Aliya Parker - 2012

PR
60m: 8.09
200m: 26.43
400m: 41.76

Prep: Ran track for Coaches Freddie Jones and Tony Bennett at Decatur High School…Two year team captain…Also earned letters in Softball and Swimming… Part of 4x400m relay state championship team her Freshman and Junior year…Part of the 4x400m relay team that broke the 2A region record her senior year…Placed on the Honor Roll her last three years in high school.

Personal: Born May 7 1994 in Decatur, Ga….Parents are Angela Butts, a Georgia Southern graduate and Ron Parker…Has two siblings, Cameron and Ayanna…Has an athletic family with Cameron running track for Charleston Southern and Ayanna having been part of a conference championship team as a freshman at Kentucky State…Admires Ghandi the most for his philosophy of political and human rights through non-violent actions…Favorite athletes are Sonya Richards and Allison Felix…Would like to be able to sing…Wishes she could have attended the 2012 Londen Olympics…Calls her family her most treasured possession because “not a lot of people are lucky enough to have a relationship like I possess with mine”…Her sister Ayanna has the biggest influence on her life “because all that we aspired to be is what my sister is”.