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

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

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]

She was selected for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing in March 2025.[11]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Newton-Smith Camryn". Paris 2024 Olympics. Archived from the original on 7 October 2024. Retrieved 31 August 2024. (alternate link)
  2. ^ Reed, Jeff (8 July 2024). "Newton-Smith headed to Olympics". 247Sports. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  3. ^ Hudgison, Chris (8 July 2024). "Arkansas State alum Camryn Newton-Smith will represent Australia in 2024 Olympics". kait8.com. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  4. ^ 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.
  5. ^ "GEORGIA'S KYLE GARLAND ELEVATES TO NO. 2 IN COLLEGIATE INDOOR HEPTATHLON HISTORY AT TEXAS TECH". Runnerspace. 27 January 2023. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Australia Athletics Championships 2024: Full list of medal winners". Olympics.com. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  7. ^ "Moloney maintains upward trajectory at Oceania Championships". World Athlerics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  8. ^ "A-State alum Camryn Newton-Smith wins Oceania Championship, bolsters Olympic qualifying resume". Kait8. 9 June 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  9. ^ Adams, Tim (8 July 2024). "Australia take second largest ever team to Paris Olympics". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  10. ^ "Women's Heptathlon medal results - Paris 2024 Olympics". BBC Sport. Retrieved 13 August 2024.
  11. ^ "WORLD CHAMPIONS AND EMERGING SPRINTERS NAMED ON AUSTRALIAN TEAM FOR WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". Athletics.com.au. 12 March 2025. Retrieved 12 March 2025.
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