Sinclaire Johnson
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| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 13, 1998 Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S. |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Track and field |
Event(s) | 800 meters, 1500 meters, Mile |
| College team | Oklahoma State Cowgirls |
| Club | Elite Athlete Team |
| Coached by | Craig Nowak |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Sinclaire Johnson (born April 13, 1998) is an American middle-distance runner.[2] She is the 2022 US champion over 1500 m and has represented her country at the 2022 and 2023 World Championships.[3] Competing for Oklahoma State University, she won the 2019 NCAA 1500 m title.
Johnson was raised in Altamonte Springs, Florida and went to Lake Brantley High School where she won several state championships and famously broke the 2:10 barrier for the 800m setting a FHSAA meet record. She then competed collegiately for the Oklahoma State University.[2] Following her time at OSU, she joined the Bowerman Track Club in Portland, Oregon in 2019.[4] In 2021, she left Bowerman to join the Nike Union Athletics Club under coach Pete Julian; in 2024, she left the Union Athletics Club and began being coached by Craig Nowak.[5] On January 22, 2026, it was announced that Johnson signed with Hoka to their Elite Athlete Team.[6]
2017
Johnson made her collegiate debut competing for the Oklahoma State Cowgirls on January 14 in Lincoln, Nebraska, running 1:35.96 over 600 m. Concentrating on the 800 m her freshman year, she ended her season with a 2:10.95 season best and a 7th-place finish at the Big 12 Championships.
2017-18
In her first collegiate cross country season, Johnson placed 28th at the Big 12 Championships and would go on to place 233rd at the national meet.
After missing the bulk of the 2018 indoor season, Sinclaire opened her outdoor season on March 24 with an 800 m personal best of 2:09.55. After a 2:04.73 800 m personal best to take fifth at the Big 12 Championships, she shifted focus to the 1500 m where she qualified for the NCAA Championships with a 4:11.57 lifetime best clocking at the West Regional. At nationals, she was unable to make the final, finishing 24th overall in 4:27.72.
2018-19
Competing at the 2018 Big 12 Cross Country Championships, Johnson finished with a runner up performance in Ames, Iowa. At the national meet in Madison, Wisconsin, she placed 48th.
After winning the Big 12 indoor title in the 1000 m, Johnson competed at the 2019 NCAA Indoor Championships, where she earned a third-place finish anchoring the OSU DMR.
Outdoors, Johnson won the Big 12 title over 800 m but chose to contest the 1500 m at the NCAA Championships. After setting a personal best of 4:09.50 at the West Regional meet she cruised to a first-place finish at the national meet in Austin with a massive personal best of 4:05.98, breaking the meet record in the process.
The next month, she competed at the USA Championships in Des Moines, where she placed 4th, just missing out on qualifying for the World Championships in Doha by less than a quarter of a second. Despite that, she set another 1500 m personal best of 4:03.72 in the process.
In August 2019, Johnson announced her intention to turn professional, forgoing her final season of collegiate eligibility at OSU, and joining the Bowerman Track Club under coach Jerry Schumacher shortly thereafter.
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