Dawn Harper

• Home:  St. Louis, IL
• Birthday:  5/13/1984

Events: 100m hurdles
Height: 5-6
Weight: 134
PR: 12.58 (2008)
Born: May 13, 1984
Current Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.                                                                                                                       
High School: East St. Louis Senior (Ill.) HS ‘02
College: UCLA ‘06
Coach: Bobby Kersee
Agent: Kevin Brown
Club: Nike

Career Highlights: 1st at Olympic Games in 100m hurdles; 3rd at 2008 Olympic Trials; 2006 NACAC U23 champion; 2004 NCAA 4x100m runner-up; 2003 USA Junior champion; 2003 Pan Am Junior champion

Harper punched her ticket to Beijing at the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials with her third-place finish in the women's 100m hurdles (12.62), qualifying for her first Olympic Team...Since graduating from UCLA in 2006, Harper has been training under Bob Kersee in Los Angeles...In 2004, Harper earned All-American honors twice at the NCAA outdoor championships -- placing eighth at the 100-meter hurdles and was on the Bruins' 400-meter relay team, which took second. Also in 2004, Harper placed 18th at the Olympic Trials...From East St. Louis, it was on to UCLA where in 2003 she won the 100-meter hurdles in both the Pan American and U.S. Junior Championships...a 2002 graduate of East St. Louis High where she won six state titles -- three each in the 100- and 300-meter hurdles...married to former UCLA sprinter Craig Everhart.

Competition Results:
2008: 1st at Olympic Games 100mH (12.54) 3^rd at Olympic Trials (12.62w), 3^rd in semifinal (12.58PR)...6^th at adidas Track Classic (13.01)...2^nd at Nike Prefontaine Classic (12.59w)
2007: 8^th at USA Outdoors (13.07)...2^nd at Belem
(12.83w)...4^th at Road to Eugene (12.97)...1^st at Chambery (12.73)...4^th at Stockholm (12.85)...1^st at Leverkusen (12.70)...1^st at Wattenscheid (12.67)...3^rd at Shanghai (13.03)...ranked #6 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 12.67.
2006: 7^th at USA Outdoors (13.02)...4^th at NCAA Outdoors (12.92)...NACAC U23 champion (13.06)...2^nd at NCAA West Regionals (12.80)...ranked #9 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 12.80.
2005: 8^th at USA Outdoors (13.23)...3^rd at NCAA Outdoors (12.91)...2^nd at NCAA West Regionals (12.99)...2^nd at Pac 10 Champs (12.91)...ranked #8 in the U.S. by T&FN...best of 12.91.
2004: 6^th in quarterfinals at Olympic Trials (13.30)...8^th at NCAA Outdoors (13.41), 2^nd on 4x100m (43.49)...best of 13.16.
2003: USA Junior champion (13.28w)...Pan Am Junior champion (13.42)