Career
During the indoor and outdoor season, as a junior, she set a pair of United States. high-school records, breaking Mary Cain"s mark in the indoor 3,000 meters (9:0210) 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. She captured the bronze medal in the 1,500 meters at the World Youth Championships in Donetsk, Ukraine. Efraimson earned bronze medal placing 3rd in 4:16.07 at the 8th IAAF World Youth Championships.
Alexa was the Gatorade® National Girls Cross Country Runner of theYear.
On February 1, high school junior Alexa Efraimson ran 9:00.16 to finish 4th in the 3,000m at the University of Washington Invitational, breaking Mary Cain‘s 9:02.10 United States high school national records in track and field which Mary ran on the same track one year earlier. Diamond League
Alexa raced against professionals at New York Adidas Grand Prix in the 1500 meters on 14 June and finished 10th running a Personal Best time of 4:07.05.
United States of America Junior Outdoor Championships
IAAF World Junior Championships
Efraimson raced the 1st round of the 1500 metres on July 25 at 12:15 Prime Minister Socialist Workers Party and Final on July 27 at 3:55 Prime Minister Socialist Workers Party. 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.
16:09.44 PAYTON JORDAN 2 MAY
4:09.43 Walnut (Hilmer Lodge), California 17 APR
2:01.13 Portland, Oregon 17 MAY
4:03.39 1500m PRE Classic 30 MAY (New American High School & Junior Record)
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,, Alexa debuted as a professional athlete running for her Nike sponsor in her 2nd 6 km cross country race at Stanford Invitational.
Efraimson finished 3rd after leading most of the race.