Krissy Gear

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Krissy Gear
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Gear at the 2024 United States Olympic trials
Personal information
Birth nameKristlin Gear
Born (1999-07-20) July 20, 1999 (age 25)
Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Home townFort Myers, Florida
Employer(s) Hoka One One
NAZ Elite
Northern Arizona Elite
Height5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
CountryUnited States
Sport Athletics/Track
Event(s) Steeplechase, 3000 meters, 1500 meters
College team Arkansas Razorbacks
Coached byRobert Gary '17 - 20
Lance Harter '20 - 22
Alan Culpepper '22-23,
Jenna Wrieden & Jack Mullaney '22 - Present
Achievements and titles
World finals
  • 2018 Tampere
  • 3000 m s'chase,
Personal best(s)3000m steeplechase: 9:12.81 (Eugene, 2023)

Krissy Gear (born July 20, 1999) is an American professional middle distance and World Championship steeplechase runner from Fort Myers, Florida. Gear placed 10th at 2018 World U20 Championships. She is the 2023 USA Champion and 2018 USA U20 Champion. Kristlin Gear is an American track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the US national champion in the 3000m steeplechase. [1]

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Career

Initially a middle-distance runner, she set a Furman University school record in the 800m with a time of 2:08s. [2] She later switched to the 3000m steeplechase as well as running 1500m. She was named the Southern Conference Indoor Freshman of the Year in 2018. [3] Gear was selected to represent the US at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland and finished tenth in the steeplechase. [4] She later earned all-American honours at cross-country, and on the track, indoors and outdoors and at 1500m and in the steeplechase. [5] [6]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished first in the final of the 3000m steeplechase. [7] Gear upset ten-time national champion Emma Coburn in the race, which Gear ran in a new personal best time of 9:12.81, and included a 66.66 second final lap. [8] The time was under the World Championship qualifying standard, and winning the race guaranteed Gear for automatic selection for the 2023 World Athletics Championships held in Budapest in August 2023. [9] Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified finished seventh in her heat, running 9:30.61. [10]

International competitions

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YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTimeNotes
2018 World U20 Championships Tampere, Finland10th 3000 m s'chase 10:00.99
2023 World Championships Budapest, Hungary22nd 3000 m s'chase 9:30.61 [11]

National championships

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
2017 New Balance Nationals Outdoor North Carolina A&T State University 3rdMile4:49.36
2018 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships Indiana University Bloomington 1st3000 m s'chase10:28.05
2021 US Olympic Trials Eugene, Oregon 27th1500 m4:19.81 [12]
16th3000 m s'chase9:47.59
2022 USATF Championships Eugene, Oregon 26th1500 m4:20.04
2023 USATF Indoor Championships Albuquerque, New Mexico 3rd1500 m4:18.21
USATF Championships Eugene, Oregon 1st3000 m s'chase9:12.81

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NCAA

Gear is a 2022 NCAA champion, 8-time NCAA Division I All-American, 4-time Southern Conference champion, & 3-time Southeastern Conference champion.

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventTime
Representing Arkansas Razorbacks
2022 2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 4th1500 m4:10.06
SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships University of Mississippi 11th1500 m4:28.05
4th3000 m s'chase10:03.34
2022 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Alabama, Birmingham
Birmingham Metro CrossPlex		1stDMR10:51.37
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Arkansas 3rdMile4:35.72
2ndDMR10:57.26
2021 NCAA Cross Country Championships Apalachee Regional Park Tallahassee, Florida 43rd6000 m Cross Country19:59.1
SEC Cross Country Championships Columbia, Missouri
University of Missouri 		3rd6000 m Cross Country20:08.1
2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 5th1500 m4:11.01
SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships Texas A&M University 7th5000 m16:05.71
1st3000 m s'chase9:38.62
NCAA Cross Country Championships Oklahoma State Cross Country Course
Stillwater, Oklahoma 		21st6000 m Cross Country20:39.3
2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Arkansas 2ndMile4:32.72
2ndDMR10:57.19
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships University of Arkansas 1stMile4:34.72
13th3000 m9:38.57
2020 SEC Cross Country Championships Louisiana State University 11th6000 m Cross Country20:28.8
SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships Texas A&M University Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium
College Station, Texas 		1stDMR11:19.51
2ndMile4:42.15
20th3000 m9:43.16
Representing Furman University
2019 NCAA Cross Country Championships LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course
Terre Haute, Indiana 		78th6000 m Cross Country21:06.9
Southern Cross Country Championships East Tennessee State University 4th5000 m Cross Country17:55.9
2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Mike A. Myers Stadium
University of Texas at Austin 		15th3000 m s'chase10:15.07
Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships Samford University 1st800 m2:09.80
3rd3000 m s'chase10:31.22
5th4 × 400 m3:59.27
Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Virginia Military Institute 1stDMR11:39.35
5thMile4:51.19
2nd800 m2:09.11
7th4 × 400 m4:06.46
2018 NCAA Cross Country Championships Madison, Wisconsin 237th6000 m Cross Country22:29.9
Southern Cross Country Championships Western Carolina University 9th5000 m Cross Country18:15.3
2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships Eugene, Oregon 24th3000 m s'chase10:35.42
Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships Western Carolina University 9th1500 m4:41.64
4th3000 m s'chase10:49.06
6th4 × 400 m3:55.12
Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships Virginia Military Institute 1stMile4:52.34
1st800 m2:10.28
5th4 × 400 m3:55.49
2017 NCAA Cross Country Championships E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park
Louisville, Kentucky 		239th6000 m Cross Country22:18.3
Southern Cross Country Championships Spartanburg, South Carolina
University of South Carolina Upstate 		13th5000 m Cross Country17:39.1

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Early life

From Fort Myers, Florida, Gear attended Fort Myers Senior High School and ran collegiately for Furman University and the Arkansas Razorbacks. [16]

Prep

Kristlin Gear attended Fort Myers Senior High School in Fort Myers, Florida, where she emerged as one of the top high school distance runners in Florida until she graduated in 2017. While competing in high school cross country and track, Gear is a 6-time Florida High School Athletic Association state 3A champion. [17]

Personal life

Kristlin Gear is the oldest of three children of Brian Gear. She has two younger sisters, Lilly and Gabby. [18]

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  3. ↑ "Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend". soconsports.com. February 22, 2019.
  4. ↑ Underwood, Tina (July 16, 2018). "Krissy Gear '21 represents U.S. at U20 World Championships". Furman.ed. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ Price, Shawn (June 12, 2021). "Krissy Gear Collects Fourth All-America Honor This Season". Arkansasrazorbacks. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ Short, Shelly (June 13, 2021). "Krissy Gear collects fourth All-America honor this season". Swark today. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coasts to 400 win at US track and field championships in her newest event". thespec.com. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
  8. ↑ Butler, Sarah Lorge (July 9, 2023). "Krissy Gear Upsets 10-Time U.S. Champion Emma Coburn in the Steeplechase". Runnersworld. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  9. ↑ Monti, David (July 9, 2023). "Krissy Gear, Kenneth Rooks surprise with steeplechase titles: USA Championships". World-Track. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  10. ↑ "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
  11. ↑ 2023 World Athletics Championships - 3000 meters steeplechase prelims
  12. ↑ 2021 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) results USATF
  13. ↑ Krissy Gear profile arkansasrazorbacks.com
  14. ↑ Krissy Gear 2022 profile
  15. ↑ Krissy Gear 2017–22 results TFRRS
  16. ↑ Reed, Ed (July 9, 2023). "Fort Myers' Krissy Gear wins national steeplechase title, heading to Worlds in Hungary". Fort Myers News Press. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
  17. ↑ Kristlin Gear aka Krissy Gear Fort Myers High School results Athletic.net
  18. ↑ Fisher, Adam. "Fort Myers grad Krissy Gear headed to USA Track and Field Olympic Trials". Fort Myers News Press. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
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