Alexa Harmon-Thomas

Position:
High Jump/Combined Events
Class:
Redshirt Freshman
Hometown:
Lawrence, Kan.
High School:
Lawrence Free State

CAREER BESTS
Indoor:
Pentathlon: 3565 pts
60m Hurdles: 8.82
High Jump: 5-5.75 (1.67m)
Shot Put: 34-5.75 (10.51m)
Long Jump: 17-9.75 (5.43m)
800m: 2:34.17

2015-16
Indoor:
• Set a personal best with a long jump of 17-9.75 (5.43m) at the Power Five Invitational

2014-15
Outdoor:
• Did not compete, redshirt season
Indoor:
• Finished 7th in pentathlon at Rod McCravy Memorial with 3,565 points
• Competed in 4 events of pentathlon at New Mexico Collegiate Classic
• Claimed 4th in high jump at Arkansas-Texas Dual

Prior to Texas:
• Won the high jump at the 2013 World Youth Trials and was second at the 2013 USATF Junior Championships
• Placed second (5-9.75) in the high jump at the IAAF World Youth Championships
• No. 1 ranked in the state of Kansas in the long jump, high jump, 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles
• Won the 100m hurdles (14.11), 300m hurdles (state record 42.70) and long jump (19-5.00) at the 2013 Kansas 6A State Championships
• State champion in both hurdles again as a senior
• Helped lead team to back-to-back state titles
• Kansas Gatorade Athlete of the Year as a junior

Personal:
• Daughter of Derrick Thomas and Kelly Harmon
• Father Derrick played football at Alabama and for the Kansas City Chiefs was elected into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2009
• National Merit Semi-Finalist, National Achievement Finalist and Kansas Honors Scholar
• Pre-Med Club Leader and Leader in Fellowship of Christian Athletes
• Majoring in Humanities