Women

World Record: 1:21.77, Caster Semenya , South Africa, 8/27/2017

American Record: 1:22.39, Ajeé Wilson, 8/27/2017

Featured Athlete

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USA

Age: 28

600m PB: 1:22.39 (2017) AR

Career Highlights:

  •  2022 World Indoor Champion, 800m
  •  2-time World Indoor Silver Medalist (2016, 2018)
  •  2-time World Championships Bronze Medalist (2017, 2019)
  •  American Record-holder, 600m (1:22.39)
  •  2-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
  •  12-time National Champion

Although she won’t even turn 29 until two days after the adidas Atlanta City Games, Ajeé Wilson has already been at the top of the pro scene for more than a decade. After turning professional right after graduating from Neptune (NJ) High School in 2012 – where the track is now named after her – she won her first senior title at the 2013 USATF Indoor Championships. Last weekend, after she won the 600m at the Penn Relays, she said of her forays into the shorter distance: “I’m definitely a strength-based 800 runner, but I definitely want to get my footspeed up,” she explained. “Doing races like this along with some of the training I’m doing is going to help that.”

Of Note: Wilson has not lost an indoor track race since 2018.

Other Notable Athletes

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USA

Age: 29

600m PB: 1:24.00 indoors (2017)

Career Highlights:

  •  Gold Medalist, 2016 Olympics, 4x400m relay
  •  3-time World Champion, 4x400m relay (2016, 2018 indoors; 2019, outdoors)
  •  2018 World Indoor Champion, 400m
  •  8-time NCAA Champion

Georgia Connection: Okolo moved to Atlanta in 2021 when her training group, Altis World, relocated here. She recently became a coach of Atlanta Track Club’s Track & Field Youth Team.

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Jamaica

Age: 32

600m PB: 1:25.35 (2017)

Career Highlights:

  • 2-time Olympian (2016, 2020)
  • 2014 World Indoor Silver Medalist, 4x400m relay
  • 2019 Pan American Games Champion, 800m
  • 3-time NCAA Champion, 800m (2013 indoors and outdoors, 2015 indoors)
  • 7-time National Champion

 

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USA

Age: 26

600m PB: 1:25.28 (2022)

Career Highlights:

  • Member of Team USA for 2022 World Indoor Championships, 800m
  • 5th, 2022 USATF Outdoor Championships, 800m
  • 4th, 2019 USATF Outdoor Championships
  • World Junior Champion, 4x400m, 2014
  • 5th -fastest American woman at 800m in 2022 (1:58.05)

 

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MEN

World Record & American Record: 1:12.81, Johnny Gray, 5/24/1986

Notable Athletes

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Canada

Age: 24

600m PB: 1:21.53 (2017)

Career Highlights:

  • 2022 World Championships Bronze Medalist, 800m
  • 2019 Pan American Games Champion, 800m
  • 2020 Olympian, 800m

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USA

Age: 25

600m PB: N/A

800m PB: 1:43.23 (2020)

Career Highlights:

  • 2022 World Indoor Bronze Medalist, 800m
  • 4th, 2019 World Championships, 800m
  • 2019 NCAA Champion, indoors and outdoors, 2019
  • 3-time USATF Indoor Champion, 800m (2020, 2022, 2023)
  • 2022 USATF Outdoor Champion 800m
  • 2020 Olympian, 800m