2025 MileSplit FL Girls Sprint & Hurdles Athlete of the Year

Tyra Cox in route in her 3rd 400m 3A state Championship.

Photo by Cedric Gillette

In considering only the sprints and the hurdles, senior Tyra Cox of Miami Northwestern stands alone. She has the No.1 ranking in the 100m, 200m and 400m in the state. She is the 2025 Florida Girls Sprint & Hurdles Athlete of the Year. We first saw her as a freshman on the state scene in 2022, and in 2024, she won the 100m, 200m, and 400m at the 3A State meet. She was third in the 100m this year in 11.77, but demonstrated her overall speed and strength once again in the 200m with a 22.99 win and in the 400m with a U.S.-leading 51.44 400m. She is a three-time 400m 3A State champion, and her 51.44 400m ranks her in elite company in Florida at No. 2 all-time behind only Sanya Richards-Ross of St. Thomas Aquinas, who ran 50.69 in 2002.