Knight competes in the AAU Junior Olympics

On Monday in her first day of competition in New Orleans Jalisha jumped 16 feet nine inches in the long jump and then ran a 12.57 in the 100 meters. She did not qualify for the semifinals in either event. On Tuesday Jalisha will run the 100 meter hurdles. Coach Therese Standard and Jalisha talk about Monday Audio On Tuesday Jalisha ran the 14 best time out of 77 runners in the 100 meter hurdles. Knight ran a 14.69 and finished second in heat 10. She didn't qualify for the finals, but she does finish 14th in the nation in her age group and that ends her racing in New Orleans. Coach Therese Standard and Jalisha talk about Tuesday Audio

Jalisha races on ESPN3

Jalisha Knight (far left) gets ready for the 100 meter hurdles

Juicy (left) strides over the seventh hurdle

Jalisha Knight had one last chance to qualify for the AAU Junior Olympics in the 100 meter hurdles, which is her best event. Back in May she won her second state championship by cruising to an easy win that race. However, last month in Augusta she false started in the 100 hurdles. So, the ESPN Rise Games: The AAU Club Championships at Disney World in Orlando were her final shot at running the hurdles in New Orleans in addition to the 100 meter race and the long jump which she had already qualified for in Augusta. Y-101 Story   Jalisha took care of business in Orlando finishing eighth out of 32 runners in the prelims and then in the finals she placed sixth to qualify for the Junior Olympics, which begin July 29 and run through August 6. Watch Jalisha run on ESPN3 Knight's event is one hour and thirteen minutes in to the broadcast or watch these Highlights

Knight wins her second state championship

Jalisha runs a close second to Sandrika Simmons in the 300 meters

Toombs County's Jalisha Knight is a state champion one again. On Saturday afternoon, in Albany, she added the 100 meter hurdles title to the 300 meter hurdles championship which she won in 2010. Jalisha was the only Double A girl to run under 15 seconds. Knight's 14.780 beat second place Nancy Price, of Screven County by .670 seconds. In her qualifying heat Knight beat Price by .660. Jalisha said she had to make up for a slow start, "My foot slipped before I even started and they all went ahead, however, once I saw that girl's foot right beside me I took off and won by a hurdle and a half." Y-101 Story Knight finished second in state in the 300 meters. Sandrika Simmons, of Therrell, won the race in 43.910 and defeated Jalisha by a little less than a second. Knight ran a 44.950, her personal best in this event. Knight said, "When I was going over the third hurdle I messed up the whole jump, so that slowed me down and then when we were going over the seventh hurdle my body shut down." Thanks to Jalisha's performance Toombs County placed 10th in Double A. Head coach Therese Standard talks about Jalisha's performance Audio

Knight and Johnson are going to state

Toombs County High School's Jalisha Knight and Shikell Johsnon have both earned trips to the state track after qualifying at the Region 2 Track Meet at Georgia Southern. Knight, a 2010 state champ in the 300 meter hurdles, was the Region 2AA High Point Female athlete. She qualified in three different events. Knight dominated the 100 meter hurdles. She qualified in 15.06 seconds and won by three seconds in a time of 14.78. In the 300 meter hurdles the junior qualified at 45.48 (tying her time in the 2010 state final) and won by 4 1/2 seconds in 46.24. Jalisha won the long jump by exactly six inches with a leap of 16 feet, eight and three quarter inches.  Watch Jalisha win the 100 meters and the 100 meter and 300 meter hurdles in an event at Vidalia High School  Video

2010 Season

Jalisha Knight is a state champion

2009 Season

Knight finishes fourth at state

In her first trip to the GHSA State Track Meet in Albany Toombs County's Jalisha Knight finished fourth in the 100 meter hurdles. Knight ran a career best 15.080 and she was just .02 seconds out of second place. Laconia Davis. from Rockmart placed second with a 15.060 and Jalisha's big rival, Annie Fletcher of Bleckley County, was third in 15.070. Westminster's Miray Seward won the event in a time of 14.730. Y-101 Story  Knight, the Region 3 champion, finished third in her qualifying heat on Thursday with a time of 15.310.  Y-101 Story  Watch Jalisha run the hurdles in practice Video