Rachel Glenn

Rachel Glenn
Glenn at the 2024 United States Olympic trials
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (2002-04-17) 17 April 2002 (age 22)
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)High jump, Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)High jump: 2.00m (Boston, 2024)
400m hurdles: 53.46 (Eugene, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing the  United States
NACAC Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Freeport High jump

Rachel Glenn (born 17 April 2002) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the high jump and 400m hurdles.[1]

Early life

Glenn attended Woodrow Wilson Classical High School in Long Beach, California and initially competed in athletics as a 400 metres runner before switching to high jump in 2018. Shortly afterwards she recorded a height of 1.80 metres at the Cal Relays at El Camino College.[2]

Career

In her first year at the University of South Carolina, Glenn won the SEC Outdoor Championship and the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships title just a few weeks later.[3][4]

Glenn was an NACAC Championships silver medallist in Freeport, Bahamas in August 2022 behind compatriot Vashti Cunningham, with a height of 1.84m.[5] That year, she competed at the 2022 World Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon.[6]

In 2023, she transferred to the University of Arkansas.[7] In February 2024, she set an indoor personal best of 1.90m at the Tyson Invitational at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville.[8] She won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts with a personal best, championship record and collegiate best equaling height of 2.00 metres.[9][10] The height also placed her third on the US all-time list.[11]

At the 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, Glenn finished third in the 400m hurdles and 13th in the high jump.[12]

She competed in the high jump at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[13]

Personal life

From Southern California, Glenn signed a NIL contract with the WWE’s Next in Line class of 2022.[14]

References

  1. ^ "Rachel Glenn". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  2. ^ French, Scott (March 22, 2018). "Wilson's Rachel Glenn reaches sensation status after astonishing high jump". Press Telegram. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  3. ^ McCarthy, Caroline (July 14, 2023). "Olympic hopeful Rachel Glenn left South Carolina over NIL strategy". New York Post. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Rachel Glenn Wins High Jump National Championship". ABCColumbia. Jun 13, 2021. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  5. ^ Brennan, Eliott (19 August 2022). "Kassanavoid headlines day of US domination at NACAC Championships". Insidethegames. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  6. ^ "High Jump Women results". World Athletics. 16 July 2022. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  7. ^ Nakos, Pete (July 11, 2023). "NCAA high jump champion, Arkansas commit Rachel Glenn on transfer portal: Schools 'straight up offer an NIL deal'". on3.com. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  8. ^ "RACHEL GLENN 1ST PLACE WOMEN'S INVITATIONAL HIGH JUMP, 2ND PLACE 200M AND 6TH PLACE 60M HURDLES – TYSON INVITATIONAL 2024". Runnerspace. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  9. ^ "Arkansas' Rachel Glenn Sets Women's High Jump NCAA Record". Bleacher Report. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  10. ^ "Women High Jump Results – NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  11. ^ "Williams, Ramsden and Neugebauer among winners at NCAA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 10 March 2024. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
  12. ^ Mulkeen, John (June 8, 2024). "Pryce, Long and Jones impress in sprints at NCAA Championships". World Athletics. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  13. ^ "Women's high jump Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics". Watch Athletics. 4 August 2024. Retrieved 28 December 2024.
  14. ^ Macheca, Joe (7 June 2022). "Gamecock Track and Field Star Rachel Glenn inks unique NIL opportunity with WWE". on3.com. Retrieved 10 March 2024.