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| Nationality | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 June 2004 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60 m: 7.07 s (Albuquerque, 2023) WU20R 100 m: 10.95 s (Gainesville, 2024) 200 m: 22.28 s (Lexington, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Kaila Jackson (born 30 June 2004) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In February 2023, she set a new U20 60 metres world record. [1]
From Redford, Michigan, Jackson attended Renaissance High School and was named the 2021-22 Gatorade Michigan Girls Track & Field Player of the Year. She then joined the University of Georgia. [2] [3]
Competing as a freshman, Jackson finished runner-up in the 60 m at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque in February 2023. She finished fourth in the 200 m at the same event. [4] She set a new Women’s world U20 indoor 60 m record when she ran 7.07 seconds in Albuquerque, on 10 March 2023. [5] Later that year she finished fourth in the 100 m at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held in Austin, Texas in June 2023. [6] In July 2023, she won gold in the NACAC U23 Championships in the 4 × 100 metres relay. [7] In August 2023, she competed at the 2023 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships and was part of the American 4 × 100 m relay team that won gold in a new American U20 national record time. She also finished second in the individual 100 metres race. [8] [9]
In March 2024, Jackson finished runner-up in the 60 m at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Boston, Massachusetts in a time of 7.08 seconds. [10] On the same day, she finished fourth in the 200 metres in a time of 22.63 seconds. [11] She ran 10.95 seconds for the 100 metres at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024. [12]
She reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, running her heat in 11.16 seconds (+1.3 m/s). [13]
