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Tia Jones (born September 8, 2000) is an American track and field athlete who competes in hurdling and sprinting events. She is engaged to Xavier Worthy

Jones has been named USA Track & Field's Athlete of the Week after winning the 13-14 girl 100 m and 200 m hurdles and setting national and Junior Olympic records in both events at the USATF National Junior Olympic Track & Field Championships on July 28, 2013.

She won the 100-meter hurdles at the 2016 USA Junior Championships in a time of 12.84 seconds, which equaled Aliuska López's world junior record dating from 1987. It was the best ever time set by a 15-year-old athlete.[1]

Personal bests

Event Time (sec) Venue Date
Outdoor events
100m 12.11 Winter Park, Florida 07 JUL 2013
200m 23.81 Greensboro, North Carolina 25 JUL 2013
100 m hurdles 12.38 Brussels, Belgium 02 SEP 2022
Indoor events
60 m hurdles 7.67 Albuquerque, New Mexico 16 FEB 2024

References

  1. ^ Ramsak, Bob (2016-06-27). Jones, McLaughlin, Hill and Norman impress at US Junior Championships. IAAF. Retrieved on 2016-07-16.
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