Inika McPherson
Event: High Jump
Height: 5-5
Weight: 115
PR: 1.93m/6-4
Born: 09/29/1986
Current Residence: Oakland, Calif.
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High School: Memorial High School (Port Arthur, Texas) '05
College: University of California, Berkeley ‘09
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USA Championships
2012 USA Indoor runner-up (1.87m/6-1.5)
Third at 2011 USA Outdoors (1.86m/6-1.25)
About Inika
McPherson qualified for her first World Championships team after a third-place finish at the 2011 USA Outdoor Championships. During her senior year at University of California, Berkeley, she claimed her best finish at an NCAA meet with a fourth-place finish at the Indoor championships and topped the PAC-10 Outdoor Championship as well. In 2007, McPherson finished fourth at USA Outdoors, barely missing the World Outdoor team. McPherson was a 1.88m/6-2 jumper before enrolling at Cal. In 2005, she was the NSIC Indoor champion and in 2004, she finished second at USA Junior Outdoors and competed for Team USA at World Juniors. During her time at Cal she majored in African American studies.
Other Results
2012: no height at Olympic Trials; 4th at Shanghai (1.88m/6-2); No height at World Indoors; 2nd at USA Indoors (1.87m/6-1.5)
2011: 14th is Group “A” at World Outdoors (1.80m/5-10.75); 3rd at USA Outdoors (1.86m/6-1.25)
2009: 4th at NCAA Indoors (1.83m/6-0); PAC-10 Outdoor champion (1.81m/5-11.25)
2007: NCAA West Regional runner-up (1.84m/6-0.5); 4th at USA Outdoors (1.83m/6-0)
2005: NSIC Indoor high school champion (1.81m/5-11.25)
2004: USA Junior Outdoors runner-up (1.82m/5-11.5)
USA/World Rankings and Personal Bests
2012: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.87m/6-1.5 (No. 5 in the USA)
2011: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.95m/6-4 (No. 2 in the USA, No. 28 in the world)
2009: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0
2008: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.78m/5-10
2007: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.84m/6-0.5
2006: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.80m/5-10.75; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.78m/5-10
2005: Indoor bests – high jump, 1.81m/5-11.25; Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.88m/6-2
2004: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0
2003: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.72m/5-7.75
2002: Outdoor bests – high jump, 1.83m/6-0