Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American track and field sprinter. She is the U.S. indoor record holder in the 200 m and 300 m, and the NCAA record holder in the 200 m. Steiner holds personal bests of 10.90 seconds over 100 m and 21.77 seconds over 200 m. In 2022, she became a two time World Champion in the , and relays.
Early life and development Steiner grew up in the Columbus suburb of Dublin, Ohio, concentrating mainly on soccer, only starting to run track in the eighth grade. She starred in both sports at Dublin Coffman High School. Though sidelined for most of a year by a torn ACL, she was an all-state soccer player while setting four state high school records and winning 14 individual and 2 relay state championships in track. Steiner was a dual-sport scholarship athlete at the University of Kentucky (UK), starting her college career in 2018 as both a soccer player and track athlete.
After a freshman soccer season in 2018 in which she started all 19 games for UK, scoring two goals and recording five assists, Steiner left soccer to concentrate on track full-time. In a 2022 interview for the Lexington Herald-Leader, the daily newspaper of UK's home city of Lexington, Steiner cited this decision as a key to her track development:
Statistics
Information from World Athletics profile unless otherwise noted.
Personal records Event Time/Mark Wind (m/s) Venue Date Notes 60 m indoor 7.10 Birmingham, AL, U.S. March 12, 2022 100 m 10.90 +1.0 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. June 9, 2022 200 m 21.77 -0.3 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. June 26, 2022 200 m NCAA 21.80 +1.3 Hayward Field, Eugene, OR, U.S. June 11, 2022 NCAA record 200 m indoor 22.09 College Station, TX, U.S. February 26, 2022 #2 all time 300 m indoor 35.54 New York, NY, U.S. February 11, 2023 #3 all time 400 m indoor 50.59 Fayetteville, AR, U.S. January 28, 2023
National championships +Representing the Kentucky Wildcats (2018–2022) Year Competition Position Event Time/Mark Wind (m/s) Venue Notes2019 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships 14th 200 m 23.58 Birmingham, Alabama 8th relay 3:32.89 NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships11th43.53Austin, Texas10th 200 m23.00(1.3)6th relay3:29.132020 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships2020 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships start lists NCAA 60 m Albuquerque, New Mexico 200 m relay 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships 15th 60 m 7.38 Fayetteville, Arkansas 1st 200 m 22.38 5th relay 3:30.28 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Championships 2nd 60 m 7.10 Birmingham, Alabama 1st 200 m 22.16 CR3rd relay 3:28.77 NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships100 m11.08 (10.90 semi)0.2 (1.0 semi)Eugene, OregonPB (semi)1st 200 m21.801.3CR relay3:22:55USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships200 m21.77PB2023USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships4th22.07(0.4)2024USA Olympic Trials6th22.240.6 NCAA results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.
International championships 2022World ChampionshipsEugene, USA 5th 200 m 22.26 1st relay 41.14 , 9.86 split relay3:17.79 , 49.99 split
Other honors In 2022, Steiner was named the recipient of the track and field version of the Honda Sports Award, presented annually to the most outstanding college athlete in each of 12 NCAA Division I women's sports. She also received the 2022 Southeastern Conference scholar-athlete of the year awards for both indoor and outdoor women's track. Steiner graduated from UK with a bachelor's degree in kinesiology and exercise science (an academic program housed in the UK College of Education) in May 2022. She has been accepted to UK's physical therapy program, but is deferring her enrollment to concentrate on her professional track career.
On December 15, 2022, Steiner was awarded the Bowerman Award, the annual award for the top female collegiate track and field athlete.
References
External links
Kentucky Wildcats bio