Josette Norris

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Josette Norris
Josette Norris 2021 Olympic trials (51919416180) (sq cropped).jpg
at the 2021 Olympic trials
Personal information
Born (1995-12-15) December 15, 1995 (age 27)
Tenafly, New Jersey
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Event(s) 1500 metres, 5000 metres
College team North Carolina Tar Heels [1]
Georgetown Hoyas [2]
Club On Athletics Club
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)1500 m: 3:59.72 [3]
5000 m: 14:51.32 [3]

Josette Norris (born December 15, 1995) is an American middle to long distance runner.

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Raised in Tenafly, New Jersey, Norris graduated from Tenafly High School in 2014, where she won the Meet of Champions in the 1,600 meters event during her junior season. [4]

NCAA championships

She competed for the North Carolina Tar Heels [1] and Georgetown Hoyas. [2] She competed at the NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas and placed fourth in the 5000m final.

Outdoor track and field

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Georgetown Hoyas
2019 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Austin, Texas 4th 5000 m 15:52.05

Professional

Norris chose to focus on the 5000m event in the 2020 US Olympic Trials, making it to the final but placing 8th and failing to make the Olympic team. Despite this disappointment, she attended the Sound Running Sunset Tour in Mission Viejo, California and ran a time under 4 minutes to set her personal best in the 1500m. [5] Following the closure of the 2020 Olympic Games she attended two Diamond League events, Prefontaine Classic and Lausanne Athletissima, competing instead in the 1500m and placing 3rd in both. Having qualified for the Diamond League Final in Zürich, she attended to compete in the 1500m and earned a bronze medal there as well. [6]

Competition record

USA National Championships

Track and Field

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2021 US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 8th5000 m 15:48.70

International Competitions

Track and Field

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2021 Prefontaine Classic Eugene, Oregon 3rd1500 m 4:00.07 [3]
Lausanne Athletissima Lausanne, Switzerland 3rd1500 m 4:03.27 [3]
Zürich Diamond League Final Zürich, Switzerland 3rd1500 m 4:00.41 [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Josette Norris - Cross Country". University of North Carolina Athletics.
  2. 1 2 "Josette Norris - Women's XC/Track". Georgetown University Athletics.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Josette Norris". World Athletics . Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  4. Schwartz, Paul. "Josette Norris ends college career with fourth-place NCAA finish", The Record , June 26, 2019. Accessed October 24, 2021. "And after all that Norris had gone through in the five years since she graduated Tenafly High School as one of the top distance runners in the nation – the injuries, the transfer from North Carolina to Georgetown, the occasional loss of confidence – it was all forgotten as she began the final 400 meters of her college career.... Norris was a two-time high school All-American at Tenafly, winning the State Meet of Champions at 1,600 meters as a junior in a Bergen County and state meet record of 4:41.61, which still stands."
  5. "How Josette Norris Rebounded From a Disappointing Trials to Run a Huge PR". runnersworld.com. 2020-07-21. Retrieved 2021-10-23.
  6. "Josette Norris Wraps Up Her First European Adventure in Zurich". womensrunning.com. 2020-09-09. Retrieved 2021-10-23.