University of South Alabama Athletics

2021: Outdoor— Set personal records in the 100m (11.66s) and the 200m (24.60s) at the Sun Belt Outdoor Championships ... Won the 100m (11.83s) and the 4 x 100 (47.59s) at the USA Invitational ... Placed second in the 4 x 100 (47.21s) and fourth in the 100m (12.21s) at the Southern Miss Invitational. Indoor— Set a PR and a school record in the 60m (7.59) at the Sun Belt Indoor Championships ... Took fifth place in the 60m after posting a 7.67-second time at the UAB Blazer Invitational.
 
2020: Outdoor— Did not compete. Indoor— Placed third in the distance medley relay (12:09.63) at the Sun Belt Championships … Ran a 4:01.20 time in the 4 x 400 relay at the Samford Bulldog Invitational … Finished eighth in 60m (7.82 seconds in the preliminaries), seventh in 60m (7.81 seconds in the finals) and eighth in the 4 x 400 relay (4:01.20) at the Jaguar Invitational … Crossed the line in the 60m hurdles with a time of 7.83 seconds and also in the 200m with a time of 25.34 seconds at the Clemson Bob Pollock Invitational … Placed eighth in the 60m (7.86 seconds in the preliminaries), seventh in 60m (7.88 seconds in the finals) and posted a time of 25.72 seconds in the 200m at the Samford January Invite.
 
2019: Outdoor— Won the South Alabama Invitational 100m (12.15 seconds) and 4 x 400m relay (3:58.20) and placed second in the 200m (24.69 seconds) … Earned top-five finishes in the Alabama Track Challenge 100m (12.36 seconds, fourth) and 200m (25.41 seconds, fifth); Southern Miss Invitational 200m (25.38 seconds, fourth); and Jaguar Opener 100m (12.15 seconds, second), 200m (25.05 seconds, third) and 4 x 400m relay (4:09.55, third) … Finished fifth in the Southern Miss Open 100m (11.94 seconds), 200m (24.73 seconds) and 4 x 100m relay (48.95 seconds) … Helped the Jaguar relay teams sweep at Samford’s Alabama Track Challenge (49.06 seconds, 4 x 100m; 4:03.25, 4 x 400m) and record season-best performances at the Sun Belt Championships (48.59 seconds, 4 x 100m) and War Eagle Invitational (3:54.27). Indoor— Finished eighth overall in the Sun Belt Championships 60m (7.75 seconds in the finals; 7.64 seconds in the preliminaries) and 200m (25.18 seconds in the finals; 24.96 seconds in the preliminaries) … Was part of the Jaguar 4 x 400m relay team which ran a season-best 4:06.20 at the Jaguar Invitational … Placed seventh in the Vanderbilt Invitational 60m (7.70 seconds).
 
2018: Outdoor— Ran the third-fastest 100m dash time in USA history – 11.74 seconds – at the South Alabama Invitational; helped the Jaguars to a second-place, 3:57.72 finish in the 4 x 400m relay at the same meet … Swept the University of Mobile Invitational 100m and 200m races with times of 12.38 seconds and 25.56 seconds, respectively … Claimed first-place finishes in the Jaguar Opener 100m dash (12.14 seconds), 4 x 100m relay (47.00 seconds) and 1,600m sprint medley (4:15.58) … Finished fourth in the 100m dash (11.85 seconds) and 4 x 100m relay (47.08 seconds) at the Jaguar Classic.  Indoor— Took third place in the USA record books with a 7.62-second 60m dash at the Samford Invite … Claimed fifth overall in the Jaguar records with a 24.94-second 200m dash at Commodore Invitational … Ran the 60m dash in 7.80 seconds and the 200m dash in 25.74 seconds to finish fifth in both races at the Samford January Invitational … Finished fifth in the 60m dash with a time of 7.67 seconds at the Sun Belt Championships.
 
High School: Lettered three years in track and field and two years in basketball at Pace High School in Pace, Fla. … Left program holding records in the 200m dash and the 4 x 100m relay … Was a state meet qualifier.
 
Personal: Full name is Cierra Moneé Hedrick … Born Nov. 20, 1998, in Pensacola, Fla. … Daughter of Christopher Hedrick and Mikitha Stansberry … Has a younger sister, D’Asia … Favorite athletes are Usain Bolt and Christian Coleman … Would most like to meet Justin Gatlin … Hobbies include traveling and exercising.
 
Major: Exercise science