University of Miami Athletics

Jokira Jiles

position

Sprints

Class

Redshirt Junior

Hometown

Cape Coral, Fla.

High School

Cape Coral

Jokira Jiles - Track & Field - University of Miami Athletics

2015 Indoor: Made season debut a the Nittany Lion Challenge, competing in the 400m and the 4x400m … Competed in the 60m, 200m and 4x400m at the McCravy Memorial Meet … Competed in the 60m and 200m at the VT Elite Meet … Ran the 200m at the ACC Championships

2013 Outdoor: Recorded four top-three finishes on season … Ran personal-best 12.08 seconds in women’s 100m dash at Miami Hurricane Invitational … Member of 4×4 relay team that finished third in ACC Outdoor Track & Field Championship with time of 3:39.81 … Member of 4×1 relay team that finished second at Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational with time of 45.05 seconds … Member of 4×4 relay that finished second at Miami Invitational with time of 3:45.05.

2013 Indoor: Had three top-five finishes in 200m dash and two top-five finishes as member of 4×4 relay team that included Taneisha Cordell, Shannon Wright and Alaine Tate … Ran personal-best 24.52 seconds in women’s 200m at New Mexico Classic … Member of 4×4 relay team that placed third at Virginia Tech Elite with time of 3:43.38 … Member of 4×4 relay team finished second at Kentucky Track & Field Invitational with time of 3:44.13 … Member of women’s 1600 sprint medley relay team that finished third at Florida Relays with time of 3:50.17.

2012 Outdoor: In the ACC Championship, her team placed 2nd in the 4×100 meter relay with a time of 44.96 and 3rd in the 4×400 meter relay with a time of 3:39.50 … Finished with the 2nd fastest time at the Wolfpack Last Chance’s 100 meters … Finished with a season best of 24.67 in the 200 meters at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational

2012 Indoor: Ran a personal-best 7.65 in the 60 meters at the Iowa State Classic … Season-best time in the 200 was 24.54 at the Iowa State Classic … Ran on 4×400-meter relay that finished with a season-best time of 3:45.66 at the Kentucky Invitational.

High School: Competed in the 100m and 200m at Cape Coral High School … Recorded personal best of 11.8 seconds in the 100m and 24.01 seconds in the 200m … Placed second in the 100m and 200m at the 2A Florida State Meet … Member of National Honor Society … Member of Scholar’s Club.

Personal: Majoring in Nursing … Involved in College Reach-Out Program … Daughter of Marqui Church and Otis Jiles … Has one sister, Markisha, and three brothers: O’Darius, Rhasheed and Tyreece.