| Alandra Sherman |
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Senior
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| Hometown:
Houston, Texas
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| High School:
Eisenhower
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| Event:
Hurdles
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Honors
· Two-time All-Big 12
Career Bests:
Indoor 60-meter hurdles (8.36), Outdoor 100-meter hurdles (13.28)
Scouting Sherman:
Top returning hurdler for Texas... proven national qualifier and All-Big 12 performer... one of UT's all-time top-10 hurdlers with the seventh-fastest indoor 60-meter hurdle mark (8.36) and outdoor 100-meter hurdle time (13.28).
2006-07
Outdoor (Junior):
· Did not compete during the outdoor season.
Indoor (Junior):
· Did not compete during the indoor season.
2005-06
Outdoor (Sophomore):
· Clocked 13.84 in the 100m hurdle preliminary round at the NCAA Championships.
· Posted a personal-best time of 13.29w in the 100m hurdles for fifth at the NCAA Midwest Regional Championships.
· Fifth in the 100m hurdles (13.43) at the Big 12 Championships where she also clocked a 400m-hurdle time of 1:04.72 in the preliminary round.
· Placed ninth in the 100m hurdles (13.67) at the Texas Relays and took fourth at the Hurricane Invitational (14.32) and the Texas Invitational (13.57).
· Placed second in the 100m (11.85) at the Texas Invitational.
Indoor (Sophomore):
· Competed in the preliminary rounds of the 60m (7.66) and 60m hurdles (8.58) at the Big 12 Championships.
· Placed fourth in the 60m hurdles (8.54) at the Hilton Memorial and fifth (8.53) at the Houston Indoor Invitational.
· Posted a personal-best in the 60m hurdles (8.36) in the preliminary round at the Tyson Invitational.
2004-05
Outdoor (Freshman):
· Earned All-Big 12 honors with a sixth-place finish in the 100m hurdles (13.61) at the Big 12 Championships.
· Took silver medals in the 100m hurdles at the Texas Invitational (14.66) and at the Rice Bayou Classic (14.27).
· Clocked 14.03 (PR) and 14.76 in prelims at the Texas Relays and at the Michael Johnson Invitational.
· First with a 14.11 showing at the Rice Twilight and ran a preliminary 1:03.59 in the Texas Relays' 400m hurdles.
· Collected a silver medal (1:03.49) at the Michael Johnson Invitational.
· Had a personal-best showing (1:02.97) for fourth place at the Rice Bayou Classic and recorded 1:08.07 for eighth place at the Texas Invitational.
Indoor (Freshman):
· Ran Big 12 Championship preliminary times of 7.87 in the 60m and 8.95 in the 60m hurdles and also sprinted 26.21b in the Big 12 Championships' 200m prelims.
· Was 14th in the 60m (7.78 PR) and fourth in the 60m hurdles (8.75) at the Leonard Hilton Memorial.
· Had Hyatt Regency showings of 7.97 in the 60m and 8.54 (PR) for fourth place in the 60m hurdles and clocked 26.20 for a personal best 200m time at the Tyson Invitational.
· Took 21st place at the Leonard Hilton Memorial (26.45) and a member of distance medley relay team that placed 4th at the Houston Indoor (12:24.57).
PRIOR TO TEXAS:
· Competed in the hurdles and sprints at Eisenhower under head coach Kenneth Guitton.
· Took third in the 100m hurdles at the 2002 and '03 Junior Olympics and competed on the Junior National team in the 100m hurdles and the 4x100m relay in 2003.
· Earned "Most Valuable Performer" honors at the 2003 Great Southwest meet.
· on four Texas 5A state championships (100m hurdles in 2004, 100m hurdles and 300m hurdles In 2003 and the 300m hurdles as a sophomore in 2002).
· Holds the Texas state record in the 100m hurdles (13.25), which was set at the 2003 state meet
PERSONAL
Full name is Alandra Shawn Sherman... daughter of Reginald and Latisher Sherman ... has one brother, Tristain... majoring in American Studies... born Nov. 25, 1985 in Texarkana, Texas.
