Kentucky T&F star Abby Steiner signs endorsement deal with PUMA
Abby Steiner is PUMA’s newest star track and field athlete, with the company announcing the 22-year-old’s signing on Thursday.
The Kentucky superstar announced the deal on social media, with PUMA sending out a press release of their own shortly after.
“Abby Steiner is one of the most exciting upcoming stars in Track and Field,” said Pascal Rolling, Head of Running Sports Marketing at PUMA. “We believe that she will have a brilliant career and we want to be by her side and support her.”
“PUMA’s list of high-performance athletes is impressive and being one of them just feels amazing,” said Abby Steiner. “I am very happy to be part of the PUMA family now and I cant wait to take off.”
Her victory in the 200-meter final of the US Outdoor Championships in 21.77 seconds makes her the second fastest woman in the world over this distance this year. She will compete at this summer’s World Athletic Championships in Eugene, Oregon.
Her heats in the 200M at the World Athletic Championships begin Monday.
Abby holds both the women’s indoor 200 meters American record as well as the NCAA record (outdoors) and was named nation’s best high school female athlete in 2018. She holds a personal best of 10.90 seconds over 100 meters and 21.77 seconds over 200 meters. Earlier this year, she was named the National Women’s Track Athlete of the Year and the 2022 Honda Sport Award winner for Track & Field.
Just after setting a collegiate record at the NCAA championships in June this year, Abby Steiner won her first national title in the women’s 200 meters in Eugene, Oregon, with a time of 21.77 seconds.
Here is the growing list of accolades Steiner has racked up over the course of her historic career:
- American, Collegiate, SEC and Kentucky record-holder in the indoor 200m (22.09)
- Collegiate, SEC and Kentucky record-holder in the outdoor 200m (21.80)
- Collegiate, SEC and Kentucky record-holder in the and 300m (35.80)
- Member of collegiate record 4x400m relay (3:21.93)
- U.S. Champion in the 200m (2022)
- NCAA Outdoor 200m & 4x400m Champion (2022)
- 2x NCAA Indoor 200m Champion (2021, 2022)
- NCAA Indoor 60m Runner-Up (2022)
- 15-time All-American, 11 first-team honors
- 3x SEC indoor 200m champion (2020, 2021, 2022), 4x400m outdoor champion (2022)
- SEC outdoor 100m, 200m, 4x100m silver medalist (2022)
- SEC 60m and 4x400m bronze medalist (2022)
- SEC indoor 4x400m silver medalist (2021)
- Finalist for The Bowerman (2022)
- Honda Sport Award winner for track & field
- USTFCCCA Women’s Indoor Track Athlete of the Year (2022)
- 5x USTFCCCA Athlete of the Week (2022)
- USTFCCCA Southeast Region Women’s Track Athlete of the Year (2020, 2022)
- SEC Indoor & Outdoor Scholar Athlete of the Year (2022)
- SEC Indoor Women’s Runner of the Year (2022)
- 4x SEC Women’s Runner of the Week (2022)
- SEC Indoor All-Freshman team (200m, 2019)
- School record-holder in the 60m, 100m, indoor and outdoor 200m, 300m, indoor and outdoor 4x400m
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