Tahesia Harrigan

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Tahesia Harrigan

Tahesia Harrigan ( Tahesia Gaynell Harrigan , born February 15, 1982 in Saint Thomas , US Virgin Islands ) is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands .

In 2005 she was Central America and Caribbean runner-up in over 100 meters and reached the quarter-finals at the World Championships in Helsinki , and in 2006 she won gold over the same distance at the Central America and Caribbean Games and finished fifth at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne .

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she came both over 100 and over 200 meters into the quarter-finals. The following year she won bronze over 60 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia and was eliminated over 100 meters in the quarter-finals at the Olympic Games in Beijing .

In 2009 she became Central America and Caribbean 100 meter champion and made it to the semi-finals at the World Championships in Berlin over 100 meters, and in 2010 she was sixth over 60 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Doha and again fifth at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi .

In 2011 she tested positive for methylhexanamine during a doping control and was banned for six months.

She studied psychology at the University of Minnesota and the University of Alabama and became the mother of a boy in 2004.

Personal best

  • 60 m (indoor): 7.09 s, March 7, 2008, Valencia (national record)
  • 100 m: 11.13 s, April 15, 2006, El Paso (national record)
  • 200 m: 22.98 s, July 15, 2007, Donnas (national record)
  • 400 m : 55.60 s, March 31, 2007, Starkville (former national record)
  • Long jump : 6.06 m, April 16, 2005, Walnut (former national record)
    • Hall: 6.17 m, February 24, 2006, Gainesville (former national record)
  • Triple jump : 11.75 m, May 7, 1999, Gainesville (former national record)
    • Hall: 11.93 m, January 21, 2006, Clemson (former national record)

Web links

Footnotes

  1. ^ Harrigan-Scott apologises for being suspended virginislandsnewsonline.com November 9, 2011
  2. ^ IAAF: History is inspired by Harrigan's special home support ( Memento of March 12, 2008 in the Internet Archive ). March 9, 2008
personal data
SURNAME Harrigan, Tahesia
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harrigan, Tahesia Gaynell
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British sprinter (British Virgin Islands)
DATE OF BIRTH February 15, 1982
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Thomas , US Virgin Islands