Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, and Tara Davis-Woodhall nominated for USA's most prestigious female athlete award
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This year's USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee award nominees feature an unpredictable outcome as six prominent female athletes have been listed, including Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, and Tara Davis-Woodhall.
The award given out at the USATF Night of Legends, is the most prestigious female track and field honour awarded to the most performing and deserving American athlete for the season in review.
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Featuring world champions from Tokyo, most of whom went undefeated this season in their trademark events, this year's nominees for the winner is the most unpredictable in recent years.
Here's the full nominee list for the 2025 USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee award.
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Katie Moon
- World pole vault champion
- Diamond League champion
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Anna Hall
- World heptathlon champion
- Moved to joint second on the world all-time list and set the top three performances of 2025
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Tara Davis-Woodhall
- World long jump champion
- Diamond League champion
- Undefeated, with the top three performances of the year
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Valerie Allman
- World and Diamond League discus champion
- Undefeated, with nine of the top 11 performances of the year
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Melissa Jefferson-Wooden
- World 100m, 200m, and 4x100m champion
- Became USA's first women's double sprint world champion in history
- Undefeated in the 100m, with the top five performances of the year
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Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone
- World 400m and 4x400m champion
- Undefeated in 400m and 400m hurdles, with the second-fastest 400m of all time
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Gabby Thomas won the 2024 USATF Jackie Joyner-Kersee award, while Sha'Carri Richardson was the winner in 2023.
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