Camryn Newton-Smith
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| Nationality | Australian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 27 April 2000 | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Heptathlon | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | Pentathlon 4356 (Lubbock, 2023) Heptathlon: 6180 (Adelaide, 2024) | ||||||||||||||
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Camryn Newton-Smith (born 27 April 2000) is an Australian multi-event athlete. In 2024, she became Australian national champion and Oceania champion in the heptathlon.
Early life
[edit]She is from Greenbank, Queensland and attended Arkansas State University where she captured school records in the pentathlon and heptathlon and was a three-time All-American. She was also named the 2023 Sun Belt Outdoor Performer of the Year, and had the distinction of winning four conference championships in four different events; the outdoor heptathlon in 2023, the javelin in 2022, and the indoor pentathlon and indoor 60m hurdles in 2020.[2][3]
Career
[edit]Newton-Smith recovered from missing the 2021 season with an Achilles injury to become the number one ranked College indoors pentathlete in the United States with a personal best score of 4,356 points in Lubbock, Texas in January 2023. She later qualified for the heptathlon at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Division 1 Championships.[4][5]
She won the 2024 Australian Athletics Championships in April 2024 with a personal best score of 6180 points in Adelaide.[6] She won gold at the 2024 Oceania Athletics Championships in Suva, Fiji in June 2024 with 6070 points.[7][8]
In July 2024, she was selected for the heptathlon at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9] She finished 19th with 5982 points.[10]
References
[edit]- ^ "Newton-Smith Camryn". olympics.com. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Reed, Jeff (July 8, 2024). "Newton-Smith headed to Olympics". 247Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Hudgison, Chris (8 July 2024). "Arkansas State alum Camryn Newton-Smith will represent Australia in 2024 Olympics". kait8.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Whaley, Logan (4 June 2023). "Camryn Newton-Smith, after overcoming adversity, hopes to bring home NCAA Outdoor Championship in first appearance". Kait8. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "GEORGIA'S KYLE GARLAND ELEVATES TO NO. 2 IN COLLEGIATE INDOOR HEPTATHLON HISTORY AT TEXAS TECH". Runnerspace. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Australia Athletics Championships 2024: Full list of medal winners". Olympics.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Moloney maintains upward trajectory at Oceania Championships". World Athlerics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "A-State alum Camryn Newton-Smith wins Oceania Championship, bolsters Olympic qualifying resume". Kait8. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ Adams, Tim (July 8, 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
- ^ "Women's Heptathlon medal results - Paris 2024 Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2024-08-13.
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Australian heptathletes
- Athletes from Queensland
- 21st-century Australian sportsmen
- Australian Athletics Championships winners
- Oceanian Athletics Championships winners
- Arkansas State Red Wolves women's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Australia