Alia Armstrong (born 28 December 2000) is an American athlete. Whilst running for

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, Armstrong initially had a frustrating time in 2022 when she was disqualified from the SEC indoor championships and disqualified again at the NCAA indoor finals. In June 2022, however, Armstrong won the outdoor NCAA championship in

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over 100 metres hurdles running a new personal best 12.55 in the semi finals, and then 12.57 in the final. Armstrong then finished third in the senior 2022 USATF championship, after running a personal best 12.47 seconds in the final, also held in Eugene, Oregon. With this performance Armstrong was able to make the USA squad for the

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, again held in Eugene, Oregon. In the heats of the World Championships Armstrong ran 12.48 to make the semi-finals on her major championship debut.

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