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              ​    Therisa Niven​


Mead High School, Spokane, WA
Class of 2023

Click here for Therisa’s Athletic.net profile (St. George’s and SSA): 
https://www.athletic.net/TrackAndField/Athlete.aspx?AID=7438130
 
I moved to the US from Ghana with my adoptive family when I was 5 yrs old.  I have always loved to run fast.  I ran on the cross-country team at Saint George’s School (SGS) in the 4th-7th grades, but hated the longer distances.  I joined the SGS high school soccer team as an 8th grader so that I would not have to do XC and we won the WIAA 1B/2B Soccer State Championships!  I started on the middle school track team at SGS in the 7th grade.  There is no track at SGS so the meets were the only time we could run on a track.  I ran the 100 m, 200 m, and long jump events.  I set the school records for the 100 m and 200 m in both 7th and 8th grade and won 1st place in every race that I entered in middle school.

I joined SSA the summer after 7th grade and continued with these events.  I qualified for the 100 m at the USATF JO Nationals and ran in the 13-14 age group.  The JO series was my first time to run against girls that are faster than me!  This year I am running the 4x400 at nationals in the 15-16 age group.  Next year I am moving to Mead High School for 9th grade.  I am excited about running for a bigger school and having tougher competition in the 4A league.  I usually run to the competition and need to be pushed to get faster.  I like SSA because I can run against so many fast girls.
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I hope to attend college and run track.  I would like to be a teacher some day or maybe a chiropractor.  I really love working with kids.

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