Aleec Harris (born October 31, 1990) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today, ...

Amateur career

From

Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...

, Harris was a Georgia state champion in high school. Harris competed for the

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and at

Barton Community College Barton Community College, previously Barton County Community College, is a public community college in Great Bend, Kansas. Its service area includes Barton, Ellsworth, Pawnee, Rush and Russell Counties, Stafford County north of US Highway 5 ...

. At Barton Community College he was a

NJCAA The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA), founded in 1938, is the governing association of community college, state college and junior college athletics throughout the United States. Currently the NJCAA holds 24 separate regions ...

champion in the 110 meter hurdles. At the

2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2014 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships was the 50th NCAA Men's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 33rd NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships, held at the Albuquerque Convention Cen ...

he finished 5th in the 60 meter hurdles. At the 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships he was runner-up in the 110 meter hurdles in a

photo finish A photo finish occurs in a sporting race when multiple competitors cross the finishing line at nearly the same time. As the naked eye may not be able to determine which of the competitors crossed the line first, a photo or video taken at the finis ...

National and international career

At the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Harris finished fourth in the 110 meter hurdles. Harris won a senior national championship in the 60 meter hurdles at the

2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at the Reggie Lewis Track and Athletic Center in Boston, Massachusetts. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place from February 27 to March 1 and serve ...

. At the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Harris finished fourth in the 110 meter hurdles, beating

Jeff Porter Jeffrey Issack Porter (born November 27, 1985) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 110-meter hurdles. He has a personal best of 13.08 seconds for the event. He gained a spot on the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics ...

by .005 seconds. While normally the top three runners qualify for the world championships, the event winner ( David Oliver) earned a bye to the world championships by virtue of being the defending world champion. Therefore, Harris earned the final spot in his event to the

2015 World Championships in Athletics The 2015 IAAF World Championships ( zh, 第十五届世界田径锦标赛), the fifteenth edition of the IAAF World Championships, were held from 22 to 30 August at the National Stadium in Beijing, China. Forty-three nations won medals, 144 of ...

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Harris, Aleec 1990 births Living people Track and field athletes from Atlanta American male hurdlers African-American male track and field athletes USC Trojans men's track and field athletes World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Barton Cougars men's track and field athletes USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners 21st-century African-American sportspeople