Nationality American Height 1.73 m Sport Track & Field Weight 61 kg | Club Juventus Track Club Events 800 metres Name Ajee' Wilson | |
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Born May 8, 1994 (age 30) ( 1994-05-08 ) Neptune, New Jersey Personal best(s) 400m: 54.51 (2010)
800m: 1:57.67 (2014) Residence Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States | ||
Ajee Wilson 800m American Record at Monaco Diamond League (1:55.61!)
Ajeé Wilson ( ; born May 8, 1994) is an American middle distance runner who specializes in the 800 metres. She currently holds the U.S. Record in the event with a time of 1:55.61.
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Wilson attended Academy of Allied Health & Science in Neptune Township, New Jersey, until 2012. She originally committed to attend Florida State University, before deciding to turn professional. She graduated from Temple University in 2016, but trains with her coach Derek Thompson and the Juventus Track Club of Philadelphia.
Wilson won gold medals in the 800 metres at both the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics and the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics. Her winning time in Barcelona of 2:00.91 is the 3rd fastest time ran by a high schooler behind Mary Cain and Kim Gallagher.
2013
In 2012, she committed to run at Florida State University Seminoles under Karen Harvey, but days before the fall semester, she decided to focus on a pro career and return to her coach Derek Thompson at Temple University. The decision paid off at the 2013 IAAF Moscow World Championships she ran the quickest Junior 800m – 1:58.21 a North American and USA junior record – to place sixth.
2014
Wilson won her Second U.S. Senior Indoor 800 meter title at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico in 2:00.43. Wilson won her first U.S. Senior Outdoor 800 meter title at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, California in 1:58.70. On 18 July, Wilson ran a world leading mark of 1:57.67 to win the Diamond League Herculis Monaco.
2015
Wilson won the Armory Invitational in 2:01.7 on January 31 in New York, New York.
At the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon Wilson placed 3rd in the 800m in 2:00.05 despite losing a shoe in the last 200 meters. She qualified to represent the U.S. for the 800m in the 2015 World Championships in Athletics in Beijing, China but did not compete due to injury.
2017
Wilson won the New York Road Runners Armory Invitational in New York, New York 600m in 1:24.28, the fourth-fastest time in history and the second-fastest by an American behind only Alysia Montaño‘s U.S. national record of 1:23.59 set on this same Armory oval in 2013.
At the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Sacramento, Wilson placed 1st in the 800 meters in 1:57.78, to represent the U.S. for the 800m in the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London.
On July 21, 2017, Wilson ran 1:55.61 at the Diamond League event in Monaco to break the U.S. record by nearly 1 second. This time ranks Wilson at number 20 on the IAAF all-time list.