Savannah Sutherland
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team | Canada |
| Born | 7 August 2003 (age 21) Borden, Saskatchewan |
| Height | 175 cm (5 ft 9 in) |
| Sport | |
| Country | Canada |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | 400 m hurdles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | 400 metres: 51.41 (Geneva 2023) 400m hurdles: 54.04 NR (Austin 2023) |
Medal record | |
Savannah Sutherland (born 7 August 2003) is a Canadian track and field athlete. She is the Canadian national record holder over the 400 m hurdles and the indoor 400 m.[1]
Early life
From Borden, Saskatchewan, where she was educated at Borden School before she finished her schooling at Bishop James Mahoney High School in Saskatoon. In 2021, she joined the University of Michigan.[2][3]
Athletics career
Sutherland competed as a fifteen year-old at the Canadian under-20 national championships in Montreal in 2019, and won silver in the 100m hurdles and bronze in the 200m.[4] By 2021, Sutherland reportedly held the most provincial records in Saskatchewan track and field athletics history.[5] Competing at the 2021 World Athletics U20 Championships, Sutherland set a new personal best time of 57.27s to finish third in the Women's 400 metres hurdles.[6]
Sutherland won titles at national U-20 level in the 400m hurdles and also won gold for Saskatchewan at the 2022 Canada Summer Games in the 400m hurdles.[7][8]
In February 2023 she helped the Michigan Wolverines to win the Big 10 Championship.[9] Competing at the 2023 NCAA Indoor Championships, Sutherland set a new indoor 400m Canadian national record of 51.60s at the NCAA Indoor Championships on 11 March 2023.[10] In June 2023, Sutherland won the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoors Championships in Austin, Texas, running 54.45 to upset favourite Britton Wilson.[11]
Selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023, she qualified for the semi-finals.[12]
Sutherland ran an early 2024 world leading time of 54.86 seconds in the women’s 400m hurdles at a meet in Gainesville, Florida in early April. She followed that up by running a personal best time of 23.32 seconds in the women’s 200 metres the following week at a meet in Lexington, Kentucky.[13] At the end of the month, she set a new meet record of 55.36 seconds at the Penn Relays.[14] In May 2024, Sutherland won her second Big 10 championship 400 metre hurdles in a time of 55.01 seconds.[15]
On June 6, in the prelims of the NCAA Outdoor Championships, she won her qualifying heat in a time of 54.04, breaking Sage Watson's Canadian 400 m hurdles record of 54.32 from 2019. Competing in the final two days later on June 8, she ran another personal best and Canadian record to finish second in 53.26.
References
- ^ "Savannah Sutherland". Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Savannah Sutherland". mgoblue.com. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ Cairns, John (September 24, 2018). "Savannah Sutherland named August Athlete of the Month". Sasktoday.ca. Retrieved June 10, 2023.
- ^ Mitchell, Kevin (January 23, 2020). "The kid can run: Borden's Savannah Sutherland, just 16, meets elite field at K of C Games". The Star Phoenix. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ McKay, Pat (June 8, 2021). "Saskatoon teen athlete breaks Sask. hurdle record". ctvnews.ca. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Canadian Savannah Sutherland wins bronze in 400-metre hurdles at U20 World Athletics". cbc.ca. 22 August 2021. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ Dickinson, Marley (March 24, 2023). "Get to know Savannah Sutherland, 400m indoor Canadian record holder". Running Magazine. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ "Borden track star wins hurdles gold at Summer Games". Battlefordsnow. August 20, 2022. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ Healy, Gabrielle (February 25, 2023). "Big Ten Champs! Wolverine Women Claim First Indoor Title Since 2016". mgoblue.com. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
- ^ Snider-McGrath, Ben (12 March 2023). "Savannah Sutherland sets Canadian 400m record at NCAA Indoor Championships". Running Magazine.
- ^ Battaglia, Joe (10 June 2023). "Michigan's Savannah Sutherland Stuns Britton Wilson In NCAA 400m Hurdles". Flotrack.org. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Women's 400m Hurdles Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 22 August 2023. Retrieved 22 August 2023.
- ^ Lazaruk, Les (May 13, 2024). "Borden's Sutherland Posts World Best Times to Earn April Sask Sport Salute". cjwwradio. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "Savannah Sutherland Breaks 400M Hurdles Meet Record At Penn Relays 2024". Florrack. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ "ICYMI:Records made to be broken". Athletics.ca. 13 May 2024. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
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