Akia Guerrier

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Akia A. Guerrier
Personal information
Nationality Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands
Born (1998-11-09) 9 November 1998 (age 26)
Providenciales, Turks and Caicos
Height5"4
Weight130 Ibs
Sport
CountryTurks and Caicos Islands
Sport Track and field
Event(s) 200 metres, 100 metres, 400 metres

Akia Aretha Guerrier (born 9 November 1998) is a sprinter for the Turks and Caicos Islands. She specialises in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m sprints. As of 2025, she is the national record holder for the Turks and Caicos Islands in the 100 m, 200 m, 400 m, and long jump. Akia has competed in numerous international events for the Turks and Caicos Islands including the 2015 World Youth Championships in Athletics, 2015 Commonwealth Youth Games, and 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. [1]

In July 2015, Guerrier became the first Turks and Caicos athlete to qualify for the IAAF World U18 Championships. She was coached by Randy Ford. [2]

In September 2015, Guerrier broke Rosalie Hall's longstanding 200 metres record by running 25.14 seconds at the Commonwealth Youth Games. [3]

Guerrier was an All-American sprinter for the Kansas State Wildcats track and field team, leading off their 8th-place 4 × 100 meters relay team at the 2017 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [4]

Personal bests

EventTime (seconds)VenueDate
200 metres 23.91 KSU Ward Haylett Invite, Kansas 6 May 2017
400 metres 55.62 Arizona, Sun Angel Track Classic 6 April 2019
100 metres 11.55 St. George's, Grenada 26 March 2016

References

  1. Akia Guerrier at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. "Akia makes history, first junior woman to sprint for TCI at WYC". magneticmediatv.com .
  3. "National Records shattered by Akia & Ifeanyi". magneticmediatv.com .
  4. "4 × 100 meters relay at the NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships". USTFCCCA . Retrieved 28 December 2024. "Track and Field News NCAA Outdoor w4x1" (PDF). Track and Field News . Retrieved 28 December 2024.