Tahesia Harrigan

Tahesia Harrigan ( Harrigan Tahesia Gaynell, * February 15, 1982 in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands) is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands.

In 2005 she was over 100 meters Central America and Caribbean Vice-Champion and reached at the World Championships in Helsinki the quarter-finals, and in 2006 she won over the same distance Gold at the Central American and Caribbean Games and was fifth at the Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.

At the 2007 World Championships in Osaka, she came over both 100 and 200 meters to the quarterfinals. The following year she won the bronze medal over 60 meters at the World Indoor Championships in Valencia and was eliminated in the 100 meters at the Olympic Games in Beijing in the quarterfinals of.

In 2009 she was over 100 meters Central America and Caribbean champion and came at the World Championships in Berlin in the 100 meters semi-finals, and in 2010 it was about 60 meters sixth at the World Indoor Championships in Doha and again fifth at the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi.

She studied psychology at the University of Minnesota and the University of Alabama and in 2004 was the mother of a boy.

Personal best

  • 60 m (Hall ): 7.09 s, March 7, 2008, Valencia ( national record )
  • 100 m: 11.13 s, April 15, 2006 El Paso ( national record )
  • 200 m: 22.98 s, July 15, 2007 Donnas ( national record ) Hall: 24,10 s, 24 February 2002, University Park ( national record )
  • Hall: 6.17 m 24 February, 2006, Gainesville (former national record )
  • Hall: 11,93 m, January 21, 2006, Clemson (former national record )
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