Britton Wilson
{{Short description|American athlete (born 2000)}}
{{use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox sportsperson
| name = Britton Wilson
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2000|11|13|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Richmond, Virginia, U.S.
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| education = University of Arkansas
| country = United States
| sport = Track and field
| event = 400 metres hurdles, 400 metres
| coach = Chris Johnson
| collegeteam = Arkansas Razorbacks
| club = Adidas
| pb = {{ubl
|400 m hurdles: 53.08 (Eugene 2022)
|400 m: 49.13 List of United States collegiate records in track and field (Baton Rouge 2023)
|Indoors
|400 m: 49.48{{AthAbbr|i}} {{AthAbbr|AR|North, Central American and Caribbean}} (Albuquerque 2023)
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| medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Women's athletics}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|World Championships}}
{{Medal|Gold|2022 Eugene|4 × 400 m relay}}
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Britton Wilson (born 13 November 2000) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the 400 meters hurdles and 400 meters. She finished fifth in the 400 m hurdles at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, her major championship debut. Wilson became the North American indoor record holder for the 400 m dash with a time of 49.48 seconds, set on March 11, 2023, in Albuquerque.
She was the first North American woman to break the 50-second barrier and now the third woman ever under 49.50 s in the indoor 400 m. At the same meet in March 2023, she was part of the mixed nationality women's team that set the fastest indoor performance in history in the 4 × 400 m relay with 3:21.75. At the time, her split of 49.19 s was the fastest indoor split in world history. Wilson is a two-time individual NCAA Division I champion.
Career
=2021–2022=
Initially a student at the University of Tennessee, Wilson switched to University of Arkansas in 2021 after suffering mental health issues.{{Cite web|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/britton-wilson-i-knew-i-could-be-one-of-the-best/|title=Britton Wilson: I knew I could be one of the best|date=18 July 2022|via=arkansasrazorbacks.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://richmond.com/sports/local/britton-wilson-perseveres-through-mental-health-struggles-to-make-track-and-field-history-details-historic/article_81376bf3-9a49-53ca-a0df-a997f48be61c.html|title=Britton Wilson perseveres through mental health struggles to make track and field history, details historic SEC meet|first=Zach|last=Joachim|website=Richmond Times-Dispatch|date=29 May 2022 }} The change to Arkansas proved a catalyst to her most successful season as she won the 400 meters hurdles at the NCAA Division I Outdoors in June 2022 representing the Arkansas Razorbacks in a time of 53.86, finishing nearly a whole second ahead of second-placed Anna Hall.{{Cite web|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/britton-wilson-wins-ncaa-400m-hurdle-title-razorbacks-finish-sixth/|title=Britton Wilson wins NCAA 400m hurdle title, Razorbacks finish sixth|date=11 June 2022|website=Arkansas Razorbacks}} Prior to this Wilson had won both the 400 m hurdles and 400 m dash at the SEC Championships as well as helped the Razorbacks to third in the 4 × 400 m relay with a split time of 48.60, the fastest ever single lap in collegiate history.{{Cite web|url=https://razorbackswire.usatoday.com/2022/05/18/britton-wilson-track-athlete-of-the-week/|title=Britton Wilson runs the fastest single lap in college history|date=18 May 2022}}
She finished second in the 400 m hurdles to world record holder Sydney McLaughlin at the 2022 USATF Championships as McLaughlin broke her own world record. Wilson ran a personal best time of 53.08 as runner up.{{Cite web|url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/britton-wilson-shamier-little-advance-to-world-championships-in-400m-hurdles/|title=Britton Wilson, Shamier Little advance to World Championships in 400m hurdles|date=25 June 2022|website=Arkansas Razorbacks|publisher=University of Arkansas}} She was named in the American squad for the 2022 World Athletics Championships, where she placed fifth in the final in a time of 54.02 s.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wholehogsports.com/news/2022/jul/14/wilson-little-take-their-hurdle-bond-to-the-top/|title=Wilson, Little take their hurdle bond to the top|website=wholehogsports.com|date=14 July 2022 }}
=2023–present=
Wilson's 2023 indoor season started with a collegiate indoor record in the 600 m with a time of 1:25.16, beating Athing Mu's previous best set in 2021.{{Cite web |last=Price |first=Shawn |date=March 22, 2023 |title=Ackera Nugent Joins Britton Wilson On Bowerman Watch List |url=https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/ackera-nugent-joins-britton-wilson-on-bowerman-watch-list/ |access-date=March 22, 2023 |website=Arkansas Razorbacks |publisher=University of Arkansas |language=en}} On March 11 at the NCCA Division I Indoors in Albuquerque, New Mexico (at altitude), she broke the North American indoor 400 m record by over half a second with the second-fastest mark on the respective world all-time list of 49.48 seconds, a time that would have been a world indoor record before February 19 when Femke Bol achieved 49.26 s. It was the fastest ever run by a collegian indoors or out as Wilson's mark bettered Mu's NCAA outdoor record (49.57). She added title for the 4 × 400 m relay with a 49.19 s anchor, the fastest indoor split in world history.{{Cite web |date=March 12, 2023 |title=Alfred, Garland and Wilson threaten world records at NCAA Indoor Championships |url=https://www.worldathletics.org/news/report/ncaa-indoor-championships-alfred-garland-wilson-records |access-date=March 12, 2023 |website=World Athletics}}{{Cite web |last=Hollobaugh |first=Jeff |date=March 15, 2023 |title=Britton Wilson Came To Win At The NCAA Indoor |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/britton-wilson-came-to-win-at-the-ncaa-indoor/ |access-date=March 15, 2023 |website=Track & Field News}}
Britton showed no mercy to the collegiate record book about a month later again and eventually broke Mu's outdoor record too, clocking 49.51 s at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida.{{Cite web |last=Mayforth |first=Tyler |date=April 15, 2023 |title=Collegiate Record: Britton Wilson Sets All-Time Outdoor 400-Meter Best |url=https://www.ustfccca.org/2023/04/featured/collegiate-record-arkansas-britton-wilson-400-meter-tom-jones-memorial |access-date=April 15, 2023 |website=USTFCCCA}} She lowered her record to 49.13 seconds at the SEC Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a further month later, on May 13, to move up to fourth / eighth / 17th on the U.S. / NACAC / world all-time lists respectively.{{Cite web |title=All time Top lists – 400 m Women – World Outdoors |url=https://worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/400-metres/outdoor/women/senior?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2023-05-13 |access-date=May 13, 2023 |website=World Athletics}} The 22-year-old won also the 400 m hurdles in 53.28 s just an hour later to achieve the best ever one-day such double.{{Cite web |date=May 14, 2023 |title=Wilson clocks 49.13 for 400m, Hibbert breaks world U20 triple jump record with 17.87m |url=https://worldathletics.org/news/report/britton-wilson-4913-jaydon-hibbert-u20-triple-jump-record-1787 |access-date=May 14, 2023 |website=World Athletics}}
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished second in the final of the 400 m.{{cite news|url=https://www.thespec.com/sports/sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-coasts-to-400-win-at-us-track-and-field-championships-in-her/article_011bbf58-1abc-586f-9fcd-c21edcb74036.html|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|accessdate=July 9, 2023|date=July 8, 2023|title= Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coasts to 400 win at US track and field championships in her newest event}} A few days later on July 10, Wilson announced she would forego the rest of her NCAA eligibility and had signed a professional contract with Adidas.{{Cite web |last=Chavez |first=Chris |date=July 10, 2023 |title=Britton Wilson Signs With Adidas After Qualifying For World Championships 400m |url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/britton-wilson-signs-with-adidas-after-qualifying-for-world-championships-400m |access-date=July 11, 2023 |website=Citius Mag}} She was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2023/08/usatf-announces-2023-world-championship-roster/|website=letsrun.com|accessdate=8 August 2023|date=7 August 2023|first=Jonathan|last=Gault|title= USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster}}
Achievements
=Personal bests=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"|Event
!scope="col"|Time !scope="col"|Venue !scope="col"|Date !scope="col"|Notes |
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| 400 m hurdles
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|53.08 |Eugene, OR, United States |align=right|June 25, 2022 | |
| 400 meters
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|49.13 |Baton Rouge, LA, United States |align=right|May 13, 2023 |List of United States collegiate records in track and field, 4th U.S. all time |
| 4 × 400 m relay split
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|48.60 |Oxford, MS, United States |align=right|May 14, 2022 |fourth leg, 1st collegiate all time |
| 400 meters indoor
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|49.48 {{AthAbbr|i}} |Albuquerque, NM, United States |align=right|March 11, 2023 |{{AthAbbr|A}} List of United States collegiate records in track and field North American record, 2nd all time |
| 4 × 400 m relay indoor split
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|49.19 i |Albuquerque, NM, United States |align=right|March 11, 2023 |{{AthAbbr|A}}, fourth leg, 1st all time |
| 600 meters indoor
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|1:25.16 i |Fayetteville, AR, United States |align=right|January 13, 2023 |List of United States collegiate records in track and field |
| 800 meters indoor
!scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|2:02.13 i |Fayetteville, AR, United States |align=right|February 17, 2023 | |
=International competitions=
| {{AchievementTable|nation=USA|Event=yes|Time=yes}} |
| 2019
|Pan American U20 Championships |San José, Costa Rica |5th |58.19 | |
| rowspan=2|2022
|rowspan=2|World Championships |rowspan=2|Eugene, OR, United States |5th |54.02 |(sf: 53.72) |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|3:17.79 |{{AthAbbr|WL}} (49.39 split) |
| 2023
|46th (h) |53.87 |
=National championships=
| {{AchievementTable|Event=yes|Time=yes}} |
| colspan=7|Representing Central Virginia T&F Club / Mills E. Godwin High School |
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| rowspan=2|2016
|5th |400 m |57.02 |{{AthAbbr|SB}} |
| NSAF Nationals
|bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m |54.30 |{{AthAbbr|SB}} |
| rowspan=4|2017
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd |400 m |53.25 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |
| rowspan=3|NSAF Nationals
|rowspan=3|Greensboro, North Carolina |7th |400 m |53.77 | |
| 25th (h)
|4 × 100 m relay |48.18 | |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 200 m relay |1:39.58 | |
| rowspan=2|2018
|6th |400 m |54.70 |(h: {{AthAbbr|SB}}) |
| USATF U20 Championships
|5th |400 m hurdles |57.95 |{{AthAbbr|SB}} |
| rowspan=4|2019
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |52.72 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |
| rowspan=2|NSAF Nationals
|rowspan=2|Greensboro, North Carolina |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |56.77 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |
| 31st
|4 × 200 m relay |1:42.73 | |
| USATF U20 Championships
|bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |56.36 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |
| colspan=7|Representing Tennessee Volunteers |
| rowspan=2|2021
|NCAA Division I Indoor Championships |12th |4 × 400 m relay |3:36.60 | |
| US Olympic Trials
|25th (h) |400 m hurdles |59.95 | |
| colspan=7|Representing Arkansas Razorbacks |
| rowspan=5|2022
|rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Birmingham, Alabama |6th |400 m |51.52 | |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m relay |3:27.23 | |
| rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Championships
|rowspan=2|Eugene, Oregon |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m hurdles |53.86 | |
| bgcolor=cc9966|3rd
|4 × 400 m relay |3:23.69 | |
| USATF Championships
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m hurdles |53.08 |{{AthAbbr|PB}} |
| rowspan=5|2023
|rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Indoor Championships |rowspan=2|Albuquerque, New Mexico |bgcolor=gold|1st |400 m |49.48 |{{AthAbbr|A}} List of United States collegiate records in track and field {{AthAbbr|AR|North, Central American and Caribbean}} |
| bgcolor=gold|1st
|4 × 400 m relay |3:21.75 |{{AthAbbr|A}} List of United States collegiate records in track and field (49.19 split) |
| rowspan=2|NCAA Division I Championships
|rowspan=2|Austin, Texas |7th |400 m hurdles |55.92 | |
| bgcolor=silver|2nd
|400 m |49.64 | |
| USATF Championships
|bgcolor=silver|2nd |400 m |49.79 | |
| colspan=7|Representing Adidas |
Sources:[https://www.athletic.net/athlete/19413248/track-and-field/all Britton Wilson profile – Athletic.net][https://www.tfrrs.org/athletes/7488009/Arkansas/Britton_Wilson.html Britton Wilson profile – TFRRS]
References
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External links
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- [https://arkansasrazorbacks.com/roster/britton-wilson/ Arkansas Razorbacks bio]
- [https://utsports.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/britton-wilson/12733 Tennessee Volunteers bio]
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Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States
Category:Arkansas Razorbacks women's track and field athletes
Category:Tennessee Volunteers women's track and field athletes
Category:American female hurdlers
Category:World Athletics Championships medalists
Category:World Athletics Championships winners
Category:United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field)
Category:NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners
Category:NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners