DAWN HARPER
Events: 100m hurdles
Height: 5-6
Weight: 134
PR: 12.54 (2008)
Born: May 13, 1984
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
High School: East St. Louis Senior (Ill.) HS '02
College: UCLA '06
Coach: Bobby Kersee
Agent: Emanuel Hudson
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 2008 Olympic gold medalist; 2009 USA Outdoor champion; 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials; 2006 NACAC U23 champion; 2004 NCAA 4x100m runner-up; 2003 USA Junior champion; 2003 Pan Am Junior champion; 2009 Outdoor Visa champion

Harper won her first national outdoor title and the women's Visa Championship Series crown on the final day of the 2009 USA Outdoor Champs with her win in the Nike Women's 100m hurdles in a windy 12.36 seconds. Harper's performance gave her 1,220 points and the women's USA Track & Field Outdoor Visa Championship Series title…Harper was considered by many to have a possible shot at a medal in the 100m hurdles final, but no one expected gold. In the women's 100m hurdle final, with Lolo Jones hitting the ninth hurdle, Harper moved up to claim the win in a personal best 12.54...Harper punched her ticket to Beijing at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials with her third-place finish in the women’s 100m hurdles (12.62)…Since graduating from UCLA in 2006, Harper has been training under Bob Kersee in Los Angeles…In 2004, Harper earned All-American honors twice at the NCAA outdoor championships -- placing eighth at the 100-meter hurdles and was on the Bruins' 400-meter relay team, which took second. Also in 2004, Harper placed 18th at the Olympic Trials…From East St. Louis, it was on to UCLA where in 2003 she won the 100-meter hurdles in both the Pan American and U.S. Junior Championships…a 2002 graduate of East St. Louis High where she won six state titles -- three each in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles…married to former UCLA sprinter Craig Everhart.

2009: USA Outdoor champion (12.36w)…1st at adidas Track Classic (12.78)...1st at Jamaica Invit (12.78)…1st at Rome (12.55)…1st at Paris (12.68).
2008: Olympic champion (12.54), second in semifinal (12.66)...3rd at Olympic Trials (12.62w), 3rd in semifinal (12.58PR)…6th at adidas Track Classic (13.01)…2nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (12.59w)...1st at Shanghai (12.56)...ranked #3 in the world (#2 U.S.) by T&FN...best of 12.54.
2007: 8th at USA Outdoors (13.07)…2nd at Belem (12.83w)…4th at Road to Eugene (12.97)…1st at Chambery (12.73)…4th at Stockholm (12.85)…1st at Leverkusen (12.70)…1st at Wattenscheid (12.67)…3rd at Shanghai (13.03)…ranked #6 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 12.67.
2006: 7th at USA Outdoors (13.02)…4th at NCAA Outdoors (12.92)…NACAC U23 champion (13.06)…2nd at NCAA West Regionals (12.80)…ranked #9 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 12.80.
2005: 8th at USA Outdoors (13.23)…3rd at NCAA Outdoors (12.91)…2nd at NCAA West Regionals (12.99)…2nd at Pac 10 Champs (12.91)…ranked #8 in the U.S. by T&FN…best of 12.91.
2004: 6th in quarterfinals at Olympic Trials (13.30)…8th at NCAA Outdoors (13.41), 2nd on 4x100m (43.49)…best of 13.16.
2003: USA Junior champion (13.28w)…Pan Am Junior champion (13.42)

6/24/09