Alexa Efraimson

Alexa Efraimson

Personal information
Birth name	Alexa Efraimson
Nationality	American
Born	(1997-02-20) February 20, 1997
Residence	Camas, Washington
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	800 metres, 1500 metres, cross country running
Coached by	Michael Hickey
Medal record Competitor for  United States World Championships in Athletics Bronze 2013 Ukraine 1500

Alexa Efraimson (born February 20, 1997) is an American distance runner who competed for Camas High School in Camas, Washington. During the 2014 indoor and outdoor season, as a junior, she set a pair of U.S. high-school records, breaking Mary Cain's 2013 mark in the indoor 3,000 meters (9:02.10) with a time of 9:00.16^[1] and running 4:33.29 in the 1,600 meters to shave 0.53 seconds from Christine Babcock's 4:33.29, set in 2008.^[2] She captured the bronze medal in the 1,500 meters at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.^[3]

2013

Alexa won the Washington State track and field meet in 800 metres in 2:08.17 and 1600 metres in 4:39.25.^[4] Efraimson earned bronze medal placing 3rd in 4:16.07 at the 8th IAAF World Youth Championships.^[5] She was also the 2013 Nike Cross Nationals champion.^[6] Alexa was the Gatorade® National Girls Cross Country Runner of theYear.^[7][8]

2014

On February 1, high school junior Alexa Efraimson ran 9:00.16 to finish 4th in the 3,000m at the 2014 University of Washington Invitational, breaking Mary Cain‘s 9:02.10 United States high school national records in track and field which Mary ran at this very track one year earlier. Alexa ran 3,000 metres in 9:00.16^[9][10] in February. At the Washington State High School track and field meet, Alexa continued her record breaking ways, winning the 800 metres in 2:04.10 (Breaking the state meet record) and won the 1600m, setting a national high school record times for the 1600 metres in 4:33.29.^[11]

Alexa won the high school national Brooks PR Invitational on the Renton Memorial Stadium track in the 800 metres running 2:03.26, defeating Raevyn Rogers, defending national champion and bronze medalist from the 2013 World Youth Championships at 800m.^[12]

2014 Diamond League
Alexa raced against professionals at New York Adidas Grand Prix in the 1500 meters on 14 June 2014 and finished 10th running a Personal Best time of 4:07.05.^[13]

2014 USA Junior Outdoor Championships
Alexa Efraimson held off Elise Cranny in the featured 1500 metres running 4:16.87 on July 6^[14] in Eugene, Oregon at the 2014 US Junior Outdoor championships^[14] to win her first US Junior title and qualify to the IAAF World Junior Outdoor championships.^[15][16]

2014 IAAF World Junior Championships
Efraimson raced the 1st round of the 1500 metres on July 25 at 12:15 PM PST and Final on July 27 at 3:55 PM PST.^[17] Efraimson finished 4th in the prelims in 4:16.87 to Automatically Qualify to the final. Alexa finished 6th in final of the 1500 meters^[18][19] in 4:13.31.^[20]

Professional career

Alexa Efraimson, the Nike Cross Nationals and USA Junior 1500-meter champion, has signed a contract with Nike, and will forgo her final year of high school and collegiate racing eligibility. She’ll continue to work with her high school coach Michael Hickey.^[21][22] Coach Hickey has consulted with Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar over several years and said that there could be situations where Efraimson joins Cain and other Nike athletes for workouts. Efraimson is represented by Flynn Sports Management.^[23]

Camas Mayor Scott Higgins on Monday night, following his proclamation that Friday, August 8, would be "Alexa Efraimson Appreciation Day".^[24]

On September 27, 2014, Alexa debuted as a professional athlete running for her Nike sponsor in her 2nd 6 km cross country race at Stanford Invitational. Efraimson finished 3rd after leading most of the race.^[25]

Family life

Alexa's mother, Chantel, was a member of the swim team and a Oregon State University graduate.^[26]

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