North Texas Athletics Hall of Fame

Alysha Adams

Alysha Adams

  • Class
    2011
  • Induction
    2018
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field/Cross Country (women's)

Adams' name appears throughout the UNT women's track and field record book in multiple events.

She holds the school indoor records in the 200-meter dash at 24.01 seconds and the 55-meter hurdles at 7.72. Outdoors, her best time of 23.82 in the 200 is fourth best in UNT history; her times of 13.08, 13.09 and 13.15 in the 100 hurdles are the second, third and fourth best all-time. Adams was a member of 4x100 meter women's relay teams that posted the first, second and fourth fastest times in school history, as well as the second fastest 4x400 relay team.

Adams won multiple conference crowns. At the Sun Belt Conference outdoor championships, she took gold in the 100-meter hurdles in 2008 and 2010, the 200-meter dash in 2010, the 100-meter dash in 2011, and the 4x100 relay in 2010 and 2011. Indoors, she won Sun Belt gold in the 200-meter dash and 55-meter hurdles in 2010, and the 4x100 relay in 2010 and 2011. Adams earned all-conference honors at the 2008, 2010 and 2011 indoor and outdoor Sun Belt championships. She participated in the NCAA West Preliminaries in 2010 and 2011; the NCAA Midwest Regionals in 2008 and 2009; and the NCAA National Championships in 2010, where she placed 17th in the 100-meter hurdles and 11th with the North Texas 4x100 relay team.

Her honors include 2009 Sun Belt Freshman of the Year, 2010 and 2011 conference outdoor Outstanding Track Performer, and 2010 and 2011 Sun Belt outdoor Individual High-Point Scorer.

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