Kaylin Whitney

American sprinter

Kaylin Whitney

Personal information

Nationality|  American
Born|  (1998-03-09) March 9, 1998 (age 25)
Height| 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight| 141 lb (64 kg)
Sport
Sport| Running
Event| Sprints
Club| Star Athletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 100 m: 11.10 (Eugene 2014)
200 m: 22.47 (Eugene 2015)

Medal record

Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
| 2020 Tokyo | 4×400 m relay
| 2020 Tokyo | 4×400 m mixed
World Championships
| 2022 Eugene | 4×400 m relay
Pan American Games
| 2015 Toronto | 200 m
NACAC Championships
| 2022 Freeport | 4x400 m relay
| 2022 Freeport | 4×400 mixed relay
World Junior Championships
| 2014 Oregon | 200 m
| 2014 Oregon | 4×100 m relay
| 2014 Oregon | 100 m

Kaylin Whitney (born March 9, 1998) is an American track and field athlete, specializing in sprinting events. Over a two-day period, at the USATF Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, July 5 and 6, 2014, she set the world youth bests for 100 meters and 200 meters.[1] Her 100-meter time, set on July 5 was 11.10 with an aiding wind of +0.9 mps.[2] Her 200-meter time was 22.49 was set on July 6 with an aiding wind of +1.3.[3] Youth bests can be set by athletes who will not reach their 18th birthday within the calendar year of competition. Her "bests" will also count as bests on the continental and national level.

## Professional[edit]

Whitney placed 16th in the 100 meters at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) in 11.15 and 11th in the 200 meters at 2016 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) in 23.03.

Whitney placed fourth in 200 meters at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 22.47 behind winner Jenna Prandini 22.20, runner-up Candyce McGrone 22.38 and Jeneba Tarmoh 22.44. Whitney placed 17th in 100 meters at 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 11.18. In March 2015, Kaylin Whitney signed with Nike.[4]

Whitney ran a new career best of 50.29 seconds in the 400m at the 2021 Olympic Trials, good enough for fifth place and a spot representing the United States on the 4 × 400 m relay team for the 2021 Tokyo Olympics.[5]

## High school[edit]

Her 100 meters time also sets the national high school record as recognized by Track and Field News, though it will not be recognized by the NFHS as the USATF Junior Championships are not a high school competition. When published (the approval process by the magazine), the 200 meter record will be notated as a "low altitude" record by T&FN. Allyson Felix did run a faster 200 meters 22.11 at altitude in Mexico City before graduating from Los Angeles Baptist High School in 2003. Olympic gold medalist Felix is just one of the who's who of Olympians Whitney surpassed with the various records. Also on the list, the World Youth best in the 100 was held by Chandra Cheeseborough, the 200 best was held by Marion Jones, and the high school 100m record was held by Angela Williams.

At the time of her performance, her 200-meter time ranked her as the #8 time of the year against all women of any age,[6] her 100m ranked #17.[7]

While still a sophomore at East Ridge High School in Clermont, Florida, she was the 2014 Florida state champion in both events.[8] As a youth athlete, Whitney was a star before reaching high school. In 2012, she set the American age 14 records in both the 100m and 200m in similar fashion, a day apart, destroying the youth records of future Olympic gold medalist, Sanya Richards.[9] She trains with an elite group of athletes which includes Olympic gold medalist Justin Gatlin called Star Athletics coached by Olympic gold medalist Dennis Mitchell.[10] She was Track and Field News "High School Athlete of the Year" in 2014.[11]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "EUGENE, Ore.: Florida's Whitney sets world junior 200 record | More Sports | NewsObserver.com". newsobserver.com. Archived from the original on July 15, 2014. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
2. ^ "USATF Junior Championships". branchsportstech.com. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
3. ^ "USATF Junior Championships". branchsportstech.com. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
4. ^ "KAYLIN WHITNEY UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FAST FACT". Nike. Retrieved November 14, 2016.
5. ^ "Kaylin Whitney Finds Redemption". MileSplit United States. Retrieved June 28, 2021.
6. ^ "200 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2014 | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
7. ^ "100 Metres - women - senior - outdoor - 2014 | iaaf.org". iaaf.org. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
8. ^ "Kaylin Whitney breaks national 100-meter record in 11.10 seconds - Orlando Sentinel". orlandosentinel.com. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
9. ^ "USATF - Statistics - Records". usatf.org. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
10. ^ "Kaylin Whitney Destroys Youth Records of Sanya Richards-Ross". fl.milesplit.com. Retrieved July 7, 2014.
11. ^ "Track & Field News - the Bible of the Sport Since 1948". Archived from the original on November 26, 2015. Retrieved November 28, 2015.

## External links[edit]

* Kaylin Whitney on Twitter
* Kaylin Whitney at World Athletics

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Olympic champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

* 1972:  Dagmar Käsling, Rita Kühne, Helga Seidler, Monika Zehrt (GDR)
* 1976:  Doris Maletzki, Brigitte Rohde, Ellen Streidt, Christina Brehmer (GDR)
* 1980:  Tatyana Prorochenko, Tatyana Goyshchik, Nina Zyuskova, Irina Nazarova (URS)
* 1984:  Lillie Leatherwood, Sherri Howard, Valerie Brisco-Hooks, Chandra Cheeseborough, Diane Dixon, Denean Howard (USA)
* 1988:  Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova, Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS)
* 1992:  Yelena Ruzina, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Liliya Nurutdinova, Marina Shmonina (EUN)
* 1996:  Rochelle Stevens, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Kim Graham, Jearl Miles, Linetta Wilson (USA)
* 2000:  Jearl Miles Clark, Monique Hennagan, LaTasha Colander, Andrea Anderson (USA)
* 2004:  DeeDee Trotter, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Moushaumi Robinson (USA)
* 2008:  Mary Wineberg, Allyson Felix, Monique Henderson, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings (USA)
* 2012:  DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Francena McCorory, Sanya Richards-Ross, Keshia Baker, Diamond Dixon (USA)
* 2016:  Allyson Felix, Phyllis Francis, Natasha Hastings, Courtney Okolo, Taylor Ellis-Watson, Francena McCorory (USA)
* 2020:  Sydney McLaughlin, Allyson Felix, Dalilah Muhammad, Athing Mu, Kaylin Whitney, Wadeline Jonathas, Kendall Ellis, Lynna Irby (USA)

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World champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay

* 1983:  Kerstin Walther, Sabine Busch, Marita Koch, Dagmar Rübsam, Undine Bremer, Ellen Fiedler (GDR)
* 1987:  Dagmar Neubauer, Kirsten Emmelmann, Petra Müller, Sabine Busch, Cornelia Ullrich (GDR)
* 1991:  Tatyana Ledovskaya, Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova, Olga Nazarova, Olha Bryzhina, Anna Chuprina (URS)
* 1993:  Gwen Torrence, Maicel Malone-Wallace, Natasha Kaiser, Jearl Miles, Terri Dendy, Michelle Collins (USA)
* 1995:  Kim Graham, Rochelle Stevens, Camara Jones, Jearl Miles, Nicole Green (USA)
* 1997:  Anke Feller, Uta Rohländer, Anja Rücker, Grit Breuer (GER)
* 1999:  Tatyana Chebykina, Svetlana Goncharenko, Olga Kotlyarova, Natalya Nazarova, Natalya Sharova, Yekaterina Bakhvalova (RUS)
* 2001:  Sandie Richards, Catherine Scott-Pomales, Debbie-Ann Parris, Lorraine Fenton, Michelle Burgher, Deon Hemmings (JAM)
* 2003:  Demetria Washington, Jearl Miles Clark, Me'Lisa Barber, Sanya Richards, DeeDee Trotter (USA)
* 2005:  Yuliya Pechonkina, Olesya Krasnomovets, Natalya Antyukh, Svetlana Pospelova, Tatyana Firova, Olesya Zykina (RUS)
* 2007:  DeeDee Trotter, Allyson Felix, Mary Wineberg, Sanya Richards, Monique Hennagan, Natasha Hastings (USA)
* 2009:  Debbie Dunn, Allyson Felix, Lashinda Demus, Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings, Jessica Beard (USA)
* 2011:  Sanya Richards-Ross, Allyson Felix, Jessica Beard, Francena McCorory, Natasha Hastings, Keshia Baker (USA)
* 2013:  Jessica Beard, Natasha Hastings, Ashley Spencer, Francena McCorory, Joanna Atkins (USA)
* 2015:  Christine Day, Shericka Jackson, Stephenie Ann McPherson, Novlene Williams-Mills, Anastasia Le-Roy, Chrisann Gordon (JAM)
* 2017:  Quanera Hayes, Allyson Felix, Shakima Wimbley, Phyllis Francis, Kendall Ellis, Natasha Hastings (USA)
* 2019:  Phyllis Francis, Sydney McLaughlin, Dalilah Muhammad, Wadeline Jonathas, Jessica Beard, Allyson Felix, Kendall Ellis, Courtney Okolo (USA)
* 2022:  Talitha Diggs, Abby Steiner, Britton Wilson, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Kaylin Whitney, Allyson Felix, Jaide Stepter Baynes (USA)
* 2023:  Eveline Saalberg, Lieke Klaver, Cathelijn Peeters, Femke Bol, Lisanne de Witte (NED)

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Pan American Champions in women's 200 metres

* 1951:  Jean Patton (CUB)
* 1955: Not Held
* 1959:  Lucinda Williams (USA)
* 1963:  Vivian Brown (USA)
* 1967:  Wyomia Tyus (USA)
* 1971:  Stephanie Berto (CAN)
* 1975:  Chandra Cheeseborough (USA)
* 1979:  Evelyn Ashford (USA)
* 1983:  Randy Givens (USA)
* 1987:  Gwen Torrence (USA)
* 1991:  Liliana Allen (CUB)
* 1995:  Liliana Allen (CUB)
* 1999:  Debbie Ferguson (BAH)
* 2003:  Roxana Díaz (CUB)
* 2007:  Roxana Díaz (CUB)
* 2011:  Ana Cláudia Lemos (BRA)
* 2015:  Kaylin Whitney (USA)
* 2019:  Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce (JAM)

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Pan American Champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay

* 1951:  N. Jackson, J. Patton, D. Dwyer, J. Moreau (USA)
* 1955:  B. Jones, I. Daniels, M. Faggs, M. Landry (USA)
* 1959:  I. Daniels, B. Jones, L. Williams, W. Rudolph (USA)
* 1963:  M. White, V. Brown, W. White, N. Harris (USA)
* 1967:  V. Quesada, M. Garbey, C. Echeverría, M. Cobián (CUB)
* 1971:  I. Davis, M. Render, O. Brown, P. Hawkins (USA)
* 1975:  P. Jiles, B. Morehead, C. Cheeseborough, M. Watson (USA)
* 1979:  V. Brisco, C. Cheeseborough, B. Morehead, K. Hawkins (USA)
* 1983:  J. Washington, A. Jackson, B. Cliette, R. Givens (USA)
* 1987:  G. Devers, M. Finn-Burrell, G. Torrence, S. Echols (USA)
* 1991:  C. Phillips, D. Duhaney, B. McDonald, M. Frazer (JAM)
* 1995:  F. Harris, S. Twiggs, R. Webb, C. Gaines (USA)
* 1999:  P. Dowdie, K. Richards, A. Bailey, B. Grant (JAM)
* 2003:  A. Williams, C. Moore, A. Daigle, L. Williams (USA)
* 2007:  S. Brooks, T. Rowe, A. Bailey, P. Dowdie (JAM)
* 2011:  A. Lemos, V. Gomes, F. Krasucki, R. Santos (BRA)
* 2015:  B. Pierre, L. Lawson, M. Akinosun, K. Whitney (USA)
* 2019:  A. Fidelis, V. Rosa, L. Martins, R. Santos (BRA)

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2020 USA Olympic track and field team

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2020 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes|

* Abdihakem Abdirahman
* Devon Allen
* Ronnie Baker
* Kenny Bednarek
* Rai Benjamin
* Hillary Bor
* Trayvon Bromell
* Matthew Centrowitz Jr.
* Paul Chelimo
* Michael Cherry
* Nick Christie
* Bryce Deadmon (r)
* Mason Ferlic
* Grant Fisher
* Elija Godwin
* Cravon Gillespie (r)
* Cole Hocker
* Grant Holloway
* Bryce Hoppel
* Isaiah Jewett
* David Kendziera
* Fred Kerley
* Benard Keter
* Woody Kincaid
* Joe Klecker
* Erriyon Knighton
* Noah Lyles
* Clayton Murphy
* Michael Norman
* Vernon Norwood (r)
* Yared Nuguse
* Jacob Riley
* Daniel Roberts
* Randolph Ross
* Galen Rupp
* Kenny Selmon
* Trevor Stewart

Men's
field athletes|

* Steve Bastien
* Chris Benard
* Will Claye
* Ryan Crouser
* Marquis Dendy
* Mason Finley
* JuVaughn Harrison
* Daniel Haugh
* Reggie Jagers
* Sam Kendricks (withdrew)
* Joe Kovacs
* KC Lightfoot
* Matt Ludwig
* Sam Mattis
* Steffin McCarter
* Shelby McEwen
* Chris Nilsen
* Payton Otterdahl
* Garrett Scantling
* Donald Scott
* Michael Shuey
* Darryl Sullivan
* Christian Taylor
* Curtis Thompson
* Rudy Winkler
* Zach Ziemek

Women's track
and road athletes|

* Nia Ali
* Anavia Battle
* Christina Clemons
* Anna Cockrell
* Emma Coburn
* Valerie Constien
* Elise Cranny
* Gabbi Cunningham
* Teahna Daniels
* Allyson Felix
* Courtney Frerichs
* English Gardner
* Kendra Harrison
* Quanera Hayes
* Aleia Hobbs (r)
* Lynna Irby (r)
* Wadeline Jonathas
* Sally Kipyego
* Heather MacLean
* Taylor Manson
* Cory McGee
* Sydney McLaughlin
* Miranda Melville
* Maria Michta
* Alicia Monson
* Athing Mu
* Dalilah Muhammad
* Courtney Okolo (r)
* Javianne Oliver
* Elinor Purrier St. Pierre
* Jenna Prandini
* Raevyn Rogers
* Rachel Schneider
* Karissa Schweizer
* Molly Seidel
* Emily Sisson
* Robyn Stevens
* Gabrielle Thomas
* Aliphine Tuliamuk
* Kaylin Whitney (r)
* Ajeé Wilson

Women's
field athletes|

* Valarie Allman
* Brooke Andersen
* Adelaide Aquilla
* Gwen Berry
* Erica Bougard
* Quanesha Burks
* Tynita Butts-Thompson
* Kelsey Card
* Vashti Cunningham
* Tara Davis
* Rachel Dincoff
* Tori Franklin
* Ariana Ince
* Annie Kunz
* Morgann LeLeux
* Maggie Malone
* Rachel McCoy
* Jasmine Moore
* Sandi Morris
* Katie Nageotte
* Keturah Orji
* DeAnna Price
* Jessica Ramsey
* Brittney Reese
* Raven Saunders
* Kendell Williams
* Kara Winger

Coaches|

* Robyne Johnson (women's assistant coach)
* Gary Aldrich (men's assistant coach)
* Nat Page (men's assistant coach)
* Stanley Redwine (men's assistant coach)
* Sandra Fowler (women's assistant coach)
* Michael Holloway (men's head coach)
* LaTanya Sheffield (women's assistant coach)
* Rose Monday (women's head coach)
* Darryl Woodson (men's assistant coach)
* Marsha Seagrave (Women's Head Manager)
* Tim Weaver (Men's Head Manager)
* Megan Watson (women's assistant coach)
* Manny Bautista Event Manager
* Danielle Siebert Event Manager

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