Jenna Elizabeth Prandini (born November 20, 1992) is an American track and field athlete who has competed in both sprinting and long jump.[1] She is a two-time national champion at 200 meters (2015, 2018), and a two-time Olympian in 2016 and 2020. She won a silver medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics as part of the United States 4x100 m relay team, and won a gold medal with the US 4x100 m relay at the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[2][3]
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| Birth name | Jenna Elizabeth Prandini | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 20, 1992 Fresno, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 132 lb (60 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Track & Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Sprint, long jump | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Puma | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Edrick Floréal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Professional
editBefore Prandini’s 2015 national title, she won the 100 meters at the 2015 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships as a Senior at the University of Oregon.[4] The previous year, she won the long jump. She also was a runner up in the 200 meters both years, runner up in the long jump in 2015 and finished third in the 100 meters in 2014.[5] Prandini is the second female to win the NCAA 100 meters & USA National Outdoor 200 meters in the same year.[6] In 2015, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female track and field competitor.[7][8]
Prandini qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 200 meters by placing third at the 2016 Olympic Trials.[9] At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio, she finished 10th in the 200 meters.
Prandini came to the University of Oregon with the same triple threat credentials, winning all three events (100m, 200m and long jump) at the 2011 CIF California State Meet for Clovis High School in Clovis, California.[10] In her junior year, she won both the long jump and triple jump and also finished second in the 100 meters.[11] In 2011, she also won the US Junior Championship in the long jump.[12]
By coincidence, all of Prandini's major championships have essentially occurred at home. The CIF meet is held in Clovis at cross town Buchanan High School, the NCAA Championships and USA Outdoor Championships were at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon, though for the Junior Championships, also at Hayward Field, she moved to Oregon for school three months later.
In 2021, Prandini represented the United States in both the 100m and 200m at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. She won a silver medal with Team USA in the 4×100 m relay by running the third leg.[13][14]
National titles
edit- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 200-meter dash: 2018
- USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 200-meter dash: 2015
- NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- Long jump: 2014
- 100-meter dash: 2015
- NCAA Women's Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
- Long jump: 2015
Personal records
edit- 100-meter dash – 10.92 seconds (2015)
- 200-meter dash – 21.89 seconds (2021)
- Long jump – 6.80 m (22 ft 3+1⁄2 in) (2015)
- Triple jump – 12.73 m (41 ft 9 in) (2010)
Indoor personal records
edit- 60-meter dash indoor – 7.15 seconds (2015)
- 200-meter dash indoor – 22.52 seconds (2015)
- Long jump – 6.65 m (21 ft 9+3⁄4 in) (2015)
Major Competitions
edit| Championship | Event | Mark | Place | Date |
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| California State High School Track and Field championship | LJ | 19'2.75" w(1.1) | 4th | May 31, 2008 |
| California State High School Track and Field championship | TJ | 39'9" w(1.1) | 6th | June 4, 2009 |
| California State High School Track and Field championship | LJ | 20'5.75" w(3.2) | 1st | June 4, 2010 |
| TJ | 42'7.25" w(2.2) | 1st | June 4, 2010 | |
| 100m | 11.42 w(2.0) | 2nd | June 4, 2010 | |
| California State High School Track and Field championship | LJ | 19'11.75" w(0) | 1st | June 4, 2011 |
| 200m | 23.81 w(0.1) | 1st | June 4, 2011 | |
| 100m | 11.69 w(-0.3) | 1st | June 4, 2011 | |
| USATF U20 Outdoor Championships | 100m | 11.51 w(1.1) | 5th | June 23, 2011 |
| 200m | 23.75 w(0.9) | 5th | June 23, 2011 | |
| LJ | 6.24m 20-5 ¾ | 1st | June 23, 2011 | |
| MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships | 60m | 7.34 | 2nd | February 23, 2013 |
| NCAA Division I Indoor Championships | 60m | 7.38 | 5th | Mar 9, 2013 |
| Pac-12 Track & Field Championships | 4 × 100 m | 43.81 | 1st | May 12, 2013 |
| 200m | 23.15 | 3rd | May 12, 2013 | |
| 100m | 11.46 | 1st | May 12, 2013 | |
| LJ | 6.15m 20' 2.25" | 5th | May 12, 2013 | |
| NCAA Division I National Championships | 4 × 100 m | 43.80 | 4th | June 8, 2013 |
| 4 × 400 m | 3:28.24 | 4th | June 8, 2013 | |
| 100m | 11.43 | 7th | June 8, 2013 | |
| USATF national championship | 100m | 11.90 | 25th | Jun 28, 2013 |
| NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships | 60m | 7.32 | 7th | March 15, 2014 |
| Pac-12 Track & Field Championships | 200m | 22.60 | 1st | May 18, 2014 |
| 100m | 11.21 | 1st | May 18, 2014 | |
| 4 × 100 m | 43.77 | 2nd | May 18, 2014 | |
| LJ | 6.38m 20' 11.25" | 1st | May 18, 2014 | |
| NCAA Division I National Championships | 200m | 22.63 (w) | 2nd | June 14, 2014 |
| LJ | 6.55m 21' 6" | 1st | June 14, 2014 | |
| 100m | 11.42 | 3rd | June 14, 2014 | |
| MPSF Indoor Track and Field Championships | 60m | 7.19 | 1st | February 28, 2015 |
| NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships | 60m | 7.24 | 4th | March 15, 2015 |
| 200m | 22.74 | 2nd | March 15, 2015 | |
| LJ | 6.65m 21' 10" | 1st | Mar 15, 2015 | |
| NCAA Division I National Championships | 200m | 22.21 | 2nd | June 14, 2015 |
| LJ | 6.80m 22' 3.75" | 2nd | June 14, 2015 | |
| 100m | 10.96 (w) | 1st | June 14, 2015 | |
| USA championships | 100m | 10.96 | 6th | June 28, 2015 |
| 200m | 22.20 w(+0.4) | 1st | June 28, 2015 | |
| World Championships | 200m | 22.87 | 13th | August 27, 2015 |
| World Championships | 4 × 100 m | 41.68 | 2nd | Aug 29, 2015 |
| 2016 Olympic Trials | 100m | 10.96 | 5th | July 3, 2016 |
| 200m | 22.53 | 3rd | July 10, 2016 | |
| 2016 Summer Olympics | 200m | 22.55 | 10th | August 16, 2016 |
| 2017 USA championships | 100m | 11.35 w(-1.2) | 13th | June 23, 2017 |
| 200m | 23.16 w(-2.5) | 7th | June 25, 2017 | |
| 2018 USA championships | 100m | 10.98 w(+0.6) | 3rd | June 22, 2018 |
| 200m | 22.62 w(-1.0) | 1st | June 24, 2018 | |
| 2020 Olympic Trials | 100m | 11.11 | 4th | June 19, 2021 |
| 200m | 21.89 | 2nd | June 26, 2021 | |
| 2020 Summer Olympics | 4x100m | 41.45 | 2nd | August 6, 2021 |
| 200m | 22.57 | 12th | August 2, 2021 |
References
edit- ^ "Jenna Prandini". Team USA. Archived from the original on June 8, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
- ^ "Women 200 Meter Dash SR". flashresults.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ *USATF Championships - 6/21/2018 to 6/24/2018 Drake Stadium, Des Moines Temporary Results. USA Track & Field.
- ^ "Jenna Prandini - GoDucks.com - The University of Oregon Official Athletics Web Site". goducks.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ DyeStatCal report
- ^ "Prandini Wins Honda Award". University of Oregon Athletics. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ "Oregon's Jenna Prandini Named Honda Sport Award Winner for Track & Field". CWSA. 2015-06-18. Retrieved 2020-03-31.
- ^ "Ex-Clovis star Jenna Prandini makes U.S. Olympic team in 200". Fresno Bee. July 10, 2016. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "State Finals - 2011". lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "State Finals - 2010". lynbrooksports.prepcaltrack.com. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ "USA Track & Field - LJ". USA Track & Field. Archived from the original on December 22, 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2019.
- ^ Draper, Kevin; Macur, Juliet (July 1, 2021). "Sha'Carri Richardson, a Track Sensation, Tests Positive for Marijuana". The New York Times. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
- ^ Kuwada, Robert (June 27, 2021). "Clovis sprinter Jenna Prandini makes U.S. Olympic Team with third personal best in three days". The Fresno Bee. Retrieved July 2, 2021.
External links
edit- Official website Archived 2021-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Jenna Prandini at World Athletics
- Jenna Prandini at www.USATF.org
- Jenna Prandini at Oregon Ducks
- Jenna Prandini at Team USA (archive March 18, 2023)
- Jenna Prandini at Olympics.com
- Jenna Prandini at Olympedia (archive)
