Afia Charles Class: Sophomore Hometown: Greenbelt, Md. High School: Eleanor Roosevelt HS Height: 5-7 Event: Sprints

Personal Bests (prior to the start of 2012 season):
200m: 24.20 (Out)
300m: 38.91 (In)
400m: 53.60 (Out; school record); 56.15 (In)

Broke the freshman record and the school record in the 400m preliminaries at the C-USA Outdoor Championships (5/14) with a time of 53.6...Scored points in the 400m finals at the C-USA Outdoor Championships...Set a personal best in the 200m at the UCF Twilight (5/5) with a time of 24.20...Medaled in the 400m at the CARIFTA Games (5/24)... Part of the indoor 4x400m relay team that finished first place, automatically qualifying for NCAA Nationals and set a school record at the Notre Dame LCM (3/5) with a time of 3:34...Ran a personal best time of 38.91 in the 300m at the Hokie Indoor Invitational (1/21)...Recorded a personal best time of 56.15 in the 400m at the Tyson Invite (2/11)...Scored points in the 400m at the C-USA Indoor Championships...Named to USTFCCCA All-Academic Team.

Prior to UCF: In her junior season, anchored the fastest 4x100 meter relay team on the east coast...As a freshman, set the national record for SMR relay.

Personal: Majoring in health sciences -- pre clinical...Her mother, Ruperta, was a sprinter for Antigua at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.