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Cockrell, Anna
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Anna Cockrell
- Height:
- 5-10
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Charlotte, N.C.
Bio
THIS YEAR: Senior All-American Anna Cockrell is in her final season as a hurdler and sprinter on the USC track and field team. She is the defending NCAA Champion in the 400m hurdles and ranks third on both of USC's 100m hurdles and 400m hurdles lists. Cockrell has run on three of USC's all-time top 10 4x400m relays. She also ranks third in the 60m hurdles and seventh in the 200m on USC's all-time indoor list.
2020: She had an indoor season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.01 in taking second at the Tiger Paw Invitational. Won the MPSF 60m hurdles title with a time of 8.09. The outdoor season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Was named the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's Team Member of the Year for Track & Field. She was joined on the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team by teammate TeeTee Terry. The pair became the first Trojan student-athletes to be selected since 2017 and the 37th and 38th overall since the award's inception in 1952.
2019: Cockrell won the NCAA 400m hurdles title with a time of 55.23, the fastest time everr run by a Trojan in the finals and she joined Natasha Danvers (2000) as the only champions in the event for USC. She also placed fifth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.80 (+0.6) and eighth as a member of USC's 4x400m relay at nationals. Cockrell posted her 100m hurdles PR of 12.69 (+2.0) in the NCAA semifinals to move into third place on USC's all-time list in the event. She won her second consecutive Pac-12 400m hurdles title, was second in the 100m hurdles and ran on the winning 4x400m relay at the Conference meet. During the summer, she won the 400m hurdles at the NACAC U23s with a time of 56.54. She also placed sixth in the 400m hurdles at the USATF Championships with a time of 56.14. Indoors, she reached the NCAA 60m hurdles final, but was held out the final due to a tight hamstring. Cockrell was also named USATFCCCA All-Academic and was named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Track/Cross Country Second Team.
2018: She took 2nd in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championships for the 2nd-straight season, posting a season-best time of 55.71. She tied her then-PR with a time of 12.88 (+1.4) to place 9th in the 100m hurdles at NCAAs, .003 seconds out of qualifying for the final. Also ran the second leg for USC's relay which ran 3:27.06, the 4th-fastest time in school history, to win the NCAA title in the event and clinch the team title. She won the Pac-12 400m hurdles title with a time of 56.47 and placed 3rd in the 100m hurdles with a PR of 12.88 (+1.7). She also won the USC-UCLA Dual Meet 400m hurdles race with a time of 56.24. She set her 200m PR of 23.37 to finish 2nd at the Power 5 Challenge. She then took 5th in the 400m hurdles at the USATF Championships with a time of 56.14. She set indoor PRs of 7.93 in the 60m hurdles and 23.16 in the 200m. Cockrell ran the 7.93 to place 2nd in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She also ran on USC's 4x400m relay which ran 3:27.45 to win the NCAA indoor title, the 2nd-fastest time in school history. Cockrell was also named USTFCCCA All-Academic and was named to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-America Track/Cross Country Second Team.
2017: She opened her USC 400m hurdles career at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 55.51 to take 2nd, move to 4th on USC's all-time list and set the freshman school record. Before the season was over, she would earn Pac-12 Women's Freshman of the Year honors, as well as All-America honors. She posted a USC freshman record of 55.14, placing 8th at the USA Championships. In between, she placed 2nd at the Pac-12s with a time of 55.54 and 2nd at the NCAA Championships with a time of 55.36....that time moved her to 3rd on USC's all-time list and she became USC's second freshman All-American in the event. She placed 2nd in the 100m HH with a time of 13.06 (+0.5) at the Pac-12 Championships. She placed 8th in the event at the NCAA Championships with a time of 12.91 (+1.6). She also ran on USC's Pac-12 champion 4x400m relay which ran a time of 3:29.52. She also ran on the 4x400m relay which won at the NCAA West Regional with the 2nd-fastest time in school history of 3:26.09. Placed 4th with a time of 7.99 in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Championships, a day after setting the school freshman record with a time of 7.98 in the semifinals. Named to the 2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Cockrell graduated from Providence Day in 2016. She had bests of 13.17 in the 100m HH and 55.20 in the 400m IH. She was a champion in the 2015 Pan American Junior 400m IH, 2016 Penn Relays 400m IH, 2016 World U20 400m IH, and 2016 World U20 4x400m relay.
PERSONAL: Anna was born on August 28, 1997 in San Ramon, Calif....Parents are Kieth and Serena Cockrell and she has two siblings, Ross and Ciera...Lists favorite food as pancakes…One day would like to travel to Paris, Greece, or Morocco...Says she enjoys singing, reading, spending time with family, and listening to her favorite artist, Beyoncé…She graduated with a Communication degree and a Political Science minor and is working on a Master's in Public Policy at USC. She is a Dean's List student...She is a member of Lambda Pi Eta, Anneberg's only honors society...Is a founder and leading member of the United Black Student-Athlete Association at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH – 12.69 200m – 23.37 400m IH – 55.14
2020: She had an indoor season-best 60m hurdles time of 8.01 in taking second at the Tiger Paw Invitational. Won the MPSF 60m hurdles title with a time of 8.09. The outdoor season was cancelled due to COVID-19. Was named the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America Women's Team Member of the Year for Track & Field. She was joined on the 2020 CoSIDA Academic All-America first team by teammate TeeTee Terry. The pair became the first Trojan student-athletes to be selected since 2017 and the 37th and 38th overall since the award's inception in 1952.
2019: Cockrell won the NCAA 400m hurdles title with a time of 55.23, the fastest time everr run by a Trojan in the finals and she joined Natasha Danvers (2000) as the only champions in the event for USC. She also placed fifth in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.80 (+0.6) and eighth as a member of USC's 4x400m relay at nationals. Cockrell posted her 100m hurdles PR of 12.69 (+2.0) in the NCAA semifinals to move into third place on USC's all-time list in the event. She won her second consecutive Pac-12 400m hurdles title, was second in the 100m hurdles and ran on the winning 4x400m relay at the Conference meet. During the summer, she won the 400m hurdles at the NACAC U23s with a time of 56.54. She also placed sixth in the 400m hurdles at the USATF Championships with a time of 56.14. Indoors, she reached the NCAA 60m hurdles final, but was held out the final due to a tight hamstring. Cockrell was also named USATFCCCA All-Academic and was named to the 2018-19 Google Cloud Academic All-America Track/Cross Country Second Team.
2018: She took 2nd in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championships for the 2nd-straight season, posting a season-best time of 55.71. She tied her then-PR with a time of 12.88 (+1.4) to place 9th in the 100m hurdles at NCAAs, .003 seconds out of qualifying for the final. Also ran the second leg for USC's relay which ran 3:27.06, the 4th-fastest time in school history, to win the NCAA title in the event and clinch the team title. She won the Pac-12 400m hurdles title with a time of 56.47 and placed 3rd in the 100m hurdles with a PR of 12.88 (+1.7). She also won the USC-UCLA Dual Meet 400m hurdles race with a time of 56.24. She set her 200m PR of 23.37 to finish 2nd at the Power 5 Challenge. She then took 5th in the 400m hurdles at the USATF Championships with a time of 56.14. She set indoor PRs of 7.93 in the 60m hurdles and 23.16 in the 200m. Cockrell ran the 7.93 to place 2nd in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She also ran on USC's 4x400m relay which ran 3:27.45 to win the NCAA indoor title, the 2nd-fastest time in school history. Cockrell was also named USTFCCCA All-Academic and was named to the 2017-18 Google Cloud Academic All-America Track/Cross Country Second Team.
2017: She opened her USC 400m hurdles career at the Battle on the Bayou with a time of 55.51 to take 2nd, move to 4th on USC's all-time list and set the freshman school record. Before the season was over, she would earn Pac-12 Women's Freshman of the Year honors, as well as All-America honors. She posted a USC freshman record of 55.14, placing 8th at the USA Championships. In between, she placed 2nd at the Pac-12s with a time of 55.54 and 2nd at the NCAA Championships with a time of 55.36....that time moved her to 3rd on USC's all-time list and she became USC's second freshman All-American in the event. She placed 2nd in the 100m HH with a time of 13.06 (+0.5) at the Pac-12 Championships. She placed 8th in the event at the NCAA Championships with a time of 12.91 (+1.6). She also ran on USC's Pac-12 champion 4x400m relay which ran a time of 3:29.52. She also ran on the 4x400m relay which won at the NCAA West Regional with the 2nd-fastest time in school history of 3:26.09. Placed 4th with a time of 7.99 in the 60m hurdles at the NCAA Championships, a day after setting the school freshman record with a time of 7.98 in the semifinals. Named to the 2017 USTFCCCA All-Academic team.
HIGH SCHOOL: Cockrell graduated from Providence Day in 2016. She had bests of 13.17 in the 100m HH and 55.20 in the 400m IH. She was a champion in the 2015 Pan American Junior 400m IH, 2016 Penn Relays 400m IH, 2016 World U20 400m IH, and 2016 World U20 4x400m relay.
PERSONAL: Anna was born on August 28, 1997 in San Ramon, Calif....Parents are Kieth and Serena Cockrell and she has two siblings, Ross and Ciera...Lists favorite food as pancakes…One day would like to travel to Paris, Greece, or Morocco...Says she enjoys singing, reading, spending time with family, and listening to her favorite artist, Beyoncé…She graduated with a Communication degree and a Political Science minor and is working on a Master's in Public Policy at USC. She is a Dean's List student...She is a member of Lambda Pi Eta, Anneberg's only honors society...Is a founder and leading member of the United Black Student-Athlete Association at USC.
CAREER BESTS: 100m HH – 12.69 200m – 23.37 400m IH – 55.14
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