Jeshua Anderson is an American sprinter, who specialises in the 400 meters and 400 m hurdles.
Education
Anderson finished 5th in the 400 hurdles in a time of 49.22 at the United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships Anderson earned a bronze medal in the Athletics at the Pan American Games – Men"s 4 × 400 metres relay and ran a season best 48.95 in Athletics at the Pan American Games – Men"s 400 metres hurdles.
Career
Anderson is a graduate of Washington State University. National Collegiate Athletic Association Outdoor Championships 400m Hurdles Runner-up. He followed that up by winning the National Collegiate Athletic Association Men"s Outdoor Track and Field Championships for a Third Time and then the United States of America Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the latter qualifying him to run in the IAAF World Championships in Athletics where Jeshua placed 12th in the World Championships in Athletics – Men"s 400 metres hurdles.
Went on to run at the World University Games in Shenzhen, China winning a Gold medal in the 400m hurdles.
In his freshman and sophomore years at Washington State, Anderson also played wide receiver for the Washington State Cougars football team As a freshman, he caught 12 passes for 372 yards and two touchdowns.
In his sophomore year, he had 33 receptions for 305 yards and two touchdowns. By his junior year, however, Anderson left the football team to focus on his track career.
At the CIF State Track and Field Championships, he bettered the National High School Record in the 300 m hurdles in 35.28 seconds, breaking the previous record mark of 35.32 established by George Porter in 1985.
Two years later, at the same meet, Reggie Wyatt, runner up in Anderson"s record race, improved upon the record by running 35.02.