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Nickisha Pryce
Jamaican athlete From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Nickisha Pryce (born 7 March 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the Jamaican national champion over 400m.[1]
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Early life
Pryce attended Vere Technical High School in Hayes, Jamaica, before attending Iowa Western Community College and then the University of Arkansas.[2][3]
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In 2021, Pryce was voted the ICCAC Women's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year, having previously also won the award for the indoor season.[4]
Competing at the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Austin, Texas, Pryce finished third in the 400m, behind Rhasidat Adeleke and Britton Wilson, running the event in a personal best time of 50.23 seconds.[5]
Pryce won the Jamaican national 400m title in July 2023, lowering her personal best time to 50.21 seconds, ahead of Janieve Russell in second, and Candice McLeod in third.[6][7] Pryce went into the event with the fastest time in the year of those in the field, and had also qualified as the fastest in the heats.[8][9]
She ran a new personal best time of 49.32 seconds for the 400 metres to win the SEC Championships in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024.[10] She lowered her personal best time to 48.89 seconds to win the 400 metres at the NCAA National Track and Field Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 8 June 2024, setting a new collegiate record and national record.[11] On 20 July 2024, she improved her 400m national record to 48.57 at the London Diamond League, a time which moved her up to 7th on the all-time top list.[12]
She competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics over 400 metres in August 2024, reaching the semi-final.[13][14]
In December 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.[15] At the 2025 Kingston Slam in April 2025, she competed in the Long Sprints category, running the 400 metres in 50.92 seconds.[16] At the second event in Miami on 2 May 2025, she ran 50.71 metres for the 400 metres to finish fifth in her race.[17] She retained her national title over 400 metres at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025.[18] She ran 49.63 seconds to place third at the 2025 Herculis event in Monaco, part of the 2025 Diamond League, behind Olympic champion Marileidy Paulino and NCAA champion Aaliyah Butler.[19]
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