Jasmine Jones

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Jasmine Jones
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2001-11-30) 30 November 2001 (age 22)
Atlanta, Georgia
Height5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventHurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 7.77 (Boston, 2024)
100m hurdles: 12.66 (Eugene, 2022)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 San José 100 m hurdles

Jasmine Jones (born 30 November 2001) is an American track and field athlete. She was runner-up in the 60m hurdles at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[1]

Early life[edit]

Jones attended school at Burke County High School in Waynesboro, Georgia.[2] She also attended Greater Atlanta Christian School and won a national age-group title, over 400m hurdles, in 2016.[3] She was named the Georgia female track and field athlete of the year in 2019.[4]

Career[edit]

Jones won gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in Miramar, Florida in June 2023.[5] She then won gold at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2019.[6]

Jones ran track at college for USC Trojans with whom she claimed an NCAA Outdoors title in the 4x100m relay in her freshman year of 2021.[7] The following year, she was runner-up in the NCAA Outdoors 100m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.66 seconds.[8]

Jones finished as runner-up in the 60m hurdles at the US National Indoors Championships in New Mexico in February 2024, running a personal best time of 7.82 seconds.[9][10] Competing at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, she won the 60 metres hurdles final in a personal best time of 7.77 seconds.[11][12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Jasmine Jones". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  2. ^ Braddock, Brannon (May 16, 2023). "Five from BCHS place at state track meet". True Citizen. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Jasmine Jones of Greater Atlanta Christian GA 1st Place Girls 15-16 400 Hurdles - USATF National Junior Olympic Track and Field Championships 2016". Runnerspace. 1 August 2016. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Jasmine Jones Named Gatorade GA Girls Track and Field Athlete of the Year". GreaterAtlanticChristianSchool. June 21, 2019.
  5. ^ "Boling wins sprint double at USA U20 Championships". World Athletics. 24 June 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Briana Williams captures Pan Am U20 100m gold". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. July 19, 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  7. ^ "JASMINE JONES CHAMPION WOMEN'S 4X100M RELAY - NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021". DyeStat. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  8. ^ "JASMINE JONES 2ND PLACE WOMEN'S 100M HURDLES - NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022". Runnerspace. 12 June 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  9. ^ Harrington, Joe (17 February 2024). "2024 USA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS". FloTrack.org. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  10. ^ Johnson, Weldon (16 February 2024). "Grant Holloway Breaks 60m Hurdle World Record, Tia Jones Equals It at USATF Indoors". Lets Run. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  11. ^ "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.

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