Alysha Newman
ALYSHA NEWMAN Hometown: Delaware, Ont. Birthdate: June 29, 1994 (23) Event: Pole vault Coach: Doug Wood, Zdenek Krykorka Training base: Toronto Education: University of Miami, Fla. Twitter: @alysha_newman94 Personal best: 4.71 metres (CR), Coral Gables, Fla., April 8, 2017; 4.65 (Indoor; CR) Toronto, Jan. 21, 2017, and Des Moines, Iowa, April 28, 2017 CAREER HIGHLIGHTS 4.45 (17), Olympic Games, Rio de Janeiro, Aug. 16, 2016 Bronze 3.80, Commonwealth Games; Glasgow, Scotland, Aug. 2, 2014 Gold 4.40, Pan American Junior Championships, Medellin, Colombia, Aug. 25, 2013 2017 RESULTS 4.55 (5), Bislett Games – Diamond League, Oslo, Norway, June 15 4.60 (1), adidas Boston Games, Boston, Mass., June 4 4.25 (7), Doha – Diamond League, Doha, Qatar, May 5 4.65 (2), Drake Relays, Des Moines, Iowa, April 29 4.71 (1) (CR), Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational, Coral Gables, Fla., April 8 4.50 (2), Auckland Track Challenge, Auckland, N.Z., Feb. 26 2016 RESULTS 4.42 (6), Brussels – Diamond League, Brussels, Belgium, Sept. 9 4.45 (17), Olympic Olympics; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 16 4.40 (1), Canadian Track & Field Championships/Olympic Trials, Edmonton, Alta., July 10 4.30 (2), NCAA Division I National Championships, Eugene, Ore., June 11 4.46 (1), ACC Championships, Tallahassee, Fla., May 15 SNAPSHOP A converted gymnast, who changed sports owing to a serious injury, Alysha Newman took up track as a teenager at the suggestion of her mother. After dabbling in the 400-metre and 100-metre hurdles, Newman was introduced to pole vault at age 16 and has been setting Canadian records in the event ever since.
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