Charlotte 49ers

Cross Country

  Aja Jackson

Aja Jackson

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Charlotte, N.C.

High School:
E.E. Waddell

Birthdate:
04/22/1987

Cross Country 2006: Won the 3K at the Charlotte Relay with a time of 10:39...Finished seventh in the 5K at Winthrop with a time of 19:07...Finished seventh in the 6K at George Mason with a time of 22:29.34...Finished 12th at the A-10 Championships, earning All-Conference Honors

Indoor 2006: Runner-up in the 800m at the A-10 Championships in a time of 2:14.93, member of the 4x800m relay team that finished in 5th place at the A-10 Champs, ran a 5:08.15 Mile at the Clemson Invite.

Outdoor 2006: Ran the 800m and was a member of the 4x400m relay team at the NCAA East Regional, broke the school's record in 800m at the Georgia Tech Last Chance Meet in 2:09.43 qualifying her for NCAA Regionals and Junior Nationals. 1500m 4:37.06 at the Charlotte Invite, was a member of the 4x800m relay team that finished 3rd at the A-10 Championships in a school record time of 9:05.82.

at E.E. Waddell High School: Charlotte Observer Girls Athlete of the Year in 2005 ... Established a Mecklenburg County record in the 800-meter dash ... Ran 2:12.68 ... Waddell's Athlete of the Year ... Captured 2005 AAU Junior Olympic National Champion in the 800 (2:12.21) ... Runner-Up in the 1,500 (4:51) ... 2005 North Carolina state champion in both the 800 and 1,600 ... 2004 N.C. state runner-up in the 800 as a junior ... Fourth in the 1,600 that year ... Junior Olympic National Champion in the 800 ... Bronze medalist in the 1,500 ... Third place at 2004 state indoor meet in the 500.

Personal: Intends to major in political science ... Daughter of Velda D. Jackson ... Four siblings: Ayanna, Asante, Alexis and Ahmad ... Born April 22, 1987.