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
Sport Athletics
Event Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m hurdles: 7.77 (Boston, 2024)
100m hurdles: 12.64 (Eugene, 2024)
400m hurdles 52.77 (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 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 60 metres hurdles at the 2024 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships. She finished third in the US Olympic trials in 2024 over 400 metres hurdles. [1]

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Early life

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

Career

Jones won gold in the 100m hurdles at the 2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in Miramar, Florida in June 2023. [4] She then won gold at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2019. [5]

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. [6] The following year, she was runner-up in the NCAA Outdoors 100m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.66 seconds. [7]

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. [8] [9] 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. [10] [11]

She won the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024 in 53.15 seconds. [12] Later that month, she ran a personal best 52.77 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres hurdles at the US Olympic trials. [13]

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References

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  5. "Briana Williams captures Pan Am U20 100m gold". radiojamaicanewsonline.com. July 19, 2019. Retrieved 4 March 2024.
  6. "JASMINE JONES CHAMPION WOMEN'S 4X100M RELAY - NCAA D1 OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2021". DyeStat. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
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  8. Harrington, Joe (17 February 2024). "2024 USA INDOOR TRACK & FIELD CHAMPIONSHIPS". FloTrack.org. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  9. 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.
  10. "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.
  11. "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  12. Mulkeen, John (June 8, 2024). "Pryce, Long and Jones impress in sprints at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. Henderson, Jason (July 1, 2024). "World 400m hurdles record for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 1 July 2024.