Anna Cooper
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- Height:
- 5-9
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- Hometown:
- Bristol, Tenn.
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- Year:
- Sophomore
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- High School:
- Bristol HS
Bio
One of several newcomers on the Golden Eagle rosters, Anna shows tremendous promise as a collegiate distance runner...competing in cross country during the fall season and will be running distance events during the track & field seasons.
AT TECH (IN 2015-16): Slated to compete in cross country, she missed early races due to injury...was able to run in one meet, posting a time of 22:10.2 at the Commodore Classic, but did not compete after that.
(IN 2014-15): Anna enjoyed a solid first season on the Golden Eagle cross country squad, improving with each meet while running in all six events...acheived a career-best 5K time of 19:51.44 at the OVC Championships in Alabama where she placed second on the squad...improved from fifth in the Tech lineup to open the year to second over the course of her rookie season...originally had a sub-20 minute career best with run of 19:53.9 at the Greater Louisville Classic...captured two team awards at season's end with the Most Dedicated and Most Improved Runner awards...during the indoor season, Ana competed in the 800, mile and 3,000m races and the distancemedley relay...posted a PR of 11:25.59 at East Tennessee in the 3,000m run...ran just one event outdoors, posting a time of 5:41.56 in the 1,500m at Vanderbilt Invitational.
HIGH SCHOOL: Anna attended Bristol (Tenn.) High School...was member of the Beta Club and National Honor Society...lettered in volleyball, cross country, and track...received the 2013 cross country MVP award and made the 2012 All-Academic volleyball team...personal 5K record in cross country came in 2013 season with a time of 19:58...personal records in track were in 2014 season with a time of 5:37 in the 1600m, 2:31 at 800 meters, and 11:47 in the 3200m event.
PERSONAL: Anna Grace Cooper is the daughter of Todd and Jennifer Cooper...was born in Bristol, Va. on December 16, 1995...studying dietetics.
News mentions
Na'Asha Robinson and D'Airrien Jackson each captured individual championships to pace the Tennessee Tech track & field team on the final day of the 2016 OVC Outdoor Championships.
The Tennessee Tech track & field team is looking for the fun it has enjoyed throughout the season to continue this weekend when it heads to Nashville to compete in the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships.
Golden Eagle track & field team wins five events, breaks four school records in a successful outing at the Brutus Hamilton Invitational in Berkeley.
A lineup of 14 members of the Tennessee Tech track & field team will be in California this weekend to compete on an extremely high level at the Brutus Hamilton Open, led by three runners who return to their home state to showcase their abilities.
Competing on two fronts yielded some sensational results for the Golden Eagle track & field team, with four first place performances, two school records, nine personal-best efforts and an historical first for the program.
The assault on the school record books proved successful during the indoor season for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, and now coach Wayne Angel’s team turns its focus to the outdoor season, which gets underway this weekend at the Vanderbilt Black & Gold Invitational.
The school record book, as well as the list of individual personal best efforts, continues to undergo a transformation for the Tennessee Tech track & field team, with one more school mark and seven PR efforts falling Saturday on the final day of the Music City Challenge at Vanderbilt.
After setting one school record and two personal best marks Friday night to open action at the Vanderbilt Invitational, the Tennessee Tech women's track & field team added another school record and five more career topping efforts Saturday to wrap up the squad's third weekend of action during the indoor season.
Tennessee Tech runners broke four school records Saturday, including marks that had stood for 18 and 15 years, when the Golden Eagles opened the 2015-16 indoor season at the Vanderbilt Indoor Opener.