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2015-16 Women's Track and Field Roster

Asia Thomas

  • Class Senior
  • Position Sprints
  • Hometown Cape Girardeau, Mo.
  • High School Illinois

Biography

NIU School Records Owned:
Indoor
400 Meters: 54.38

2015-16: Indoor- Competed in six indoor meets as a graduate transfer to NIU...Finished second in the 400-meter dash at the MAC Championships (2/27) with a Huskie-record time of 54.38 in the finals...Also raced on the 4x400 meter relay team that set the NIU record in the event by finishing fourth at MACs...Placed fifth at MACs in the 200-meter dash as well with an indoor PR of 24.34...Won both the 200 and the 400 at the Orange & Blue Open (2/20) on her return to Illinois...Also took first the Illini Classic (1/16) in the 400 at the UI Armory.

Prior to NIU: Three-year stand-out at Illinois...Qualified in 2012, '13 and '14 for the NCAA West Preliminary Round in the outdoor 400-meter dash...Won two Big Ten gold medals with the Illini's 4x400 meter relay team...Also scored individually in the 400 at three Big Ten meets...Raced in the 4x400 at the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships...Academic All-Big Ten and USTFCCCA as well.

High School: Missouri state title-winner in the 400-meter dash in 2010, setting the state record...Also finished second in Missouri in the 200 that season...Part of the fastest high school 4x400 relay team in the country in 2011, setting a record at the Great Southwest Classic in New Mexico...Set the 400 record at Cape Girardeau Central during her stellar prep career.

Personal Bests at NIU
Indoor Outdoor
200 Meter 24.34 2/27/2016 200 Meters 25.07 4/2/16
400 Meter 54.38 - NIU Record 2/27/2016 400 Meters 57.32 4/30/16
600 Meter 1:42.90 1/9/16