NEAL ON TFRRS
Senior (2016): Indoor - Appeared in four meets for the College, competing in the 60m hurdles, 400m dash and 4x400m relay ... Accrued five top-ten finishes on the year, highlighted by a third place effort in the 60m hurdles at the High Point Team Challenge with a time of 9.10 ... Took over a tenth of a second off her personal best time in the 60m hurdles (9.04) at the Bob Pollock Invitational, making her the second-fastest in school history ... Outdoor - Appeared in five meets for the Cougars, competing in the hurdles, relays, and 200m dash ... Hit a collegiate best time of 27.14 second in the 200m dash at the UNCW Seahawk Invitational, finishing 12th overall. Ran a season-best time of 1:03.90 in the 400h at the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational, taking 19th
Junior (2015): Indoor T&F - Appeared in four meets for the Cougars, competing in the 200m, 400m, 60h, 4x400m relay and distance medley relay ... Accrued two top-five finishes over the course of the season, highlighted by a second place finish in the DMR at the Bob Pollock Invitational ... Achieved a personal best in the 200m with a time of 28.22 at the ETSU Bucaneer Invitational ... Outdoor T&F - Appeared in seven meets for the Cougars, competing in the 200m, 100h, 400h, 4x100m and 4x400m relays ... Accrued five top-five finishes over the course of the season, highlighted by a first place finish in the 100h at the Palmetto Classic ... Broke the CofC school record in the 400h with a time of 1:02.28 at the Georgia Tech Invitational, finishing 16th overall ... Hit her personal best in the 100h with a time of 14.35 in the preliminaries at the CAA Championships
Sophomore (2014): Had a breakthrough performance at the Shamrock Invitational where she set a PR in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:03.13…set a new PR in the 100m hurdles at the Weems Baskin Invitational with a time of 14.86…Was a member of the record breaking distance medley team who shattered the previous school record at the Florida Relays, running 12:10.65…Set a new 100 meter dash PR at the Carolinas Cup with a time of 14.80… Qualified for the finals of the 400 meter hurdles at the CAA Championships in Harrisonburg, Va., with a time of 14.80… In perhaps the most emotional moment of the season, sophomore Alexia Neal – an underdog heading into the final – was leading the 400 meter hurdles at the conference championship with just 40 meters to go before taking a tumble coming out of the final hurdle…Found redemption in the final meet of the season at the Georgia Relays, running 103.36 in the 400 meter hurdles, the second best mark in program history…Represented Belize at the Central American Championships in Athletics in Tegucigalpa, Honduras in June, nabbing two second place finishes in the 100 and 400 meter hurdles.
Freshman (2013): Finished 11th at the Southern Conference Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles in 1:07.20.
High School: Finished 3rd place in the 100mH, 8th place 400mH, and 7th place HJ at the 2012 SC State Track & Field meet…Finished 8th at the SC State meet in the 400mH as a junior. Will graduate top 15% of class with 3.9 GPA
Neal's CofC Personal Bests
Indoor
200m: 28.22 - ETSU Bucaneer Invitational (Feb 6, 2015)
400m: 1:02.35 - UCS Invitational (Feb 14, 2014)
600m: 1:45.71 - Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan 29, 2016)
60h: 9.04 - Bob Pollock Invitational (Jan 29, 2016)
Outdoor
200m: 27.14 - UNCW Seahawk Invitational (Mar 12, 2016)
400m: 1:04.72 - Raleigh Relays (Mar 29, 2013)
100h: 14.35 - CAA Championships (May 1, 2015)
400h: 1:02.28 - Georgia Tech Invitational (Apr 17, 2015) *
* - CofC School-Record
