Abby Kathryn Steiner (born November 24, 1999) is an American

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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.

Early life and development

Steiner grew up in the

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suburb of

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, concentrating mainly on

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, only starting to run track in the eighth grade. She starred in both sports at

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. Though sidelined for most of a year by a

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, she was an all-state soccer player while setting four state high school records and winning 16 state individual championships in track. Steiner was a dual-sport scholarship athlete at the

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(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 ''

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'', the daily newspaper of UK's home city of Lexington, Steiner cited this decision as a key to her track development:

Statistics

*Information from

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profile unless otherwise noted.

Personal records

National championships

*NCAA results from Track & Field Results Reporting System.

International championships

Other honors

In 2022, Steiner was named the recipient of the track and field version of the

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, presented annually to the most outstanding college athlete in each of 12

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women's sports. She also received the 2022

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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

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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

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Kentucky Wildcats bio
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steiner, Abby 1999 births Living people American female sprinters American women's soccer players Kentucky Wildcats women's track and field athletes Kentucky Wildcats women's soccer players Women's association football forwards Track and field athletes from Ohio University of Kentucky College of Education alumni World Athletics Championships medalists World Athletics Championships winners 21st-century American women