2015-16 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Amani Borders
- Position:
- Hurdles/Sprints
- Height:
- 5-3
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- University City HS
- Hometown:
- St. Louis, Mo.
2015 – Indoor: Set a season-best time in the 60 meters at the Tiger Invitational with a time of 8.28 seconds… Ran the 400 meters at the WAC Indoor Championships in a season-best 1:00.30… Ran a season-best 60-meter hurdles in 9.47 seconds. Outdoor: Ran a season-fastest time in the 100 meters at the Tulsa Duels with a time of 12.98 seconds… Ran the 400-meter hurdles at the State Farm ESU Relays in a season-best 1:05.01… Ran a season-fastest 200 meters at the ASU Red Wolf Open with a time of 26.93 seconds.
2014 – Indoor:. Recorded times of 8.23 at the Bill Easton Challenge and 8.29 in the Missouri Invitational in the 60 meter dash… notched times of 9.57 in the Missouri Invitational and 9.59 at the UCM Classic in the 60 meter hurdles. Outdoor: Finished 48th with a time of 12.71 in the 100 meter dash and 28th in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 1:04.15 at the Long Beach Invitational… placed 19th in the 400 meter dash with a time of 1:01.48 and placed 12th in the 100 meter hurdles with a time of 16.10 at the Tulsa Duels… finished seventh at the Missouri Relays with a time of 1:04.08 and garnered Second Team All-WAC honors with a time of 1:03.49, good for fifth, at the WAC Championships… named Spring Academic All-WAC
2013 – Indoor: Clocked a personal best time of 9.77 to place 21st in the preliminary round of the 60-meter hurdles at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25)… Recorded a personal best time of 1:00.99 in the 400-meter dash preliminary round at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 24)… In the 60-meter hurdle events, placed 14th (10.21) in the preliminary round at The Summit League (Feb. 24) and 46th (11.41) in the preliminary round at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8)… In the 400-meter dash events, placed fourth (1:01.37) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19), 35th (1:01.40) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), 15th (1:01.82) at the Jayhawk Classic (Jan. 25) and third (1:03.39) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11)… Was part of a distance medley group that placed ninth (12:16.65) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8) and sixth (12:38.22) at The Summit League Championships (Feb. 25)… Was part of a 4x400-meter relay squad that placed 16th (3:54.82) at the Iowa State Classic (Feb. 8), third (3:58.32) at the Wildcat Invitational (Jan. 19) and sixth (4:11.25) at the Jayhawk Challenge (Jan. 11). Outdoor: Named to The Summit League Winter/Spring Academic Honor Roll… recorded personal bests at the Track-It Buster Invitational in the 100 meter dash (12.64) and the 400 meter hurdles (1:04.39), in the 200 meter dash at the State Farm/ESU Relays (26.45) and in the 400 meter dash at the K.T. Woodman Classic (1:00.31)… finished second as part of the 4x400 meter relay team at the Missouri Relays (4:09.30) and third at the State Farm/ESU Relays (3:56.40) and the K.T. Woodman Classic (3:56.70)… finished second in the 400 meter hurdles at the Tulsa Duels in a time of 1:06.67.
High School -- Was part of a Class 3 Missouri State Championship squad as a senior, where she placed second in the 300-meter hurdles (44.5), second with a 4x400-meter relay squad (3:56), and first with a 4x100-meter relay team (48.1)... Set a freshman school record in the 300-meter hurdles... Set school records in the 4x100-meter relay and 4x400-meter relay events... Competed with the St. Louis Lightning (2012) and U-City Xplosion (2009-11) traveling sqauds... Earned three letters in softball while playing shortstop and second base to go along with being a Southeast All-Conference Team honoree in one season... In the classroom, placed in the Top 10% of her class and earned the Principal's Honor Roll award.
Personal -- Born Aug. 31, 1994 in St. Louis, Mo... Daughter of Adrienne L. Francis... Sister to Ashanti T. Borders... Majoring in accounting.
CAREER-BEST TIMES
INDOOR60-Meter Hurdles: 9.57 at Missouri Invitational, 2/7/1460 Meter Dash: 8.23 at Bill Easton Challenge, 1/10/14400 Meters: 1:00.99 at The Summit League Championships, 2/24/13OUTDOOR100 Meters: 12.64 at Track-It Buster Invitational, 4/27/13200 Meters: 26.45 at State Farm/ESU Relays, 4/7/12400 Meters: 1:00.31 at K.T. Woodman Classic, 4/13/13100 Meter Hurdles: 16.10 at Tulsa Duels, 3/22/14400 Meter Hurdles: 1:03.49 at WAC Championships, 5/17/14
