Nicole Yeargin

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Nicole Yeargin
Sport of Athletics
Event400 metres
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Eugene 4×400 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2023 Budapest 4×400 m relay
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Munich 4×400 m relay
Representing  Scotland
Commonwealth Games
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Birmingham 4×400 m relay

Nicole Yeargin (born 11 August 1997)

4 x 400 m relays, including bronze at the 2022 World Athletics Championships and 2023 World Athletics Championships
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Yeargin is the Scottish indoor record holder for the 400 m.

Early and personal life

Nicole Yeargin was born on 11 August 1997 and studied real estate development at the University of Southern California. Initially focused in high school on gymnastics, football (soccer), and American football, she began running track her senior year of high school. In 2019, she recorded personal bests of 23.26 seconds in the 200 metres and 52.76 seconds for the 400 metres.[2] With an upbringing in Maryland, U.S. but with a mother from Dunfermline, Yeargin was cleared to represent Scotland in May 2020.[3] Yeargin stated that her favourite thing about Scotland were sausage rolls.[4]

Career

In May 2021, Yeargin clocked a personal best in the 400 m of 51.39 seconds to put her into second place in the British rankings for the season, and made it a double in terms of

NCAA final, which moved her up to third on the Scottish all-time 400 metres list behind Allison Curbishley (50.71) and Lee McConnell (50.82).[6] She also secured a place in the British team for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics at the British Olympic Trials.[7][8] At the Games, Yeargin was disqualified in the heats of the individual women's 400 m, and placed in the finals fifth and sixth with the women's 4 x 400 m relay and mixed 4 x 400 m relay teams respectively.[1]

Yeargin reached the semi-finals of the

4 x 400 quartet than ran the second fastest time ever by a British women's team of 3:21.74.[10] Her own split time was 49.7 seconds.[11]

Competing at the

Manchester, England, she reached the final of the women's 400m and finished in 6th place.[12] She was chosen to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[13]

In April 2024, she was selected as part of the British team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.[14]

Personal bests

References

  1. ^ a b "Nicole YEARGIN – Athlete Profile". World Athletics. Retrieved 1 January 2023.
  2. ^ "Nicole Yeargin Team GB". 7 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Athletes declare for Scotland". 25 May 2020.
  4. ^ "US college hopeful on plans to run for Scottish Athletics". The Herald. 30 May 2020.
  5. ^ "Laura wins at 800m again and Nicole lands two Commonwealth 2022 standards". 17 May 2021.
  6. ^ "Laura best 1500m for five years; Jemma wins again; Nicole third all-time 400m; Steph ready for Japan". 11 June 2021.
  7. ^ "USC Price Student-Athlete to Compete in 2021 Tokyo Olympics". USC Sol Price School of Public Policy. 7 July 2020.
  8. ^ "Four Scots secure Olympic places". BBC Sport.
  9. ^ "Nicole runs to world semi-final in Oregon".
  10. British Athletics
    . 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Nicole lands a third 4x400m Relay medal as Jemma finishes fifth". Scottish Athletics. 20 August 2022. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
  12. ^ "400 m-Women Final Finished 09/07/2023". ukacm2023. 9 July 2023. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
  13. ^ "GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND SQUAD SELECTED FOR THE 2023 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPS". Britishathletics.org.uk. 28 July 2023. Retrieved 28 July 2023.
  14. ^ "Ujah returns to British squad for world relays". BBC Sport. 11 April 2024. Retrieved 12 April 2024.
  15. ^ "Weekend round-up [27-29 January 2023]". British Athletics. 29 January 2023. Retrieved 29 January 2023.

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