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Abby Steiner
American track and field athlete
Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m, and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m.[3][4][5] Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m.
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| Born | (1999-11-24) November 24, 1999 (age 24) Dublin, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 60 meters 100 meters 200 meters | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Kentucky | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Puma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Turned pro | 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Medal record
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Steiner grew up in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio, concentrating mainly on soccer, only starting to run track in the eighth grade. She starred in both sports at Dublin Coffman High School. Though sidelined for most of a year by a torn ACL, she was an all-state soccer player while setting four state high school records and winning 16 state individual championships in track. Steiner was a dual-sport scholarship athlete at the University of Kentucky (UK), starting her college career in 2018 as both a soccer player and track athlete.[6]
After a freshman soccer season in 2018 in which she started all 19 games for UK, scoring two goals and recording five assists,[7] Steiner left soccer to concentrate on track full-time. In a 2022 interview for the Lexington Herald-Leader, the daily newspaper of UK's home city of Lexington, Steiner cited this decision as a key to her track development:[6]
Before, with soccer, I'd be training soccer in the fall, then I would come to track. I think really allowing myself to dive fully into the process of the periodization of training that we do, so fall training and then going into indoor and outdoor, it's all really important in developing speed and getting to where you want to be.
- Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.[8]
Personal records
| Event | Time/Mark | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Date | Notes |
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| 60 m indoor | 7.10 | — | Birmingham, AL, U.S. | March 12, 2022 | |
| 100 m | 10.90 | +1.0 | Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. | June 9, 2022 | |
| 200 m | 21.77 | -0.3 | Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. | June 26, 2022 | |
| 200 m NCAA | 21.80 | +1.3 | Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. | June 11, 2022 | NCAA record |
| 200 m indoor | 22.09 | — | College Station, TX, U.S. | February 26, 2022 | NR #2 all time |
| 300 m indoor | 35.54 | — | New York, NY, U.S. | February 11, 2023 | NR #3 all time |
| 400 m indoor | 50.59 | — | Fayetteville, AR, U.S. | January 28, 2023 | |
National championships
| Year | Competition | Position | Event | Time/Mark | Wind (m/s) | Venue | Notes |
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| 2019 | NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | 14th | 200 m | 23.58 | — | Birmingham, Alabama | |
| 8th | 4×400 m relay | 3:32.89 | — | ||||
| NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 11th | 4x100 m | 43.53 | — | Austin, Texas | ||
| 10th | 200 m | 23.00 | (1.3) | ||||
| 6th | 4x400 m relay | 3:29.13 | — | ||||
| 2020 | NCAA Division I Indoor Championships[9] | 60 m | — | Albuquerque, New Mexico | |||
| 200 m | — | ||||||
| 4×400 m relay | — | ||||||
| 2021 | NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | 15th | 60 m | 7.38 | — | Fayetteville, Arkansas | |
| 1st | 200 m | 22.38 | — | CR | |||
| 5th | 4×400 m relay | 3:30.28 | — | ||||
| 2022 | NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | 2nd | 60 m | 7.10 | — | Birmingham, Alabama | PB |
| 1st | 200 m | 22.16 | — | CR | |||
| 3rd | 4×400 m relay | 3:28.77 | — | ||||
| NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 100 m | 11.08 (10.90 semi) |
0.2 (1.0 semi) |
Eugene, Oregon | PB (semi) | ||
| 1st | 200 m | 21.80 | 1.3 | CR | |||
| 4x400 m relay | 3:22:55 | — | |||||
| USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships | 200 m | 21.77 | — | PB |
- NCAA results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.[10]
International championships
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Time | Notes |
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| 2022 | World Championships | Eugene, USA | 5th | 200 m | 22.26 | |
| 1st | 4×100 m relay | 41.14 | WL, 9.86 split | |||
| 4×400 m relay | 3:17.79 | WL, 49.99 split |
In 2022, Steiner was named the recipient of the track and field version of the Honda Sports Award, presented annually to the most outstanding college athlete in each of 12 NCAA Division I women's sports.[11] She also received the 2022 Southeastern Conference scholar-athlete of the year awards for both indoor and outdoor women's track.[12] Steiner graduated from UK with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and exercise science (an academic program housed in the UK College of Education) in May 2022. She has been accepted to UK's physical therapy program, but is deferring her enrollment to concentrate on her professional track career.[13]
On December 15, 2022, Steiner was awarded the Bowerman Award, the annual award for the top female collegiate track and field athlete.[14]
- "ABBY STEINER SPRINTS DUBLIN COFFMAN HS DUBLIN, OHIO SENIOR". gatorade.com. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
- "Abby Steiner". Kentucky Wildcats. 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- "Steiner breaks American indoor record in 200-meter dash". www.wkyt.com. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
- Hale, Jon (March 21, 2022). "UK record-setting sprinter Abby Steiner named National Track Women's Athlete of the Year". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
- Rosen, Karen (February 12, 2023). "Nuguse breaks North American indoor mile record at Millrose Games". World Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
- Drummond, Cameron (February 23, 2022). "She came to UK as a two-sport athlete. She will exit as one of school's best runners ever". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- "2018 Women's Soccer Cumulative Statistics: Individual". Kentucky Wildcats. 2018. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
- "Abby Steiner". World Athletics. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- "Abby Steiner". TFRRS. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- "Abby Steiner from the University of Kentucky Named Class of 2022 Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field" (Press release). The Collegiate Women's Sports Awards. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
- "Abby Steiner Wins SEC Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year" (Press release). Kentucky Wildcats. May 11, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- Nelson, Amanda (June 28, 2022). "Star Sprinter Abby Steiner's Strong Academic Finish Sets Stage for Future Career". UK Now. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
- "Abby Steiner Wins The Bowerman In 2022 ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes". The Bowerman. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
