 Nickisha Pryce in 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||
| Sport | |||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | 400m | ||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | |||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 200m: 22.62s (Fayetteville, 2024) 400m: 48.57s (London, 2024 NR) | ||||||||||||||
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Nickisha Pryce (born 7 March 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the Jamaican national champion over 400m. [1]
Pryce attended Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Jamaica, before attending Iowa Western Community College and then the University of Arkansas. [2] [3]
In 2021, Pryce was voted the ICCAC Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, having previously also won the award for the indoor season. [4]
Competing at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, Pryce finished third in the 400m, behind Rhasidat Adeleke and Britton Wilson, running the event in a personal best time of 50.23 seconds. [5]
Pryce won the Jamaican national 400m title in July 2023, lowering her personal best time to 50.21 seconds, ahead of Janieve Russell in second, and Candice McLeod in third. [6] [7] Pryce went into the event with the fastest time in the year of those in the field, and had also qualified as the fastest in the heats. [8] [9]
She ran a new personal best time of 49.32 seconds for the 400 metres to win the SEC Championships in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024. [10] She lowered her personal best time to 48.89 seconds to win the 400 metres at the NCAA National Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 8 June 2024, setting a new collegiate record and national record. [11] On 20 July 2024, she improved her 400m national record to 48.57 at the London Diamond League, a time which moved her up to 7th on the all-time top list. [12]
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final. [13] [14]
In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track. [15]
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