Jaide Alexandra Stepter Baynes (born September 25, 1994) is an American track and field athlete who specializes in the
400 metres
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.
Early life
Stepter was born to Keith and
LaTanya Sheffield
LaTanya Sheffield (born October 11, 1963, in El Cajon, California) is a retired hurdler from the United States, who finished in eight place in the women's 400 metres hurdles final at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
Career
The 1985 NCAA champion runn ...
. Her mother, LaTanya, is a retired Olympic hurdler and her coach. She attended
Canyon del Oro High School
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in
Oro Valley, Arizona
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. She set a state record in the 300 metres hurdles at the Chandler Rotary Invitational with a time of 42.18. She then set a personal-record and new state-record at the Arizona state championships with a time of 42.01. She won three individual state titles to help lead her team to a second-place finish at the 2012 Arizona state meet.
Following the season she was named the 2012 Arizona Gatorade Female Track & Field Athlete of the Year.
Junior career
She ran track and field for
USC
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in college, where she was a nine-time All-American and set five school records in the 400m hurdles, 400m outdoor and indoor, as well as the relay in both the outdoor and indoor seasons.
She was a three-time Pac-12 champion in the 400m hurdles and was named the 2016 Pac-12 Track & Field Scholar-Athlete of the Year.
Professional career
Stepter competed at the
2016 United States Olympic trials in the 400 metres hurdles where she finished in seventh place in the finals with a time of 54.95. She then competed at the
2016 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics
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The No ...
and won a silver medal in the 400 metres and a gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay.
Stepter competed at the
2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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in the
400 metres hurdles
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On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once a ...
where she finished in seventh place with a time of 55.06. She competed at the
2018 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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in the
200 metres
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where she finished in sixth place in the semi-final with a time of 22.87, and ended in 11th overall in the event. She again competed at the
2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the
400 metres
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where she finished in sixth place in the semi-final with a time of 52.35, and ended in 12th overall in the event.
Stepter represented the
United States
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at the
2019 Pan American Games
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where she won a gold medal in the
women's 4 × 400 metres relay with a time of 3:26.46. She also competed in the
women's 400 metres where she posted a time of 52.17 to qualify fourth overall in the semi-finals. However, she was disqualified during the finals.
Stepter competed at the
2020 United States Olympic trials in the 400 metres where she finished in fifth place in the semi-finals with a time of 51.77.
Stepter competed at the
2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
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The results of the event determined qualificati ...
in the 400 metres, where she finished in seventh place with a time of 51.30. She then represented the
United States
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at the
2022 World Athletics Championships
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and won a gold medal in the
women's 4 × 400 metres relay. She competed in the preliminary
heats and her team finished with a season's best time of 3:23.38.
Coaching career
Stepter served as a volunteer assistant track and field coach for
Long Beach State
California State University, Long Beach (CSULB) is a public research university in Long Beach, California. The 322-acre campus is the second largest of the 23-school California State University system (CSU) and one of the largest universities i ...
during the 2018 season. On October 14, 2019, she was promoted to Director of Operations for the track and field team at Long Beach State.
Competition record
References
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1994 births
Living people
American female sprinters
Sportspeople from Santa Ana, California
Track and field athletes from California
USC Trojans women's track and field athletes
World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
World Athletics Championships medalists
World Athletics Championships winners
Athletes (track and field) at the 2019 Pan American Games
Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in athletics (track and field)