Jelena Rowe

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Jelena Rowe
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1999-08-01) 1 August 1999 (age 26)
Sport
Sport Track and Field
Event
 High Jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 1.96 m (Tucson, 2021)
Medal record
Women's athletics
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Pan American U20 Athletics Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2017 Trujilo High jump

Jelena Rowe (born August 1, 1999) is an American athlete who competes in the high jump. [1]

Biography

From Bloom Township, Illinois, Rowe attended Bloom High School. [2] [3] She was 6 feet tall as a freshman, then 6'3" as a sophomore and 6'4" as a junior. Rowe played a number of sports such as Volleyball and basketball before settling on athletics and the high jump. [4]

Rowe cleared a height of 1.85 metres at the Illinois Top Times indoor state meet on March 26, 2017, in Bloomington, Illinois and matched that height outdoors on April 22, 2017, at the Sue Pariseau Invite at Glenbard West. [4] In June 2017, she became USA Junior Champion in the high jump, making a clearance of 1.79m metres in Sacramento. [5] She was a silver medalist behind María Fernanda Murillo at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Trujillo, Peru, in July 2017. [6]

In February 2021, Rowe cleared 1.91 indoors for a new personal best, finishing second to Vashti Cunningham at the American Track League event in Fayetteville, Arkansas. [7] On May 22, 2021, Rowe cleared 1.96m at a meet in Tucson, Arizona. This height ranked her in the top-ten worldwide for the calendar year 2021. [8] [9]

Rowe jumped 1.91m to finish in third place at the USA Indoor Championships on 27 February 2022, in Spokane, Washington. [10] Both Rowe and her training partner Vashti Cunningham however, opted against competing at the 2022 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia due to restrictions around covid “athlete bubbles”. [11]

In February 2025, she placed sixth at the USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York. [12]

References

  1. ↑ "Jelena ROWE | Profile". worldathletics.org.
  2. ↑ "Jelena Rowe of Bloom Township sets new IHSA State Meet record in 3A Girls High Jump - IHSA State Track & Field Championships 2017". Runnerspace. May 21, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Jelena Rowe Sets New All-Time Girls High Jump Record At Top Times Meet". Mile Split. March 25, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  4. 1 2 Narang, Bob. "Preps Plus/WGN-9 Athlete of the Month: Bloom's Jelena Rowe". chicagotribune.com.
  5. ↑ "Jelena Rowe of Bloom Township IL Junior Women's High Jump Champion - USATF Junior Outdoor Championships 2017". Runnerspace. June 25, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Pan American Junior Champs" (PDF). Track and Field News. July 21, 2017. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  7. ↑ Track, World (February 8, 2021). "American Track League #3 Recap And Results".
  8. ↑ "High Jump Women's Overview | World Athletics". worldathletics.org.
  9. ↑ "High Jump - women - senior - outdoor - 2021".
  10. ↑ "WORLD LEADS, MEET RECORDS HIGHLIGHT FINAL DAY AT USATF INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org.
  11. ↑ "personal best". redbull.com.
  12. ↑ "USA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. February 22, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.


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