Jackson's double gold at Pan Am U20 meet earns her USATF Athlete of the Week honors

INDIANAPOLIS — Sprinting to gold in the 200 and anchoring Team USATF to a national U20 record in the 4x100, Shawnti Jackson (Wake Forest, North Carolina/USATF North Carolina) earned recognition as the 28th USATF Athlete of the Week award winner for 2023.
 
Jackson dominated the 200 at the Pan American U20 Championships in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico, clocking 22.35 to move to No. 3 on the all-time U.S. U20 and high school performer lists. Her time also made her the No. 7 all-time world U20 performer. Jackson came back to anchor the 4x100 to a 42.88 to win by more than two seconds and break the existing American U20 record of 43.28, set last year at the World U20 Championships.
 
Other top performances from last week:

• Hannah Rowe won the women's USATF 50K Trail Championships at the Ragged 50K in Danbury, New Hampshire, in 5:33:43.
• Phil Royer was the men's victor at the USATF 50K Trail Championships, clocking 4:33:54 to win by almost 22 minutes.
• Addy Wiley won the women's 800 in 1:59.00 at the Ed Murphey Classic in Memphis, taking more than five seconds off her previous PB. She came back the next day to win the road mile in 4:37.7.

(All records are subject to verification by the USATF Records Committee).
 
Now in its 22nd year, USATF’s Athlete of the Week program is designed to recognize outstanding performers at all levels of the sport. USATF names a new honoree each week when there are high-level competitions and features the athlete on USATF.org. Selections are based on top performances and results from the previous week.

2023 Winners: January 17, Emily Sisson; January 24, Ednah Kurgat; January 31, Woody Kincaid; February 7, Grant Holloway; February 14, Yared Nuguse; February 21, Anna Hall; February 28, Talitha Diggs; March 7, Alicia Monson; March 14, Jasmine Moore; March 21, Keyzelle Thomas; March 28, Camille Herron; April 4, Hillary Bor; April 11, Valarie Allman; April 18, Britton Wilson; April 25, Brooke Andersen; May 2, Gabby Thomas; May 9, Connor Burns; May 16, Britton Wilson; May 23, Brooke Andersen; May 30, Ryan Crouser; June 6, KC Lightfoot; June 13, Grayson Murphy; June 20, Yared Nuguse; July 17, Gabby Thomas & Christian Miller; July 20, Ednah Kurgat; July 27, Nikki Hiltz; August 3, Quenton Lanese; August 10, Shawnti Jackson.

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