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2025-26 Women's Track & Field Roster

Jia Anderson

  • Class Senior
  • Position Sprints / Hurdles
  • Height 5-9
  • High School Padua Academy
  • Hometown Wilmington, Del.

Biography

Career Performance List

Career Honors:
2025 Patriot League Highest Women’s Point Scorer (Outdoor)
2023 Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Meet (Indoor)
2025 Patriot League Champion (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (100m - Outdoor) / (100m Hurdles - Outdoor)
2024 Patriot League Champion (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 Patriot League Champion (60m Hurdles - Indoor)
2025 First Team All-Patriot League (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (100m - Outdoor) / (100m Hurdles - Outdoor)
2024 First Team All-Patriot League (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor)
2023 First Team All-Patriot League (60m Hurdles - Indoor)
2025 Second Team All-Patriot League (4x100m Relay - Outdoor)
2024 Second Team All-Patriot League (100m Hurdles - Outdoor)
2023 Second Team All-Patriot League (100m Hurdles - Outdoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor)
2025 ECAC All-East (100m Hurdles Champion - Outdoor)
2024 ECAC All-East (100m Hurdles - Outdoor)
Patriot League Women’s Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 6, 2024)
Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Week (Feb. 14, 2023) / (March 21, 2023) / (April 4, 2023)
 
2025-25 (Junior Season): HONORS: Patriot League Highest Women’s Point Scorer (Outdoor) … Patriot League Champion (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (100m - Outdoor) / (100m Hurdles - Outdoor) … First Team All-Patriot League (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (100m - Outdoor) / (100m Hurdles - Outdoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (4x100m Relay - Outdoor) … INDOOR: Won her third-consecutive 60m hurdles title with the ninth-fastest time in school history of 8.53 at the Patriot League Championship … Finished fourth in the 200m (24.83) and sixth in the 60m (7.69) at the league championship … Won the 200m (25.35) and 60m hurdles (8.65) at the Army-Navy Indoor Star Meet … Opened the season with a season-best and the fourth-fastest 60m hurdles time in Navy history at 8.47 at the Navy Indoor Invitational … OUTDOOR: Won the 100m hurdles with the sixth-best time in program history of 13.73 at the Patriot League Outdoor Championship … Also won the 100m sprint with the fifth-best time in Navy history of 11.76 at the league championship … Helped the 4x100m relay team earn Second Team All-Patriot league honors with a time of 46.09 at the league championship … Clocked a winning 100m time of 14.03 at the ECAC Championship … Recorded victories in the 200m (24.97), 100m hurdles (14.01) and as a member of the 4x100m relay team (46.20) at the Army-Navy Outdoor Star Meet … Ran the second-fastest 100m hurdles time of 13.64 at the Penn Relays. 
 
2023-24 (Sophomore Season): HONORS: ECAC All-East (100m Hurdles - Outdoor) … Patriot League Champion (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor) … First Team All-Patriot League (60m Hurdles - Indoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (100m Hurdles - Outdoor) … Patriot League Women’s Track Athlete of the Week (Feb. 6) … INDOOR: Claimed the 60m hurdles title at the Patriots League Championship with a time of 8.62 … She also finished third in the 200m with a time of 24.63 … Had a big day at the Army-Navy Star Meet setting program records in the 60m hurdles (8.36) 60m (7.53) and 200m (24.18) … Earned league Player of the Week honors for her record setting day against Army … Won the 60m hurdles with a time of 8.57 at the Wesley A. Brown Invitational … OUTDOOR: A member of the 4x100m relay that won the event at the conference championship with a time of 46.14 … Finished second overall in the 100m hurdles at the league championship for the second year in a row … Earned ECAC All-East distinction in the 100m hurdles (13.93) … Won the 100m hurdles (13.70) and as a member of the 4x100m relay team (46.73) at the Army-Navy Star Meet … Ran the third and fourth fastest 100m hurdles time (13.71 / 13.72) at the Penn Relays. 
 
2022-23 (Freshman Season): HONORS: Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Meet (Indoor) … Patriot League Champion (60m Hurdles - Indoor) … First Team All-Patriot League (60m Hurdles - Indoor) … Second Team All-Patriot League (100m Hurdles - Outdoor) / (4x100m Relay - Outdoor) … Patriot League Women’s Rookie of the Week (Feb. 14) / (March 21) / (April 4) … INDOOR: Won the 60m hurdles at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 8.58 … Broke the Patriot League 60m hurdles meet record in the preliminaries with a time of 8.49 … Placed seventh in the 60m at the conference championship with a time of 7.79 … Won the 60m hurdles at the Army-Navy Star Meet (8.49) … Broke the 60m hurdles school record at the Darius Dixon Memorial Invitational with a time of 8.41 and recorded a season-best 200m time (25.35) … Won the 60m hurdles in collegiate debut at the Navy Invitational I with a time of 8.66 … OUTDOOR: Finished second overall in the 100m hurdles at the Patriot League Championship with a time of 13.75 … Also member of 4x100m relay squad that placed second at the league championship with a time of 46.08 … Placed fourth in the 100m with a season-best legal time of 12.04 … Helped 4x100m relay team break school record at the Ross and Sharon Irwin Invitational with a winning time of 45.94 … Won the 100m hurdles (13.45) and helped 4x100m relay squad place first (46.17) at the Army-Navy Star Meet … Clocked in a season-best legal 100m hurdles time of 13.66 to place first at the Virginia Grand Prix … Also won 100m hurdles race at the PLNU Collegiate Invite (14.56) and Navy Spring Invitational II (13.56)

High School / Personal: 2021 graduate of Padua Academy in Wilmington, Del. … Earned four varsity letters in track and field … Won individual state championships in the 100m hurdle (2018, ‘19, ‘20, ’21), 55m hurdle (2019, ‘20, ’21) and 55m dash (2020, ‘21) … Helped Padua Academy win four track and field state championships (2018, ‘19, ‘20, ‘21) … Broke state long jump record junior year … Served as black student union treasurer junior and senior year … Earned dean’s list accolades junior and senior year … Member of student council and church outreach program … Daughter of Philip II and Tyra Bedford-Anderson … Father, Philip II, competed in baseball, football and track and field at Delaware State … Attended the Naval Academy Preparatory School during the 2021-22 academic year.

Historical Player Information

  • 2022-23Freshman

    Sprints / Hurdles
    5'9"
  • 2023-24Sophomore

    Sprints / Hurdles
    5'9"
  • 2024-25Junior

    Sprints / Hurdles
    5'9"
  • 2025-26Senior

    Sprints / Hurdles
    5'9"