Sanaa Barnes

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Sanaa Barnes
Personal information
Born (2000-08-10) 10 August 2000 (age 25)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event High jump
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 1.94 m (Eugene, 2025)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
NACAC Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Freeport High jump
Pan American U20 Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 San José High jump

Sanaa Barnes (born 10 August 2000) is an American high jumper. She finished as runner-up at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [1]

Career

From Texas, she attended Byron Nelson High School in Denton County and won the Texan state 6A championships in 2017 in the high jump. That year she went on to compete for the United States at the 2017 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in Peru. [2] [3]

Barnes finished second at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships in 2018, and later went on to finish eighth at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Estonia. She won the gold medal in the women's high jump at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in San José, Costa Rica. [4]

Competing for Villanova University, she placed fourth at the 2022 NCAA Outdoor Championships before later transferring to Auburn University ahead of the 2023 season. [5] She placed joint-fourth with a jump of 1.82 metres at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. [6] The following year at the 2023 NCAA Championships, she cleared 1.84 metres in Austin, Texas which was good enough for fifth place on that occasion. [7]

She jumped a personal best 1.88 metres to finish fifth at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024. [8] [9]

She defeated national champion Vashti Cunningham at the Penn Relays in April 2025, with a clearance of 1.87 metres. [10] She finished second behind Cunningham at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 1 August 2025, with a personal best clearance of 1.94 metres. [11] She won the gold medal competing for the United States at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas after she and Cunningham both cleared 1.91 metres, with Barnes awarded gold after making five first time clearances from the start of the competition. [12] [13]

References

  1. "Sanaa Barnes". World Athletics. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  2. "SANAA BARNES WINS LOADED GIRLS HIGH JUMP - FRIDAY RECAP - 2018 TEXAS RELAYS". Runnerspace. 31 March 2018. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  3. Massey, Jake (May 13, 2017). "Sanaa Barnes 6A High Jump Champ". Mile Split. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  4. Grundy, William (Jul 21, 2019). "Sanaa Barnes Wins Pan-Am U20 Women's High Jump". Mile Split. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  5. Becton, Stan (12 March 2023). "30 impact transfers to watch in the 2022-23 track and field season". ncaa.com. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  6. "Toyota USATF Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  7. "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  8. Hymans, Richard (August 2024). "Olympic Trials Women's High Jump — Hufnagel Takes It". Track and Field News. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  9. "U.S. Olympic Team Trials". World Athletics. 21 June 2024. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  10. "ON ATHLETICS CLUB NETS THREE OLYMPIC DEVELOPMENT VICTORIES AT PENN RELAYS". Runnerspace. 27 April 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  11. "USA Track Championships 2025: Melissa Jefferson-Wooden runs world's fastest 100". Oregon Live. Aug 1, 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  12. Boal, Erik (August 16, 2025). "JANEE' KASSANAVOID REPEATS IN HAMMER TO HELP U.S. WIN SEVEN NACAC GOLDS, HANDAL ROBAN ROLLS IN 800". Youth Runner. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  13. "NACAC Championships". World Athletics. 16 August 2025. Retrieved 17 August 2025.