Abby Steiner

Abby Steiner
Steiner at the 2022 World Athletics Championships
Personal information
Born (1999-11-24) November 24, 1999
Dublin, Ohio, U.S.
Height5 ft 6 in (168 cm)[1]
Sport
CountryUnited States
SportTrack and field
Event(s)60 meters
100 meters
200 meters
College teamKentucky
ClubPuma
Turned pro2022
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 4 × 100 m relay
Gold medal – first place 2022 Eugene 4 × 400 m relay
Association football career
Position(s) Forward[2]
Youth career
Ohio Premier SC
2014–2017 Dublin Coffman Shamrocks
College career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2018 Kentucky Wildcats 19 (2)

Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m, and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m.[3][4][5] Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m.

Early life and development

Steiner grew up in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio, concentrating mainly on soccer, only starting to run track in the eighth grade. She starred in both sports at Dublin Coffman High School. Though sidelined for most of a year by a torn ACL, she was an all-state soccer player while setting four state high school records and winning 14 individual and 2 relay state championships in track. Steiner was a dual-sport scholarship athlete at the University of Kentucky (UK), starting her college career in 2018 as both a soccer player and track athlete.[6]

After a freshman soccer season in 2018 in which she started all 19 games for UK, scoring two goals and recording five assists,[7] Steiner left soccer to concentrate on track full-time. In a 2022 interview for the Lexington Herald-Leader, the daily newspaper of UK's home city of Lexington, Steiner cited this decision as a key to her track development:[6]

Before, with soccer, I'd be training soccer in the fall, then I would come to track. I think really allowing myself to dive fully into the process of the periodization of training that we do, so fall training and then going into indoor and outdoor, it's all really important in developing speed and getting to where you want to be.

Statistics

Personal records

Event Time/Mark Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes
60 m indoor 7.10 — Birmingham, AL, U.S. March 12, 2022
100 m 10.90 +1.0 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. June 9, 2022
200 m 21.77 -0.3 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. June 26, 2022
200 m NCAA 21.80 +1.3 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. June 11, 2022 NCAA record
200 m indoor 22.09 — College Station, TX, U.S. February 26, 2022 NR #2 all time
300 m indoor 35.54 — New York, NY, U.S. February 11, 2023 NR #3 all time
400 m indoor 50.59 — Fayetteville, AR, U.S. January 28, 2023

National championships

Representing the Kentucky Wildcats (2018–2022)
Year Competition Position Event Time/Mark Wind (m/s) Venue Notes
2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships 14th 200 m 23.58 — Birmingham, Alabama
8th 4 × 400 m relay 3:32.89 —
NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships 11th 4 × 100 m 43.53 — Austin, Texas
10th 200 m 23.00 (1.3)
6th 4 × 400 m relay 3:29.13 —
2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships[9] 60 m — Albuquerque, New Mexico
200 m —
4 × 400 m relay —
2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships 15th 60 m 7.38 — Fayetteville, Arkansas
1st 200 m 22.38 — CR
5th 4 × 400 m relay 3:30.28 —
2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships 2nd 60 m 7.10 — Birmingham, Alabama PB
1st 200 m 22.16 — CR
3rd 4 × 400 m relay 3:28.77 —
NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships 100 m 11.08
(10.90 semi) 		0.2
(1.0 semi) 		Eugene, Oregon PB (semi)
1st 200 m 21.80 1.3 CR
4 × 400 m relay 3:22:55 —
USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships 200 m 21.77 — PB
  • NCAA results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.[10]

International championships

Representing the  United States
Year Competition Venue Position Event Time Notes
2022 World Championships Eugene, USA 5th 200 m 22.26
1st 4 × 100 m relay 41.14 WL, 9.86 split
4 × 400 m relay 3:17.79 WL, 49.99 split

Other honors

In 2022, Steiner was named the recipient of the track and field version of the Honda Sports Award, presented annually to the most outstanding college athlete in each of 12 NCAA Division I women's sports.[11] She also received the 2022 Southeastern Conference scholar-athlete of the year awards for both indoor and outdoor women's track.[12] Steiner graduated from UK with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and exercise science (an academic program housed in the UK College of Education) in May 2022. She has been accepted to UK's physical therapy program, but is deferring her enrollment to concentrate on her professional track career.[13]

On December 15, 2022, Steiner was awarded the Bowerman Award, the annual award for the top female collegiate track and field athlete.[14]

References

  1. ^ "ABBY STEINER SPRINTS DUBLIN COFFMAN HS DUBLIN, OHIO SENIOR". gatorade.com. Retrieved June 11, 2022.
  2. ^ "Abby Steiner". Kentucky Wildcats. 2018. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  3. ^ "Steiner breaks American indoor record in 200-meter dash". www.wkyt.com. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  4. ^ Hale, Jon (March 21, 2022). "UK record-setting sprinter Abby Steiner named National Track Women's Athlete of the Year". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved April 28, 2022.
  5. ^ Rosen, Karen (February 12, 2023). "Nuguse breaks North American indoor mile record at Millrose Games". World Athletics. Retrieved February 12, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Drummond, Cameron (February 23, 2022). "She came to UK as a two-sport athlete. She will exit as one of school's best runners ever". Lexington Herald-Leader. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  7. ^ "2018 Women's Soccer Cumulative Statistics: Individual". Kentucky Wildcats. 2018. Archived from the original on March 22, 2019. Retrieved October 8, 2022.
  8. ^ "Abby Steiner". World Athletics. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  9. ^ 2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships start lists NCAA
  10. ^ "Abby Steiner". TFRRS. Retrieved April 24, 2022.
  11. ^ "Abby Steiner from the University of Kentucky Named Class of 2022 Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field" (Press release). The Collegiate Women's Sports Awards. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "Abby Steiner Wins SEC Outdoor Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year" (Press release). Kentucky Wildcats. May 11, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  13. ^ Nelson, Amanda (June 28, 2022). "Star Sprinter Abby Steiner's Strong Academic Finish Sets Stage for Future Career". UK Now. Retrieved July 17, 2022.
  14. ^ "Abby Steiner Wins The Bowerman In 2022 ::: The Bowerman: The Nation's Top Award for Collegiate Track & Field Athletes". The Bowerman. Retrieved December 16, 2022.
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