Abbey Glynn

Abbey Glynn
Personal information
Full nameAbigail Glynn
Born (2001-04-30) 30 April 2001
Sport
Country United States
SportAthletics
Events
Sprint, Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal bests400 m: 51.77 (Lubbock, 2024)
400 mH: 55.31 (Boulder, 2024)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  United States
World Indoor Championships
Gold medal – first place2026 Toruń4 × 400 m relay

Abbey Glynn (born 30 April 2001) is an American sprinter and 400 metres hurdler. She represented the United States at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in the women's 4 × 400 metres relay.[1]

Biography

From Colorado, Glynn attended Mead High School where she won 800 metres medley relay titles in 2018 and 2019, as well as winning the individual Colorado state high school title in her final race, the 300 m hurdles prior to graduation in 2019. She then attended the University of Colorado.[2][3]

Glynn placed eighth in the 400 metres hurdles final at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[4] The following year, at the 2024 Pac-12 Championships in Boulder, Glynn finished second in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 55.31 seconds to break her own school record.[2][5] That June, she placed eighth again at the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships.[6] She was a semi-finalist running 56.08 seconds in the 400 m hurdles at the US Olympic Trials later that month.[7]

Glynn qualified for the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, placing seventh overall in 56.57 seconds.[8] She was finalist in the 400 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, placing sixth overall and running 52.66 seconds in the final.[9] She was subsequently selected for the United States relay teams at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[10][11] She ran in the women’s 4 × 400 metres heats alongside Brianna White and Paris Peoples, with the team later winning the gold medal.[12][13]

References

  1. ↑ "Abbey Glynn". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  2. 1 2 "Track & field: As career winds down, CU Buffs' Abbey Glynn carrying confidence into NCAA prelims". 22 May 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  3. ↑ "Girls track and field: 2019 BoCoPreps.com all-region team". dailycamera.com. 14 Jun 2019. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  4. ↑ "Michigan's Savannah Sutherland Stuns Britton Wilson In NCAA 400m Hurdles". Flotrack. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  5. ↑ "Track & field: Bailey Hertenstein wins Pac-12 10K title for CU Buffs". Daily Camera. 10 May 2024. Retrieved 15 March 2026.
  6. ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 8 June 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  7. ↑ Becton, Stan (1 July 2024). "How NCAA track and field student-athletes performed at U.S. Olympic trials". NCAA.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  8. ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 1 August 2025. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "USA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
  10. ↑ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 13, 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  11. ↑ "Hocker, Hall and Jackson headline US team for WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
  12. ↑ "USA wins women's 4x400m to claim final gold of WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
  13. ↑ "World Athletics Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 March 2026. Retrieved 22 March 2026.
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