- Jeshua Anderson
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Jeshua Anderson Personal information Nationality American Born June 22, 1989
Woodland Hills, CaliforniaHeight 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Weight 190 lb (86 kg) Sport Sport Running Event(s) 400 metres, 400 metres hurdles Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 400 m: 46.08 s (Seattle 2009)
400 m hurdles: 47.93 s (Eugene 2011)Medal recordMen's athletics Competitor for the 
United StatesSummer Universiade Gold 2011 Shenzhen 400 m hurdles World Junior Championships Gold 2008 Bydgoszcz 400 m hurdles Gold 2008 Bydgoszcz 4×400 m relay Jeshua Anderson (born June 22, 1989) is an American sprinter, who specialises in the 400 meters and 400 m hurdles. He currently enters his senior year at Washington State University. He won the 400m and 400m hurdles during the 2011 Pac-10 championships in May 2011.[1] He followed that up by winning the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and then the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the latter qualifying him to run in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics later in the year.
At the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Bydgoszcz, Poland, Anderson won a gold medal in the 400 m hurdles and 4x400 m relay.
In his freshman and sophomore years at Washington State, Anderson also played wide receiver for the Washington State Cougars football team. As a freshman, he caught 12 passes for 372 yards and two touchdowns. In his sophomore year, he had 33 receptions for 305 yards and two touchdowns. By his junior year, however, Anderson left the football team to focus on his track career.[2]
Anderson had also played football during his prep career at W. H. Taft High School, and was rated a three-star prospect by Rivals.com.[3] At the 2007 CIF State Track and Field Championships, he bettered the National High School Record in the 300 m hurdles in 35.28 seconds, breaking the previous record mark of 35.32 established by George Porter in 1985.[4]
Personal best
Distance Time Venue 400 m 46.08 s Seattle, United States (May 2, 2009) 400 m hurdles 47.93 s Eugene, United States (June 26, 2011) References
- ^ Anderson Wins Fourth Straight Pac-10 Hurdles Title
- ^ "Jeshua Anderson to Focus on Track Career". September 17, 2009. http://www.wsucougars.com/sports/c-track/spec-rel/091709aaa.html.
- ^ Rivals.com Recruiting Profile
- ^ "California: National Records Fall at State Meet". MaxPreps.com. http://www.maxpreps.com/news/CbQp0doJ80G_uO6H3nsKaQ/california--national-records-fall-at-state-meet.htm.
External links
- IAAF profile for Jeshua Anderson
- Washington State Cougars bio
Summer Universiade Champions in Men's 400 m Hurdles 1959 – 1961: Salvatore Morale (ITA) • 1963 – 1965: Roberto Frinolli (ITA) • 1967: Ron Whitney (USA) • 1970: Larry James (USA) • 1973: Dmitriy Stukalov (URS) • 1975: Rolf Ziegler (FRG) • 1977: Tom Andrews (USA) • 1979: Harry Schulting (NED) • 1981: David Lee (USA) • 1983: Aleksandr Kharlov (URS) • 1985: Tagir Zemskov (URS) • 1987: Dave Patrick (USA) • 1989: Reggie Davis (USA) • 1991 – 1993: Derrick Adkins (USA) • 1995: Kazuhiko Yamazaki (JPN) • 1997: Llewellyn Herbert (RSA) • 1999: Paweł Januszewski (POL) • 2001: Alwyn Myburgh (RSA) • 2003: Thomas Kortbeek (NED) • 2005: Kenji Narisako (JPN) • 2007: Petrus Koekemoer (RSA) • 2009: Tristan Thomas (AUS) 2011: Jeshua Anderson (USA)
Categories:- 1989 births
- Living people
- People from California
- Male sprinters
- American sprinters
- American football wide receivers
- Washington State Cougars football players
- High school national record holder
- American track and field athletics biography stubs
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