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2011-12 Women's Track and Field Roster

Erika Saxton

  • Position Sprints/Jumps
  • Height 5-8
  • Class Redshirt Senior
  • Highschool Shades Valley HS
  • Hometown Birmingham, Ala.

Biography

2012: (Outdoor) Finished sixth in the women's 100-meter dash at the Southern Miss Invitational...

2012: (Indoor)
Recorded a personal-best 60-meter dash time of 7.72 seconds at the Birmingham Ice Breaker...Ran as part of the fourth-place 4x400-meter relay 'A' team at the MTSU Invitational...

2011: (Outdoor) Took eighth in the triple jump on a mark 11.02m (38-02.00)...Took second in the Battle of I-10 triple jump on a mark of 11.30m (37-01.00)... Took third in the triple jump (11.60m/38-00.75) and 200-meter dash (25.22s) at the USA Invitational...Placed eighth in the Coach O Invitational triple jump on a mark of 11.30m (37-01)...Took second in the women's triple jump on a mark of 11.72m (38-5.50) at the USA Quad Meet...

2011: (Indoor) Took ninth place in the triple jump on a mark of 10.44 meters at the Jimmy Carnes Invitational.

Club: Competed for Club Elite for two years in the 4x100m relay, 4x400m relay, triple jump and the 100m... helped team make it to regionals.

High School: Participated in track, basketball and cheerleading... helped lead track team to a county championship for three straight years... holds school record in the 4x100m relay.

Personal: Favorite movie is "Love and Basketball" ... Favorite book is the Bible... Favorite pro sports team is the Los Angeles Lakers... Favorite athlete is Kobe Bryant...her mother, Aretha Saxton, played basketball at Lawson State CC... her father, William Saxton, also played collegiate basketball... has one younger brother, William Jr., 17.

Major: Excercise Science

Historical Player Information

  • 2009-10Redshirt Sophomore

    Jumps
    5'9"
  • 2010-11Redshirt Sophomore

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"
  • 2011-12Redshirt Senior

    Sprints/Jumps
    5'8"