CJ Allen
{{Short description|American athlete}}
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| caption = CJ Allen at the 2024 Bislett Games.
| nationality = American
| sport = Athletics
| event = 400m hurdles
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|2|14}}
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| pb = Outdoor
400m hurdles: 47.58 (Oslo, 2023)
Indoor
400m hurdles: 48.88 (Iowa, 2023)
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Craig James Allen (born February 14, 1995) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the 400 meters hurdles. He is the US men's national record holder over 400m hurdles indoors.{{cite web |url=https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/cj-allen-14627624 |title=CJ Allen |website=World Athletics |accessdate=July 10, 2023}}
Early life
From Belfair, Washington, Allen attended North Mason High School.{{cite web |url=https://eu.kitsapsun.com/story/sports/2023/01/24/north-mason-alum-cj-allen-sets-american-indoor-hurdles-record/69833361007/ |website=kitsapun.com |accessdate=July 10, 2023 |title=North Mason alum CJ Allen sets American indoor hurdles record |first=Jeff |last=Graham |date=January 24, 2023}}
Career
In 2017, Allen ran 49.44 seconds in the event for Washington State University in the NCAA 400-meter hurdle heats but finished ninth and missed the final of the NCAA by one spot. In 2022, he ran personal-best time of 48.17s at the 2022 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, but finished fourth in the USA final, and missed earning a place on the United States' World Athletics Championships team in Eugene by one spot.{{cite web |url=https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=665343 |accessdate=July 10, 2023 |website=Runnerspace |title=CJ ALLEN COMES TO EUGENE THIS WEEK POISED TO BREAK THROUGH IN 400-METER HURDLES |date=July 4, 2023}}
In January 2023, Allen broke the American national record for the 400m hurdles indoors. He ran 48.88 seconds at the American Track League Pro Puma Classic meet held at the University of Iowa. He beat the 49.78 seconds set by Reuben McCoy in 2011, and was a one-hundredth of a second (.01) from the world record of 48.78, set in 2012 by Felix Sanchez of the Dominican Republic.{{cite web |url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lifes-allen-sets-american-record-233300539.html |title=Life's Allen sets American record in 400-meter hurdles |website=Marietta Daily Journal |accessdate=July 10, 2023 |date=January 27, 2023}}
Allen won the 400m hurdles in 47.92 seconds at the Meeting de Paris at Stade Charlety, Friday, June 9, 2023, in Paris.{{cite web |url=https://www.rts.ch/sport/video/athletisme/14090662-paris-fra-400m-haies-messieurs-cj-allen-usa-simpose-devant-wilfried-happio-fra-et-trevor-bassitt-usa.html |website=rts.ch |accessdate=July 10, 2023 |title=Paris (FRA), men's 400m hurdles: CJ Allen (USA) wins ahead of Wilfried Happio (FRA) and Trevor Bassitt (USA)|date=June 9, 2023 }}{{cite web |url=https://trackandfieldnews.com/paris-dl-men-a-pair-of-world-records/ |website=trackandfieldnews.com |accessdate=July 10, 2023 |title=Paris DL Men — A Pair Of World Records |date=June 10, 2023 |first=Rich |last=Sands}} Allen set a new personal best time for the 400m hurdles competing at the Oslo Diamond League meeting in 2023.{{cite web |url=https://www.diamondleague.com/news/general/warholm-and-ingebrigtsen-deliver-home-heroics-in-oslo/ |website=Diamond League |title=WARHOLM AND INGEBRIGTSEN DELIVER HOME HEROICS IN OSLO |date=June 15, 2023 |accessdate=July 10, 2023}}
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he finished second in the 400m hurdles finals behind Rai Benjamin,{{cite web |url=https://results.usatf.org/2023Outdoors/ |title=Men's 400m hurdles final |date=July 9, 2023 |accessdate=July 10, 2023}} qualifying 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}} In Budapest, he reached the semi finals.{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/4555/men-s-400m-hurdles-results-world-athletics-championships-2023|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=23 August 2023|title= Men's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023}}
In May 2024, he finished runner-up in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2024 Doha Diamond League.{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/featured/daryll-neita-and-molly-caudery-in-winning-form-in-doha-1039985745/|website=Athletics Weekly|title= Daryll Neita and Molly Caudery in winning form in Doha|first=Jasmine|last=Collett |date=May 10, 2024 |accessdate=12 May 2024}} He followed that up
with a third place at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic,{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/05/2024-prefontaine-classic-shacarri-richardson-wins-big-joe-kovacs-throws-far-and-keely-hodgkinson-crushes-mary-moraa/|website=Lets Run|accessdate=26 May 2024|title= 2024 Prefontaine Classic: Sha'Carri Richardson Wins Big, Joe Kovacs Throws Far and Keely Hodgkinson Crushes Mary Moraa|date=25 May 2024
}} and third place at the 2024 BAUHAUS-galan Diamond League event in Stockholm.{{cite web|url=https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/06/2024-stockholm-diamond-league-results-2024-bauhaus-galan-results/|website=Letsrun|accessdate=3 June 2024|title= 2024 Stockholm Diamond League Results – 2024 Bauhaus Galan Results|first=Robert|last=Johnson
|date=June 2, 2024}} In June 2024, he finished second in the 400 metres hurdles at the US Olympic trials.{{cite web|url=https://athleticsweekly.com/athletics-news/world-400m-hurdles-record-for-sydney-mclaughlin-levrone-1039989109/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=1 July 2024|title= World 400m hurdles record for Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone|first=Jason|last=Henderson |date=July 1, 2024}} He competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris in August 2024, in the 400 metres hurdles, reaching the semi-finals.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5842/men-s-400m-hurdles-results-paris-olympic-games-2024-athletics |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=30 August 2024|title= Men's 400m Hurdles Results - Paris Olympic Games 2024 Athletics|date=9 August 2024}}
He ran a personal best 34.96 seconds for the 300 metres hurdles at the 2025 Xiamen Diamond League event in China, in April 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6564/results-xiamen-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= Results - Xiamen Diamond League 2025|date=26 April 2025}} He finished sixth in the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 Shanghai Diamond League event in China on 3 May 2025.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6590/results-shanghai-suzhou-diamond-league-2025|date=3 May 2025 |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=5 May 2025|title= Results - Shanghai/Suzhou Diamond League 2025}} He finished fifth on 16 in May at the 2025 Doha Diamond League.{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6640/results-doha-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=19 May 2025|title= Results - Doha Diamond League 2025|date=16 May 2025}} In May 2025, month, he was named as a challenger in the long hurdles category at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia.{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/grand-slam-track-full-athletes-field-philadelphia-racers-challengers|website=Citiusmag.com|access-date=28 May 2025|title= Grand Slam Track Announces Full Athletes Field For Philadelphia: Full Racers, Challengers Competing|first=Chris|last=Chavez|date=May 23, 2025}}
Statistics
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External links
- {{World Athletics}}
- {{USATF|new_id=cj-allen}}
- {{Team USA|new_id=cj-allen|old_id=CJ-Allen|sport=usa-track-and-field|archive=20230601120150}}
- {{Olympics.com profile|cj-allen}}
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