Jadin O'Brien

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Jadin O'Brien
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2002-05-08) May 8, 2002 (age 23)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event(s) Heptathlon, Pentathlon
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)Heptathlon: 6234 (Eugene, 2024)
Pentathlon: 4596 (Virginia Beach, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
NACAC U23 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 San Jose Heptathlon

Jadin O'Brien (born May 8, 2002) is an American multi-event athlete. She has won multiple NCAA titles in the pentathlon. [1]

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Early life

From Pewaukee, Wisconsin, her father is former NFL player Kevin O’Brien and her mother Leslie was a track athlete. She played numerous sports as a youngster before focusing on athletics in her freshman year at Divine Savior Holy Angels High School. She began attending University of Notre Dame in 2020. [2]

Career

She finished twelfth in the US Olympic Trials in the heptathlon in 2021. In 2023, she won the 2023 NCAA Championship pentathlon title. [3] She won the heptathlon at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships. [4]

She suffered a stress fracture in her shin which limited her 2023 outdoor track season however, but retained her NCAA Indoor pentathlon title in 2024. [5] In April 2024, she set a school record in the women’s heptathlon, scoring 6115 points in California. [6] She finished runner-up to Timara Chapman at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, with a tally of 6234 points. [7] [8] She finished seventh in the heptathlon at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024. [9]

She won the 2025 NCAA Championship indoor pentathlon title on March 14, 2025, in Virginia Beach. [10] [11] She did so with a personal-best 4596 points and became the first woman to win three consecutive titles since Kendell Williams. [12]

References

  1. "Jadin O'Brien". World Athletics. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  2. Reidy, Tyler (May 17, 2024). "2024 Observer Sports Female Athlete of the Year: Jadin O'Brien". ndsmcobserver. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  3. "Pewaukee native aims for Olympic Trials after consecutive NCAA titles". tmj4. April 11, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  4. "NACAC U23 Championships". World Athletics. July 21, 2023.
  5. "Injury should have made repeating as NCAA track champion impossible for Pewaukee's Jadin O'Brien. She won again, anyway". jsonline. April 5, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  6. "O'Brien sets school record in active track and field weekend". ndsmobserver. April 24, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  7. "2024 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results". Runnersworld. June 8, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  8. "Florida men, Arkansas women win 2024 DI outdoor track and field championships". ncaa. June 17, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  9. "U.S. Olympic Track And Field Trials Results Day 4". Flotrack. June 25, 2024. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  10. "JADIN O'BRIEN CHAMPION WOMEN'S PENTATHLON - NCAA D1 INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2025". Dyestat. March 14, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  11. "Daniel wins long jump on Day One of NCAA Men's and Women's Indoor track and field championships". abcnews. March 14, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.
  12. "UT's Daniel, Baylor's Brown earn long jump crowns at NCAA indoors". ESPN. March 15, 2025. Retrieved March 15, 2025.