PRs: 100m - 10.90 (2007); 200m - 22.28 (2003)

Career Highlights

2007 World Outdoor 4x100m gold medalist; 2007 USA Outdoor 100m champion; 2003 World Outdoor 100m gold and 200m silver medalist; 2003 World Outdoor 4x100m silver medalist; 2003 USA Outdoor 100m & 200m champion; 2003 World Indoor bronze medalist; 2000 Olympic 4x100m bronze medalist

In 2007, Edwards displayed an impressive return to form, winning the USA Outdoor 100m title in 11.02 and taking 3rd in the 200m in 22.55. She then went on to anchor the 4x100m to gold at the 2007 IAAF World Championships and take fourth place in the 100m (11.05) and 200m (22.65)...she ran a personal-best 10.90 at the 2007 adidas Track Classic...By winning the 100m gold medal and the 200m silver medal at the 2003 World Outdoor Championships, Edwards established herself as a legitimate threat in both events...she ended the season with personal best performances in the 100m (10.93) and 200m (22.28)...in 2000, Edwards arrived at the Olympic Games as part of the 4x100m relay pool and ended up competing in 3 events - 100, 200, 4x100 relay - when Inger Miller withdrew due to injury...Edwards started sprinting when she joined her school team in junior high. She says she was just an average sprinter in high school; her best state meet finish was 4th in the 200m...a year later she won the Pac-10 titles in both the 100 and 200 meters: ‘Not until I got to college did I realize that I could be good. Winning the Pac-10 titles gave me a big boost in confidence, and I found myself setting higher and higher goals.'

Competition Results:
2008: 1st at Baie Mahault (11.10)
2007: World Outdoor 4x100m gold medalist (41.98)...4th at World Outdoors in 100m (11.05) and 200m (22.65)...USA Outdoors 100m champion (11.02) and 3rd in 200m (22.55)...2nd at Reebok Grand Prix (10.96)...1st at adidas Track Classic (10.90PR)...1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (11.10)...1st at Paris (11.17)...1st at Lausanne (11.00)...1st at Rome (11.03)...1st in 100m, 2nd in 200m at Rethimno (11.05, 22.86)...ranked #2 in the world (#1 U.S.) at 100m and #3 in the world (#2 U.S.) at 200m by T&FN...bests of 10.90 and 22.51.
2006: 3rd at USA Outdoors 100m (11.17)...2nd at IAAF World Cup (11.19)...3rd at USA Indoors (7.12)...3rd at adidas Track Classic (11.17)...3rd at Reebok Grand Prix (11.23)...1st at Nike Prefontaine Classic (11.08)...3rd at Paris (11.06)...4th at Rome (11.09)...1st at Athens (11.14)...3rd at Lausanne (11.07)...3rd at London (11.26)...ranked #4 in the world (#3 U.S.) at 100m by T&FN...best of 11.06.
2005: did not compete - doping violation (stimulant); granted early reinstatement.
2004: Runner-up at USA Indoors in 60m (7.12PR)...1st in 100m at IAAF Japan Grand Prix (11.05)... 4th at World Indoors 60m (7.16)...bests of 11.00 and 22.38.

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