Alexa Efraimson is an American professional middle distance runner from Camas, Washington who competes for Nike. During the 2014 indoor and outdoor season, as a junior, she set a pair of U.S. high-school records, breaking Mary Cain's 2013 mark in the indoor 3,000 meters with a time of 9:00.16 and running 4:33.29 in the 1,600 meters to shave 0.53 seconds from Christine Babcock's 4:33.82, set in 2008. Efraimson captured the bronze medal in the 1,500 meters at the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine.
On February 1, high school junior Alexa Efraimson ran 9:00.16 to finish 4th in the 3,000m at the 2014 University of Washington Invitational, breaking Mary Cain's 9:02.10 United States high school national records in track and field which Mary ran on the same track one year earlier. At the Washington State High Schooltrack and field meet, Alexa continued her record-breaking ways, winning the 800 metres in 2:04.10 and won the 1600m, setting a national high school record times for the 1600 metres in 4:33.29. Alexa won the high school national Brooks PR Invitational on the Renton Memorial Stadium track in the 800 metres running 2:03.26, defeating Raevyn Rogers, defending national champion and bronze medalist from the 2013 World Youth Championships at 800m. 2014 Diamond League
Alexa raced against professionals at New York CityAdidas Grand Prix in the 1500 meters on 14 June 2014 and finished 10th running a Personal Best time of 4:07.05. 2014 USA Junior Outdoor Championships
Efraimson raced the 1st round of the 1500 metres on July 25 at 12:15 PM PST and Final on July 27 at 3:55 PM PST. Efraimson finished 4th in the prelims in 4:16.87 to Automatically Qualify to the final. Alexa finished 6th in final of the 1500 meters in 4:13.31.
Alexa Efraimson competed well setting lifetime personal best in the following events. 800m 2:00.99 Portland 15.05.2016 1500m ind. 4:09.20 New York 20.02.2016 Millrose Games Mile 4:27.39 Rovereto 06.09.2016 Mile ind. 4:28.91 New York 20.02.2016 Millrose Games 3000m 9:11.48 Lausanne 25.08.2016 At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials placed 6th in 1500 meters in 4:07.34.
Alexa Efraimson, the 2013 Nike Cross Nationals and 2014 USA Junior 1500-meter champion, has signed a contract with Nike, and will forgo her final year of high school and collegiate racing eligibility. She'll continue to work with her high school coach, Michael Hickey. Coach Hickey has consulted with Nike Oregon Project coach Alberto Salazar over several years and said that there could be situations where Efraimson joins Cain and other Nike athletes for workouts. Efraimson is represented by Flynn Sports Management. Camas Mayor Scott Higgins on Monday night, following his proclamation that Friday, August 8, would be "Alexa Efraimson Appreciation Day". On September 27, 2014, Alexa debuted as a professional athlete running for her Nike sponsor at Stanford Invitational 6 km cross country race where Efraimson finished 3rd after leading most of the race.
Family life
Alexa's mother, Chantel, was a member of the swim team and an Oregon State University graduate.
