Sydney McLaughlin

Personal information

Birth name

Sydney Michelle McLaughlin

Born

August 7, 1999 (age 17)
New Brunswick, New Jersey

Residence

Dunellen, New Jersey

Height

5 ft 9 in (175 cm)

Weight

132 lb (60 kg)

Sport

Track and field

Achievements and titles

Personal best(s)

400 m hurdles: 54.15 (2016) (WYB, WJR)
400 m: 51.84i (2016) (WYB)
60 m hurdles: 8.17i (2015)

Medal record

Track and field
Representing the United States
World Youth Championships
	2015 Cali	400 m hurdles

Sydney McLaughlin (born August 7, 1999) is an American hurdler and sprinter who competes for Union Catholic High School. McLaughlin holds a number of age group world bests and won the 2015–16 Gatorade National Girls Athlete of the Year trophy. She placed third in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 United States Olympic Trials, qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.

McLaughlin belongs to an athletic family; her father Willie was a semi-finalist in the 400 meters at the 1984 Olympic Trials, her mother Mary was a runner in high school, and her older brother Taylor won silver in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2016 IAAF World U20 Championships. A resident of Dunellen, New Jersey, she is a member of the class of 2017 at Union Catholic Regional High School in Scotch Plains, and has been successful academically. McLaughlin took up running at an early age, following Taylor and their older sister Morgan.

McLaughlin placed a close second behind Shamier Little in the 400-meter hurdles at the national junior (under-20) championships in 2014; her time of 55.63 was a national high school freshman record and a world age-14 best. She would have qualified to represent the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Junior Championships, but was a year too young to be eligible. McLaughlin also set a world age group best (13.34) in the 100-meter hurdles over 76.2 cm (2 ft 6 in) hurdles that summer.

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