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Athlete Bio

Sharika Nelvis

Basic Information

Status: Active Gender: Female Age: 35 Date of Birth: 5/10/1990

Athletics Information

Event: Indoor Track & Field, Outdoor Track & Field Coach: Will Williams Agent: John Regis Sponsor: adidas

Residences

Hometown: Memphis, TN High School: Northside High School College: Arkansas State University

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5x

Diamond League meeting winner

2x

National Indoor champion

1x

In Top 8 World Championships

1x

IAAF World Relays winner

1x

NCAA champion

1x

NCAA Indoor champion

Current Accomplishments

Personal Best

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100 Metres

EventPerformance
Event100 MetresPerformance11.17 *

100m

EventPerformance
Event100mPerformance11.27

100m Hurdles

EventPerformance
Event100m HurdlesPerformance12.34

200 Metres

EventPerformance
Event200 MetresPerformance23.5i

200m

EventPerformance
Event200mPerformance23.19

400 Metres Hurdles

EventPerformance
Event400 Metres HurdlesPerformance01:02.7

400m

EventPerformance
Event400mPerformance54.62

400m Hurdles

EventPerformance
Event400m HurdlesPerformance1:02.71

4x100 Metres Relay

EventPerformance
Event4x100 Metres RelayPerformance43.68

4x200 Metres Relay

EventPerformance
Event4x200 Metres RelayPerformance01:32.6

55 Metres

EventPerformance
Event55 MetresPerformance6.78i

55 Metres Hurdles

EventPerformance
Event55 Metres HurdlesPerformance7.66i

60 Metres

EventPerformance
Event60 MetresPerformance7.28i

60 Metres Hurdles

EventPerformance
Event60 Metres HurdlesPerformance7.7i

60m Hurdles Indoors

EventPerformance
Event60m Hurdles IndoorsPerformance7.70

60m Indoors

EventPerformance
Event60m IndoorsPerformance7.28

Long Jump

EventPerformance
EventLong JumpPerformance6.32i

Long Jump Indoors

EventPerformance
EventLong Jump IndoorsPerformance6.32

Shuttle Hurdles Relay

EventPerformance
EventShuttle Hurdles RelayPerformance54.96

Season Best

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100mH

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateMay 12, 2022EventPuerto Rico International Athletics ClassicPerformance12.82Placing6.

200m

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateApril 30, 2022EventAlumni MusterPerformance23.91Placing2.

60h

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 04, 2023EventThe Track at New Balance, Boston, MA (USA)Performance7.93Placing-

60m ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateJanuary 14, 2022EventArkansas InvitationalPerformance7.48Placing3.

60mH ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 04, 2022EventISTAF Indoor BerlinPerformance8.05Placing-

All Results

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100m

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateApril 02, 2022EventUAB Spring InvitationalPerformance11.83Placing6.
DateApril 30, 2022EventAlumni MusterPerformance11.59Placing1.
DateMay 06, 2022EventArkansas TwilightPerformance11.86Placing5.

100mH

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateMay 12, 2022EventPuerto Rico International Athletics ClassicPerformance12.82Placing6.
DateMay 21, 2022EventDuval County ChallengePerformance12.89Placing1.
DateMay 28, 2022EventJML Levitate InvitePerformance12.85Placing1.
DateJune 24, 2022EventToyota USATF Outdoor ChampionshipsPerformance12.86Placing-

200m

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateApril 30, 2022EventAlumni MusterPerformance23.91Placing2.
DateMay 28, 2022EventJML Levitate InvitePerformance24.57Placing4.

60m ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateJanuary 14, 2022EventArkansas InvitationalPerformance7.48Placing3.
DateJanuary 29, 2022EventRazorback InvitationalPerformance7.56Placing1.

60mH ind.

DateEventPerformancePlacing
DateFebruary 04, 2022EventISTAF Indoor BerlinPerformance8.05Placing-
DateFebruary 27, 2022EventUS Ind. Ch.Performance8.05Placing-
DateFebruary 04, 2023EventNew Balance Indoor Grand PrixPerformance7.93Placing2.

World Athletics Championships

  • 2019 IAAF World Relays (gold; shuttle hurdles and mixed shuttle hurdles)
  • 2018 World Indoor Championships, fourth
  • 2015 IAAF World Championships, eighth

Other Career Highlights

  • 2018 USATF Indoor 60m Hurdles Champion (7.70; American Record)
  • 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials 100m Hurdles, fifth 
  • 2014 NCAA Outdoor Championships, gold (100m Hurdles)
  • 2014 NCAA Indoor Championships, gold (60m Hurdles)
  • 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships, sixth (100m Hurdles)
  • 2013 NCAA Indoor Championships, eleventh (200m); sixteenth (long jump)
  • 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships, fourteenth (100m); sixteenth (100m Hurdles)

Personal

Born in Memphis, Tennessee...Daughter of Alice Nelvis and Morris Brunson...Has three brothers and one sister...Majored in sociology with a minor in photojournalism...joined the A-State Track and Field staff as a volunteer assistant prior to the 2020-21 season...Owning an astounding 24 Sun Belt Conference individual championships (13 indoor, 11 outdoor), Nelvis stole the show with the Red Wolves from 2011 to 2014 in the sprint hurdles as well as the long jump...In 2014, a season in which she won both the NCAA Indoor 60m hurdles and Outdoor 100m hurdles crowns, the Memphis, Tennessee, native became the first A-State athlete to be named a finalist for The Bowerman, known as the highest honor for a collegiate track and field athlete…In 2018, Nelvis won the women’s 60m hurdles with a NACAC and American record time of 7.70 at the 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships and repeated as champion in 2019.

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