Alexa Efraimson (born February 20, 1997) is an American former professional middle

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from Camas, Washington who competed for

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. Efraimson is training and in graduate school to become a

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in 2022–24. 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 (9:02.10) 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 (U18) Youth Championships in

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2013

Alexa won the Washington State track and field meet in 800 metres in 2:08.17 and 1600 metres in 4:39.25. Efraimson earned bronze medal placing 3rd in 4:16.07 in the 1500m at the 8th

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. She was also the 2013 Nike Cross Nationals champion. Alexa was the Gatorade® National Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year.

2014

On February 1, high school junior Alexa Efraimson ran 9:00.16 to finish 4th in the 3,000m at the 2014

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Invitational, breaking Mary Cain's 9:02.10

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which Mary ran on the same track one year earlier. At the Washington State High School track and field meet, Alexa continued her record-breaking ways, winning the 800 metres in 2:04.10 (Breaking the state meet record) 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

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PR Invitational on the

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track in the 800 metres running 2:03.26, defeating

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, defending national champion and bronze medalist from the 2013 World Youth Championships at 800m. 2014 Diamond League
Alexa raced against professionals at

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in the

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on June 14, 2014, and finished 10th running a Personal Best time of 4:07.05. 2014 USA Junior Outdoor Championships
Alexa Efraimson held off Elise Cranny in the featured 1500 metres running 4:16.87 on July 6 in

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at the 2014 US Junior Outdoor championships to win her first US Junior title and qualify to the IAAF World Junior Outdoor championships. 2014 IAAF World Junior 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.

2015

16:09.44 PAYTON JORDAN May 2, 2015
4:09.43 Walnut (Hilmer Lodge), CA April 17, 2015
2:01.13 Portland, OR May 17, 2015
4:03.39 1500m PRE Classic May 30, 2015 (New American High School & Junior Record)

2016

Alexa Efraimson competed well setting lifetime personal best in the following events.
800m 2:00.99 Portland (USA) May 15, 2016
1500m ind. 4:09.20 New York (USA) February 20, 2016

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Mile 4:27.39 Rovereto (ITA) 06.09.2016
Mile ind. 4:28.91 New York (USA) February 20, 2016

3000m 9:11.48 Lausanne (SUI) August 25, 2016

At the 2016 United States Olympic Trials placed 6th in

in 4:07.34.

2017

Mile Road 4:35.0h Brooklyn (USA) August 20, 2017
1500m 4:04.75 Heusden-Zolder (BEL) July 22, 2017
800m 2:00.95 Portland, OR (USA) 11.06.2017
At the

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, placed 5th in

in 4:08.36. Alexa Efraimson is ranked 20th in global rankings in the 1500 meters.
1500m 4:17.54 Des Moines (USA) April 29, 2017

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Mile ind. 4:29.54 New York (USA) November 2, 2017

At the

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, Alexa Efraimson placed 5th in

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in 4:48.49.

2018

At the 2018

, Alexa Efraimson placed 7th in the mile in 4:32.73. At the

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, Alexa Efraimson placed 6th in 1500. At the 2018

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, Alexa Efraimson placed 2nd in 1500 in a time of 4:08 At the

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, Alexa Efraimson placed 22nd in 1500. At the 2018

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, Alexa Efraimson placed 3rd in 1500 in a season best time of 4:07.06.

Professional career

Alexa Efraimson, the 2013 Nike Cross Nationals and 2014 USA Junior 1500-meter champion, has signed a contract with

, 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

sponsor at Stanford Invitational 6 km cross country race where Efraimson finished 3rd after leading most of the race. Efraimson announced on her Instagram page on November 2, 2022, that she was retiring from her professional running career.

Personal life

Alexa's mother, Chantel (born 1976), was a member of the swim team and an

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