Akerah Jones

Position:
Hurdles
Class:
Freshman
High School:
Cardinal Gibbons HS
Hometown:
Oakland Park, Fla.
Pronounced:
Uh-keer-uh

TFFRS Bio

Personal Bests
60 Meters - 7.92
60-Meter Hurdles - 8.86

2024 Outdoors
Made appearances at seven meets running the 100-meter hurdles and 400-meter hurdles ... Recorded five top-10 finishes on the season with her highest placement being fourth in the 100m hurdles at the Bill Schmidt Classic ... Clocked a season-best 14.17 in the 100-meter hurdles at the Corky/Crofoot Shootout ... Her fastest 400-meter hurdles time was at the Michael Johnson Invitational where she posted a 1:04.25 ... Placed 17th in the 100-meter hurdles and 21st in the 400-meter hurdles at the AAC Championships.

2024 Indoors
Made appearances in three events at three meets throughout the season ... Mainly competed in the 60-meter hurdles where she set a season-best mark of 8.86 at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Invitational ... Also made appearances in the 60 meters and 4x400 relay.

High School
Holds Cardinal Gibbons HS records in the 100-meter hurdles and the 300-meter hurdles ... A two-time district and regional champion in the 300 hurdles ... Two-time state runner-up in the 100 hurdles and two-time third place finisher in the 300 hurdles ... Earned Adidas National All-America honors in the 100 hurdles ... A four-time AAU Championship All-American ... A leader in her community who collected over 300 service hours ... Started a service project called "The Blanket Drive" that donated over 600 blankets to the homeless each year ... Also excelled in the classroom as a National English Honor Society member.