Ajeé Wilson (/ˈɑːdʒeɪ/ AH-jay; born May 8, 1994) is an American middle-distance runner who specializes in the 800 meters.[1] She is the 2022 World indoor champion at the 800 meter distance, after earning silver medals in 2016 and 2018. Wilson won bronze medals at both the 2017 and 2019 World Athletics Championships. She is the second-fastest American of all time in the event with a time of 1m 55.61s, and she holds North American indoor record.
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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 8, 1994 Neptune, New Jersey U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home town | Neptune, New Jersey, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Education | Temple University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 135 lb (61 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 800 metres | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Juventus Track Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wilson won titles in the 800 m at both the 2011 World Youth Championships and 2012 World Junior Championships. Her winning time of 2:00.91 at the latter is the third-fastest time run by a high schooler behind Mary Cain and Kim Gallagher.[2]
Personal life
editWilson attended Academy of Allied Health & Science in Neptune Township, New Jersey, until 2012.[3] She originally committed to attend Florida State University,[4] before deciding to turn professional. She graduated from Temple University in 2016,[5] but trains with her coach Derek Thompson and the Juventus Track Club of Philadelphia.[6]
Career
edit2013
editIn 2012, she committed to run for the Florida State Seminoles under Karen Harvey, but days before the fall semester, she decided to focus on a pro career and return to her coach Derek Thompson at Temple University. The decision paid off at the IAAF Moscow 2013 World Championships where she ran the quickest junior 800m of 1:58.21 – a North American and USA junior record – to place fifth.[7]
2014
editWilson won her Second U.S. Senior Indoor 800-meter title at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2:00.43.[8] Wilson won her first U.S. Senior Outdoor 800-meter title at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California, in 1:58.70.[9] On July 18, Wilson ran a world leading mark of 1:57.67[10] to win the Diamond League Herculis Monaco.
2015
editWilson won the Armory Invitational in 2:01.7 on January 31 in New York City.
At the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon Wilson placed 3rd in the 800m in 2:00.05 despite losing a shoe in the last 200 meters. She qualified to represent the U.S. for the 800m in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China but did not compete due to injury.
2017
editWilson won the New York Road Runners Armory Invitational in New York City 600m in 1:24.28, the fourth-fastest time in history and the second-fastest by an American behind only Alysia Montaño‘s U.S. national record of 1:23.59 set on this same Armory oval in 2013.
At the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Wilson placed 1st in the 800 meters in 1:57.78, to represent the U.S. for the 800m in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.[11]
On July 21, 2017, Wilson ran 1:55.61 at the Diamond League event in Monaco to break the U.S. record by nearly 1 second. This time ranks Wilson at number 20 on the IAAF all-time list.[12]
2018
editWilson won silver medal in World Indoor Championships at 800 m.
Wilson was part of the Team USA squad setting a world indoor record in the 4 × 800 m relay on February 3 at the 2018 Millrose Games in 8:05.89 – a squad that featured Chrishuna Williams (2:05.10), Raevyn Rogers (2:00.45), Charlene Lipsey (2:01.98), Ajeé Wilson (1:58.37).[13][14]
Wilson won 800 m gold at 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 2:01.60,[15] and USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1:58.18.
Wilson won 800 m gold at 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto, Canada, in a championship record and stadium record 1:57.52.[16]
2019
editWilson won in 1:58.60 at 2019 Millrose Games to set the U.S. Indoor Track and Field 800 m record & NACAC 800 m record.
On July 28, at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Des Moines, Wilson placed 1st in the 800 meters in 1:57.72, to represent the U.S. for the 800m in the 2019 World Championships in Athletics in Doha, Qatar.[17]
Achievements
editMajor competition record
editCircuit wins
editDiamond League champion 800 metres: 2019[18]
- 2014 (2) (800 m): London Grand Prix in Glasgow, Monaco Herculis
- 2015 (1) (800 m): New York Grand Prix
- 2019 (4) (800 m): Stockholm Bauhaus-galan, Monaco Herculis, Birmingham Grand Prix, Brussels Memorial Van Damme
- 2022 (1) (800 m): Kamila Skolimowska Memorial
- World Continental Tour Gold level
- 2022 (1) (800 m): USATF Bermuda Games
National Championships
editPersonal bests
edit| Event | Time | Location | Date | |
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| Indoor | 400m | 59.55 | Toms River, USA | December 28, 2011 |
| 500m | 1:09.63 | Staten Island, USA | January 14, 2017 | |
| 600m | 1:23.84 | Albuquerque, USA | March 5, 2017 | |
| 800m | 1:58.29 AR | New York, USA | February 8, 2020 | |
| 1000m | 2:34.71 | New York, USA | February 24, 2019 | |
| Mile | 4:36.84 | Staten Island, New York, USA | January 13, 2018 | |
| 4 × 800 m | 8:05.89 WR | New York City, USA | February 3, 2018 | |
| Outdoor | 400m | 53.63 | Chester, USA | April 19, 2014 |
| 600m | 1:22.39 ABP | Berlin, Germany | August 27, 2017 | |
| 800m | 1:55.61 | Fontvieille, Monaco | July 21, 2017 | |
| 1000m | 2:44.05 | Brussels, Belgium | September 6, 2013 | |
| 1500m | 4:05.18 | Swarthmore, USA | May 14, 2018 | |
| Mile | 4:33.57 | South Huntington, USA | August 31, 2016 | |
| 4 × 800 m | 8:01.58 | Nassau, Bahamas | May 25, 2014 | |
| DMR | 10:36.50 WR | Nassau, Bahamas | May 2, 2015 |
References
edit- ^ "Ajee Wilson". Team USA. Archived from the original on July 30, 2016. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ Jim Lambert (July 12, 2012). "Ajee' Wilson of Neptune wins World Junior Championship 800 title in US No. 2 all-time 2:00.91". NJ.com. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ Barker, Sarah. "America's 800-Meter Savior Has Finally Arrived" Archived July 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine, 'Deadspin, June 12, 2015. Accessed July 6, 2016. "Wilson proved a stalwart point-earner for her high school track team, the imaginatively named Academy of Allied Health and Science, regularly competing in the 400, 800, 1600, 4x400 and often the sprint and distance medley relays, in both indoor and outdoor seasons."
- ^ Steve Hockstein. "Neptune's Ajee' Wilson ends the suspense, will head to Florida State to continue track career". NJ.com. Archived from the original on May 3, 2014. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "USA Track & Field – Ajeé Wilson". Usatf.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "USA Track & Field – Athlete Spotlight: Ajeé Wilson". Usatf.org. Archived from the original on December 20, 2019. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
- ^ "Why Ajeé Wilson is a winner | Spikes powered by IAAF". Spikes.iaaf.org. July 7, 2014. Archived from the original on November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 5, 2016.
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- ^ 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships USATF June 27, 2017
- ^ "Ajee Wilson Smashes the American 800 Meter Record, Runs 1:55.61 in Monaco". July 21, 2017.
- ^ "American Relay Sets Indoor World Record at the Millrose Games". The New York Times. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "American women set 4x800 world record at Millrose Games". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on February 4, 2018. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
- ^ "2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Results". Archived from the original on December 19, 2019. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ "2018 NACAC Championships – 8/10/2018 to 8/12/2018 Track & Field in the 6IX #TF6IX Varsity Stadium – Toronto". Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 12, 2018.
- ^ Episode 9 - American Record Holder - 12X US Champion - World Indoor Gold Medalist Ajee’ Wilson RealTalk Track & Field with Tiara Williams
- ^ "IAAF Diamond League Final – Diamond League Champions – 5th – 6th September 2019" (PDF). Diamond League. September 6, 2019. p. 3. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ 2007 AAU Junior Olympic Games Saturday - Day 8 Girls Results hosted by Knoxville Youth Athletics Jul 28, 2007 Aug 4, 2007 University of Tennessee, Tom Black Track MileSplit.com
- ^ 2008 AAU JO Games - Saturday, July 26, 2008 Detroit, Michigan 3000 m Youth Girls Results athletic.net
- ^ 2008 AAU JO Games - Saturday, July 26, 2008 Detroit, Michigan 1500 m Youth Girls Results athletic.net
- ^ 2008 AAU JO Games - Saturday, July 26, 2008 Detroit, Michigan 800 m Youth Girls Results athletic.net
- ^ 2009 AAU JO Games - 8/1/2009 to 8/8/2009 Drake University Des Moines, Iowa Results MileSplit.com
- ^ 2010 USA Outdoor Junior Track and Field Championships results Archived December 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2012 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships results. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2012 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships results Archived December 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2013 USA Junior Outdoor Track and Field Championships results Archived December 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2013 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships results. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2013 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships results Archived October 13, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results Archived August 11, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Usatf.org, Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ "2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships 600 meters". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). Archived from the original on December 8, 2015. Retrieved November 30, 2015.
- ^ 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships results Archived October 5, 2016, at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on October 22, 2015
- ^ 2017 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Results Archived October 19, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. USATF.org, Retrieved on September 11, 2017
- ^ 2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results Archived December 20, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. USATF.org, Retrieved on June 27, 2017
- ^ 2018 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Results Archived December 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. USATF.org, Retrieved on June 28, 2018
- ^ 2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Results Archived December 19, 2019, at the Wayback Machine. USATF.org, Retrieved on June 28, 2018
External links
edit- Ajeé Wilson at World Athletics
- Ajeé Wilson at Diamond League
- Ajeé Wilson at www.USATF.org
- Ajeé Wilson at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
- Ajeé Wilson at Team USA (archive July 11, 2022)
- Ajeé Wilson at Olympics.com
- Ajeé Wilson at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
- Ajeé Wilson at Olympic.org (archived)
- Ajeé Wilson at Olympedia