Takyera Roberson

4/7/18 MWTR Crimson Tide InvitationalAlabama's Takyera Roberson competes in the 4x 100 Meters during the Crimson Tide Invitational Photo by Robert Sutton

4/7/18 MWTR Crimson Tide InvitationalAlabama's Takyera Roberson competes in the 4 x 400 Meters during the Crimson Tide Invitational Photo by Robert Sutton

Photo by: UA Athletics

Position:
Sprints
Weight:
null
Class:
Graduate Student
Hometown:
Houston, Texas
High School:
Wheatley

Accolades

All-American, indoor 4x100 relay (2019)
All-American, outdoor 4x400-relay (2019)
Second Team All-American, outdoor 4x400 relay (2017, 2018)
Second Team All-American, outdoor 400 meters (2017)
First Team All-American, indoor 4x400 relay (2017)
First Team All-American, 4x100 relay (2017)
U.S. Junior champion, 400 meters (2017)
Pan-Am U20 gold medalist, 4x400 relay (2017)
School record-holder, 4x100 relay
School record-holder, indoor 4x400 relay

2019-20

2020 Indoor Season

Finished first as a part of the Tide's 4x400-meter relay which finished with a season best time of 3:29.36 at the SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships. She also finished seventh in the 200-meter dash with a time of 23.40.
Placed third in the 400-meter dash with a personal-best time of 53.55 at the Texas Tech Shootout. She was also a part of the Alabama 4x400-meter relay team that placed first with a time of 3:31.78.
Finished in sixth place in the 200-meter dash at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic with a time of 23.56. She was also a part of Alabama's 'A' team for the 4x400-meter relay which placed second with a time of 3:31.74.
Traveled to the Indiana University Relays and finished first in the 400-meter run with a time of 53.83. She also finished second in the 200-meter dash (23.75). She was also a part of the tide's 'A' team for the 4x400-meter relay which placed first with a time of 3:38.15.

2018-19

2019 Outdoor Season

Finished second in the 400 meters at the LSU Invitational with a time of 52.62
Finished fourth in the 200 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 23.43
Finished fifth in the 200 meters at the Florida Relays with a time of 23.34. Also finished 12^th in the 400 meters with a time of 53.06
Finished seventh in the 100 meters at the Florida State Relays with a time of 11.78

2019 Indoor Season

Finished prelim 19^th in the 400 meters at the SEC Indoor Championship with a career best time of 53.89
Finished eighth in the 400 meters at the Tyson Invitational with a time of 54.00
Finished fifth in the 400 meters at the Carolina Challenge with a time of 54.10
Finished sixth in the 60 meters at the Vanderbilt Invitational with a time of 7.55
Finished fifth in the 300 meters at the Blazer Invite with a time of 38.57

2017-18

2018 Outdoor Season

Ran the anchor leg on the Tide's 4x400 relay that finished 11th in the semifinals at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 3:33.53
Ran the anchor legs on the Tide's NCAA-qualifying 4x100 relay (43.41) and 4x400 relay (3:32.26) at the NCAA East Preliminary
Ran the anchor leg on the Tide's 4x400 relay that finished sixth at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 3:29.71
Finished seventh in the 400 meters at the LSU Invitational in 54.72. Also ran the anchor leg on the Tide's "A" 4x100 relay that finished second in 43.37
Ran the third leg on the Tide's "B" 4x400 relay that finished sixth at the LSU Invitational in 3:46.97
Finished fourth in the 200 meters (23.62) and the 400 meters (54.14) at the War Eagle Invitational
Ran the anchor leg on the Tide's "A" 4x100 relay which finished first at the Tom Jones Invitational with a time of 43.26. Also ran the anchor leg on the Tide's "A" 4x400 relay which finished second with a time of 3:34.37. Finished seventh in the 200 meters with a time of 23.81
Ran the anchor leg on the Tide's "A" 4x100 relay which finished first at the Crimson Tide Invitational with a time of 43.48. Ran the anchor leg on the Tide's "A" 4x400 relay which finished first with a time of 3:38.87 Also finished second in the 400 meters with a time of 53.98
Ran the anchor leg on Alabama's 4x100 relay which finished first at the Samford Alabama Track Challenge with a time of 44.10. Also finished third in the 100 meters with a time of 11.76
Ran the anchor leg on the Tide's "A" 4x100 relay, which finished second at the season-opening UTSA Invitational with a time of 44.98. Also finished third in the 100 meters with a personal-best time of 11.58

2018 Indoor Season

Finished 15th in the 400 meters at the SEC Championships with a personal best time of 53.91. Also ran the second leg of the Tide's 4x400 relay which finished sixth with a time of 3:34.50
Ran the anchor leg of the Tide's "A" 4x400 relay which finished third at the Tiger Paw Inviational with a time of 3:32.72
Ran the second leg of the Tide's "A" 4x400 relay team at the New Mexico Classic which finished first with a time of 3:33.69
Finished third in the 400 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational with a personal best time of 54.35. Also ran the lead leg of the Alabama "A" 4x400 meter relay which finished fifth with a time of 3:41.57
Ran the lead leg on the Tide's "B" 4x400 relay that finished eighth in 3:46.74 in her season debut at the Vanderbilt Invitational

Summer 2017

Anchored the United States' gold medal-winning 4x400 relay and finished fourth in the 400 meters at the 2017 Pan-Am U20 Track & Field Championships in Trujillo, Peru
Won the 400 meters at the U.S. Junior Championships in Sacramento, Calif.

2016-17

2017 Outdoor Season

Member of Alabama's school record-setting 4x100 relay (42.56)
Ran the anchor leg on Alabama's 4x100 relay that finished second at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in a school-record 42.56
Also ran the lead leg on the Tide's 4x400 relay that finished 10th in 3:33.57 at the NCAA meet and finished 12th in the 400 meters in 53.15
Ran on Alabama's 4x100 and 4x400 relays that qualified for the NCAA Track & Field Championships at the NCAA East Preliminary.
Finished 12th in the 400 meters in 52.41 at the NCAA prelim to advance to the NCAA Track & Field Championships
Finished sixth in the 400 meters at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 52.94
Finished fifth in the 200 meters at the SEC Relays in 23.23. Ran the lead leg on Alabama's "A" 4x400 relay that finished second in 3:28.65
Finished seventh in the 100 meters (11.64) and fourth in the 200 meters (23.22) at the War Eagle Invitational
Finished fourth in the 100 meters at the Jim Bush Collegiate in a personal-best 11.68. Ran the third leg on Alabama's 4x100 relay that finished second in 43.56. Also ran the lead leg on the Alabama "A" 4x400 relay that finished second in 3:33.31
Finished second in the 400 meters at the Crimson Tide Invitational and finished second in a personal-best 53.95. Also anchored the winning 4x100 relay (44.02) and 4x400 relay (3:36.69) teams
Made her outdoor collegiate debut at the Florida Relays, running the anchor leg on Alabama's 4x100 relay that finished sixth in 43.59

2017 Indoor Season

Member of Alabama's school record-setting 4x400 relay (3:28.62)
Ran the lead leg on Alabama's 4x400 relay team that finished fourth at the NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in a school-record 3:28.62
Finished ninth in the prelims of the 200 meters at the 2017 SEC Indoor Track & Field Championships in 23.69
Won the 200 meters at the Tiger Tuneup with a time of 23.46
Finished fifth in the 200 meters in 23.42 at the Tiger Paw Invitational. Ran the lead leg on the Tide's 4x400-meter "A" relay that finished second in 3:30.10
Finished second in the 200 meters at the Bob Pollock Invitational in 23.54
Ran the lead leg on the Tide's 4x400 relay squad that finished second at the Auburn Invitational in 3:36.54. Also competed in the 200 meters at the Auburn meet and finished seventh in a personal-best time of 24.19
Finished fifth in the 60 meters in 7.44 in her collegiate debut at the Commodore Invitational. Was also a member of Alabama's 4x400 relay "B" squad that finished fourth in 3:41.29

Prep Highlights

Won the 400 meters, finished third in the 100 meters and fourth in the 200 meters at the UIL 4A state championships as a junior in 2015
Finished fourth in the 200 meters at the 2016 state championships
Fifth in the 400 meters at the 2014 state championships