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Audrea Sterling | Track & Field | Class of 1994
Audrea Sterling helped lead the Central State University track and field team to an unprecedented run of success throughout the early 1990s.
Sterling was part of five NAIA National Championship teams while at Central State from 1991 through the 1994 seasons.
During her time competing at CSU, Sterling earned NAIA Outdoor All-American honors three times and NAIA Indoor All-American honors four times.
Competing primarily in the 400 meter run, Sterling won the NAIA outdoor individual title in the event in 1991, 1992 and 1993 with times of 52.87, 53.37 and 52.33.
On the indoor stage, Sterling is one of only six women to be a four-time individual champion in a single event as she claimed the 600 yard title in 1991, 1992, 1993 and 1994 with her best pace being 1:21.88 during the '92 championships.
A key member of the dominant CSU relay teams, Sterling and her teammates still hold the NAIA record in the 4 x 100-meter race with a pace of 44.52 set in 1992. Sterling was part of a 4 x 100m team that won four straight national titles, a 4 x 400 team that claimed three titles as well as national championships in the 1600-meter relay (1991) and sprint medley (1992).
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