a rare triple jump appearance at the district meet...helped lead Ellison to a pair of district titles and 3 regional crowns...was also recruited by the University of Miami...lettered in volleyball as well...PERSONAL:Born in Ft. Knox, Kent...full name is Alesha Charlene Walker...daughter of Rodney and Lanelle Walker...has a sister, Natasha...major is Psychology.COLLEGIATE BESTS - OUTDOOR COLLEGIATE BESTS - INDOOR |
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