Maggi Congdon

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Maggi Congdon
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Personal information
NationalityFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2002-07-23) 23 July 2002 (age 23)
Home town Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Education Northern Arizona University '25 BS Civil engineering
Steamboat Springs High School '20
Sport
CountryFlag of the United States.svg United States
Sport Athletics
Event Middle-distance running
Club Nike Swoosh
Turned pro2025
Coached byMike Smith
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 1:58.42 (Eugene, 2025)
1500m: 4:02.79 (Eugene, 2024)
Mile: 4:27.77 (Seattle, 2025)

Maggi Congdon (born 23 July 2002) is an American middle-distance runner. She was runner-up over 800 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [1]

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Early life

From Steamboat Springs, Colorado, she graduated from Steamboat Springs High School in 2020. [2] As well as running track in high school, she also participated in cross country running. [3] She committed in November 2019 to run in the collegiate system after being inspired by local track coach Renee Tumminello. [4]

representing Steamboat Springs High School
2019 New Balance Nationals Outdoor Track and Field Championships1500 m4:42.1910th
Mile5:02.1910th
2019 Colorado High School Activities Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships1600 m5:07.927th
800 m2:13.35Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
4x800 m relay3:37.364th
2018 Colorado High School Activities Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships1600 m5:06.52 ​Gold medal icon.svg 1st
800 m2:14.07Gold medal icon.svg 1st
2017 Colorado High School Activities Association Outdoor Track and Field Championships1600 m5:10.07 ​4th
800 m2:18.335th

[5]

NCAA

Maggi Congdon is a 6-time NCAA Division I All-American and 12-time Big Sky Conference champion. She graduated from Northern Arizona University in 2025 with a degree in civil engineering. She was a finalist in the 1500 metres at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, where she had a ninth-place finish in a time of 4:07.81. [6] In June 2024, she lowered her personal best to 4:02.79 to reach the final of the 1500 metres at the US Olympic Trials, the only college athlete to reach the final of the event that year. [2] [7] In September 2024, she signed an NIL deal with Hoka. [6]

In February 2025, she ran 4:27.77 indoors in the mile run in Seattle, Washington. [8] The following month, she placed third indoors at the 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships in the Mike, behind Wilma Nielsen and Mena Scatchard in Virginia Beach on 15 March. [9] [10]

In June 2025, Congdon, finished third in the women’s 1500 metres at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene with a time of 4:09.31. [11] [12]

representing Northern Arizona Lumberjacks
2025 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1500 m4:09.31Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd
2025 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships1500 m4:21.09Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
800 m2:04.57Gold medal icon.svg 1st
4x400 m relay3:34.23Gold medal icon.svg 1st
2025 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Mile4:32.88Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd
2025 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships400 m53.735th
4x400 m relay3:35.48Gold medal icon.svg 1st
Mile4:50.73Gold medal icon.svg 1st
Distance medley relay11:46.25Gold medal icon.svg 1st
2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 1500 m4:10.419th
4x400 m relay3:31.2814th
2024 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships1500 m4:21.93Bronze medal icon.svg 3rd
800 m2:06.38Gold medal icon.svg 1st
4x400 m relay3:34.54Gold medal icon.svg 1st
2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships Mile4:36.719th
800 m2:06.418th
2024 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships800 m2:05.24Gold medal icon.svg 1st
4x400 m relay3:38.59Gold medal icon.svg 1st
Distance medley relay11:38.55Gold medal icon.svg 1st
2023 Big Sky Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships800 m2:05.71Gold medal icon.svg 1st
2022 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800 m2:05.3833rd
2022 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships1500 m4:26.83Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
800 m2:09.22Silver medal icon.svg 2nd
2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships 800 m2:07.4766th
2021 Big Sky Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships800 m2:09.77Gold medal icon.svg 1st

[13] [14]

Professional

That month, she signed a contract to run as a professional with Nike. [15]

She lowered her personal best to 1:58.55 to finish second behind Meghan Hunter in the 800 metres at the Sunset Tour Los Angeles on 12 July 2025. [16] She reached the final of the 800 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, running a personal best 1:58.42 in the semi-final to beat Raevyn Rogers on the line. [17] [18] In the final, she finished runner-up behind Roisin Willis in 1:59.39 after closing strongly to go from sixth to second. [19] [20]

References

  1. "Maggi Congdon". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "From Ski Town U.S.A. to TrackTown U.S.A. — runner takes on Olympic Trials". Steamboatpilot.com. Jun 27, 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  3. "Congdon completes Steamboat Springs High School cross country career". 26 October 2019. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  4. "Steamboat Springs Nike runner to take on 800-meter race at USATF Championships". Steamboatpilot.com. Jul 31, 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  5. Maggi Congdon Track and Field Results Athletic.net
  6. 1 2 Gray, Kennan (September 6, 2024). "Colin Sahlman, Maggi Congdon Sign NIL Deals With HOKA". DyeStat. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  7. "US Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. 23 June 2024. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  8. Gray, Keenan (18 Feb 2025). "BYU Tandem Lexy Halladay-Lowry, Riley Chamberlain Run Top Two NCAA Times In 3,000 Meters; NAU's Maggi Congdon Wins Fast Mile; Colin Sahlman Wins 800". Runnerspace. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  9. Hansen, Chris (15 March 2025). "How the Oregon women won their 8th national title at NCAA Indoor Track & Field meet". Register Guard. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
  10. "NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 14 March 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  11. "Lumberjacks excel at 2025 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships". news.nau. 24 June 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  12. Maggi Congdon 2025 Track and Field profile Northern Arizona University
  13. Maggi Congdon NAU Track Results TFRRS
  14. Maggi Congdon NAU Cross Country Results TFRRS
  15. "Steamboat Springs Nike runner to take on 800-meter race at USATF Championships". Steamboatpilot. Jul 31, 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  16. "BRIAN MUSAU GOES UNDER 13 MINUTES, BYU WOMEN SHINE AT SUNSET TOUR". Dyestat. 13 July 2025. Retrieved 12 July 2025.
  17. "Women's 800m Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  18. Monti, David (2 August 2025). "Quick 800m Semi-Finals At Toyota USATF Championships - RRW". Runnerspace. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  19. Johnson, Weldon (August 4, 2025). "Roisin Willis arrives, Houlihan returns, a brutal weekend for front-runners – Sunday at USATF Championships". Lets Run. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  20. Thompson III, Marcus (4 August 2025). "Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, with 100/200 double, emerges as next U.S. sprint star". New York Times. Retrieved 4 August 2025.