WOMEN’S FINALIST SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN School Kentucky Class Freshman Event(s) Sprints/Hurdles Hometown Dunellen, N.J. High School Union Catholic HS 2018 performance ledger 2018 Highlights & Notes Event Date Rnd Mark Overall Notes Meet Location • World Junior Indoor All-Time Best - 300 Meters • World Junior Indoor Record - 400 Meters INDOOR • World Junior Outdoor Record - 400 Hurdles • Collegiate Outdoor Record - 400 Hurdles 200m Feb 10 FNL 22.95 2 1s2 (Hill) Tiger Paw Clemson, S.C. • NCAA Division I Outdoor Champion - 400 Hurdles Mar 9 p 22.68 (3) 2h3 NCAA DI Indoor College Station, Texas • SEC Outdoor Champion - 400 Hurdles Mar 10 FNL 22.80 4 2s1 (Thomas, Henderson, Irby) NCAA DI Indoor College Station, Texas • SEC Outdoor Champion - 4x400 Relay • SEC Indoor Champion - 400 Meters • Outdoor First Team All-American - 400 Hurdles 300m Dec 8 FNL 36.12 1 1s1 6, 9W; 2, 4C; WJB Hoosier Open Bloomington, Ind. • Outdoor First Team All-American - 4x100 Relay • Outdoor First Team All-American - 4x400 Relay 400m Feb 3 FNL 51.44 OT 1 1s5 McCravy Lexington, Ky. • Indoor First Team All-American - 200 Meters Feb 24 p 50.97 (1) 1h3 SEC Indoor College Station, Texas • Indoor First Team All-American - 400 Meters Feb 25 FNL 50.52 1 1s2 x, 4C; [was WJR] SEC Indoor College Station, Texas • Indoor First Team All-American - 4x400 Relay Mar 9 p 51.34 (1) 1h4 NCAA DI Indoor College Station, Texas Mar 10 FNL 50.36 2 1s2 2, 2C; 2, 2 Meet; WJR (Ellis) NCAA DI Indoor College Station, Texas • Final individual positions on 2018 collegiate bests list 4x400 Jan 12 FNL 3:35.31 OT anchor 2 2s1 51.9h split (Ohio State) Kentucky Inv Lexington, Ky. • 400 Hurdles (outdoor) - No. 1 Jan 20 FNL 3:31.65 2nd leg 2 2s1 50.96 split (Florida) Clemson Inv Clemson, S.C. • 200 Meters (outdoor) - No. 3 • 400 Meters (outdoor) - No. 3 Feb 25 FNL 3:31.96 3rd leg 3 1s3 51.70 split (LSU, Tennessee) SEC Indoor College Station, Texas • 4x400 Relay (outdoor) - No. 1 Mar 10 FNL 3:30.08 2nd leg 5 2s3 51.09 split NCAA DI Indoor College Station, Texas • 200 Meters (indoor) - No. 4 • 300 Meters (indoor) - No. 1 OUTDOOR • 400 Meters (indoor) - No. 2 • 4x400 Relay (indoor) - No. 5 100m Apr 14 FNL 11.07w (3.5) 2 (1c) 2s1 Tennessee Rel. Knoxville, Tenn. • 9-3 in sprint/hurdle/relays finals this season versus collegians 200m Mar 31 FNL 22.39 (1.5) 1 1s1 Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. • 3-0 in 400 hurdles outdoors, undefeated in races (7-0) • 1-0 in 200 meters outdoors 400m Mar 31 FNL 50.07 1 1s1 4, 5C Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. • 1-0 in 400 meters outdoors • 1-0 in 100 meters outdoors • 0-2 in 200 meters indoors 400H Apr 28 FNL 53.60 1 1s3 x, 5C Ark NRC Fayetteville, Ark. • 2-1 in 400 meters indoors, undefeated in races (5-0) May 11 p 54.85 (1) 1h1 SEC Outdoor Knoxville, Tenn. • 1-0 in 300 meters indoors May 13 FNL 52.75 1 1s1 9, xW; CR; WJR SEC Outdoor Knoxville, Tenn. May 24 p 54.78 (1) 1h3 DI East Prelims Tampa, Fla. • Established a new collegiate record and world junior May 25 qf 55.50 (1) 1h3 DI East Prelims Tampa, Fla. record in winning the SEC 400 hurdles crown in 52.75. Jun 7 sf 54.15 (1) 1h3 x, 10C; x, 8 Meet NCAA DI Outdoor Eugene, Ore. • The previous collegiate record (53.21) was set in 2013 by Jun 9 FNL 53.96 1 1s1 x, 8C; 5, 6 Meet NCAA DI Outdoor Eugene, Ore. Stanford’s Kori Carter in winning the NCAA crown ... McLaughlin also became the ninth-fastest performer in world history. 4x100 Apr 28 FNL 42.84 lead-off 1 1s2 Ark NRC Fayetteville, Ark. • Notched four-of-the-top-ten collegiate times in 400 meter hurdles history during the season. 4x200 Apr 14 FNL 1:30.76 lead-off 1 1s1 6, xC Tennessee Rel. Knoxville, Tenn. • Became the first freshman to win the NCAA Division I Outdoor 4x400 Mar 31 FNL 3:26.92 3rd leg 1 1s1 49.45 split Florida Relays Gainesville, Fla. Championship in the 400 hurdles since Texas A&M’s Shamier Little Apr 28 FNL 3:27.07 3rd leg 1 1s2 49.47 split Ark NRC Fayetteville, Ark. in 2014. May 13 FNL 3:25.99 3rd leg 1 1s2 49.83 split; 7, xC SEC Outdoor Knoxville, Tenn. May 26 p 3:31.70 3rd leg (2) 1h3 51.70 split DI East Prelims Tampa, Fla. • Ran a 50.36 in the indoor 400 meters, finishing runner-up, at Jun 7 sf 3:29.24 3rd leg (4) 2h3 50.13 split NCAA DI Outdoor Eugene, Ore. the NCAA Division I Championships, setting a world Junior record. Jun 9 FNL 3:30.52 3rd leg 4 4s1 50.03 split (USC, Purdue, Ore) NCAA DI Outdoor Eugene, Ore. • The time was under the previous collegiate record of 50.46A set by Phyllis Francis in winning the 2014 NCAA title, but USC’s Kendall Ellis established the winning time and new collegiate record clocking of 50.34 in the first section. • McLaughlin’s section-two winner now sits No. 2 in collegiate and NCAA meet history ... it was McLaughlin’s second WJR in the event during the season as she won the SEC title with a 50.52 time two weeks earlier. # (or X or CR), #C - Position on the all-time collegiate performers list (CR is collegiate record; X denotes ranked with better mark), all-time collegiate performance rank • The first world junior ALL-TIME BEST of the campaign was in the 300 meters (36.12) on December 8, 2017, at the Hoosier Open. (ex. 2, 4C means the performer is No. 2 on the all-time collegiate list, while their time is ranked No. 4 all-time among collegiate marks - the performer above them has multiple marks better) (a-c: #, #C) - All-conditions ranking in collegiate history, including wind-aided performances =# or =#C is a tie on performer/performance list • One single 400 meter perfomance outdoors notched the fifth-fastest CB - Combined event result; underlined marks indicate season’s best in that event clocking in collegiate history. She won the Florida Relays in 50.07..