Junior (2023)
Outdoor: Competed twice during outdoor season in 400m … Opened with 57.52 for 11th place in John McDonnell Invitational … Improved to 56.22 in 400m for sixth place at Arkansas Twilight.
Indoor: Started season placing sixth in triple jump at Arkansas Invitational with mark of 38-6 (11.73) while improving 60m best to 7.75 … Established 200m indoor best of 24.76 at Razorback Invitational and placed ninth in triple jump with a 39-2.25 (11.94) … Contested 400m at New Mexico Collegiate Classic, recording a 55.08 to place 13th … Registered a mark of 39-4 (11.99) for 11th place at Tyson Invitational … Finished seventh in triple jump at Arkansas Qualifier with a 37-10 (11.53).
Sophomore (2022)
Outdoor: Competed in triple jump at SEC Championships, but didn’t register a mark … Opened outdoor season with a career beat of 41-1.5 (12.53) for third place at Texas State Bobcat Invitational … Posted a mark of 39-8 (12.09) to place 15th at Mt. SAC Relays … Finished 10th at LSU Invitational with a mark of 39-5.25 (12.02) … Placed third at Arkansas Twilight with leap of 39-10 (12.14).
Indoor: Placed 14th in triple jump at SEC Championships with mark of 38-8.75 (11.80) … Opened indoor season at Wooo Pig Classic in December of 2021, set a career best of 18-0.25 (5.49) to place sixth in long jump and ran 60m in best of 7.89 … Placed fifth in triple jump (39-5|12.01) in Arkansas Invitational … Established career best of 40-2 (12.24) to place fourth in triple jump at Red Raider Open … Placed 11th in triple jump (39-0.5|11.90)) at Razorback Invitational … Finished 13th at Tyson Invitational with PR mark of 40-10.5 (12.46) … Improved indoor best to 41-0.25 (12.50) to place fourth at Arkansas Qualifier.
Freshman (2021)
Outdoor: did not compete.
Indoor: Set career best in triple jump of 39-3 3/4 (11.98) to place 14th in Tyson Invitational … In debut Razorback performance placed fifth in triple jump (38-9) at Arkansas Invitational … Improved to 38-10 1/4 to finish eighth in Wooo Pig Classic.
High School
2020 graduate of Westlake High School in Austin, Texas … Coached by Anthony Torns … Team MVP in her senior season and served as team captain … Earned First Team Academic All-State … Established career best marks of 38-10 ½, setting school record in triple jump, and 18-5 in long jump … During indoor senior season, set career best marks of 17-0.75 and 36-3.5 … As a junior in 2019, won district title in 200m, placed second in area and seventh in Region IV-6A meet … In triple jump, placed third in district and area meets, finished fourth in Region … Also member of 4×400 relay that won district title, and ran on sprint medley and distance medley relays that each placed 10th in Texas Relays … Sophomore season in 2018 competed at Marble Falls HS … Member of 4×200 relay that won district, placed fourth in area and finished fifth in Region IV-5A … Freshman season in 2017, ran on junior varsity 4×100 and 4×200 relays that each claimed district titles and was runner-up in 100m and triple jump … Competed in track and field four years, lettered in three … Member of volleyball team for two years, lettered one year … Academic honors include Westlake Academic Achievement award, Merit Award for AP English Comp and National Honor Society … Student Body Vice President, member of Senior Girls Interact Club and Best Buddies.
HS best marks: 18-5 (long jump), 38-10.5 (triple jump), 12.44 (100), 25.42 (200)
Indoor best marks: 17-0.75 (long jump), 36-3.5 (triple jump), 8.11 (60), 26.24 (200)
Personal
Alexis Micaiah Torns was born May 4, 2002 in New Orleans, Louisiana … Hometown is Austin, Texas … Daughter of Anthony and Anitra Torns … Has three siblings, Anthony II, Ashton and Amir … Father competed in track and field at Grambling State … Majoring in Finance and Management … Career plans include becoming a sports attorney … Favorite athletes are Allyson Felix and LeBron James … Person she most admires are her parents … Musically inclined … Chose Arkansas because she enjoyed the sense of community and loved the School of Business.
