2016-17 Women's Cross Country & Track & Field Roster

Jonathan Gonzalez
Sun Belt Conference
Sun Belt Conference
Mark Wagner
Mark Wagner

Anika Charles

  • Position:
    Sprints
  • Class:
    Senior
  • Experience:
    0
  • Hometown:
    Siparia, Trinidad and Tobago
  • High School:
    La Romaine Secondary/Iowa Western CC

Summary

Biography

2016 NCAA West Regional Selection
2016 All-Sun Belt First Team Outdoors
2017 NCAA West Regional Selection
2017 Sun Belt 400 Meter Champion, All-Sun Belt (400, 4x400)

2017 Outdoor Season:
Leaves Little Rock as the school record holder in the 100, 200 and second in the 400 outdoors...Reached the NCAA West Regional for the second consecutive year...At the NCAA West Regional (May 26), came in 39th in the 400 with a time of 55.19 seconds...At the Sun Belt Championship (May 12), won the 400 in a time of 53.51 seconds, the second-fastest 400 time in school history...Also helped Little Rock to a second-place race in the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:41.52, the second-best time in school history...Broke the school record in the 100 with a time of 11.56 seconds at the Little Rock Open (April 7)...Also at that meet, broke the school record in the 200 with a time of 23.58 seconds...Had 13 top-10 finishes during the outdoor season including six event victories.

2016-17 Indoor Season: Placed second at the Sun Belt Championship (Feb. 20) in the 200 with a time of 23.97 seconds and also came in second in the 400 with a time of 53.92 seconds...Helped the Trojans to fifth in the 4x400 relay at the league championship as well with a time of 3:49.55...Won the 200 at the Samford Open (Feb. 10) with a time of 24.26 seconds...Also took second in the 60 in 7.55 seconds and 13th in the 4x400 relay in 4:01.26 at that meet...At the USA Invitational (Feb. 5), came in second in the 400 in 54.54 seconds and fourth in the 4x400 relay in 3:52.09...Won the 200 at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 27) with a time of 25.06 seconds while also taking second in the 55 in 7.11 seconds...Helped the Trojans win the 4x400 relay at the ASU Kickoff Klassic (Dec. 2) with a time of 3:58.22...Also won the 400 as an individual in 56.43 seconds at that meet.

2016 Outdoor Season: Represented the Trojans at the NCAA West Regional (May 26) in the 100, taking 44th place in a time of 12.05 seconds...With the rest of the relay team, won the 4x100 at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championship (May 13), shattering the school record with a time of 45.22 seconds...Also came in third in the league in the 100-meter final with a school-record time of 11.58 seconds...Took fourth place in the 200 with a time of 24.03 seconds, now the second-fastest time in school history...Helped the Trojans to a win in the 4x100 at the Little Rock Invitational (April 8) and the Rhodes Invitational (March 18)...Finished in the top 10 in all but three events she entered during the year.

2015-16 Indoor Season: Was one of the top Trojan sprinters during her first year with the team, running mostly in the 60-meter dash and the 200-meter dash...Had a top time on the season of 7.73 seconds in the 60-meter dash at the Jaguar Invitational (Feb. 7) and a top time of 25.14 in the 200 at the Sun Belt Indoor Championship (Feb. 22)...That 7.73-second 60-meter dash is now the third-best time in program history and the 25.14 200 is the sixth-best time in Trojan history...Also ran the 60 in 7.76 seconds at the Sun Belt Championship and 7.98 seconds at the KMS Invitational (Jan. 31)...Ran the 200 in 25.23 seconds at the Jaguar Invite, in 25.63 seconds at the KMS and in 26.61 seconds at the ASU Invitational (Jan. 22)...Took part in three 4x400 relays on the year, helping Little Rock to a time of 3:53.46 at the Sun Belt Championship as part of her season best.

Before Little Rock: Ran two years of track at Iowa Western, competing in the 60, 100 and 200...Holds personal records in the 100 of 11.90 seconds, in the 200 of 24.50 seconds and in the 60 of 7.74 seconds...Twice won academic honors while enrolled at Iowa Western...While in high school, represented Trinidad and Tobago at the CARFITA Games three times, at the CAC Games twice and at the IAAF World Youth Championship in France in 2011.

Personal: Born on January 10, 1994...Daughter of Jennifer Jerome.

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