Krissy Gear

Krissy Gear

Gear at the 2024 United States Olympic trials
Personal information
Birth name	Kristlin Gear
Born	(1999-07-20) July 20, 1999 (age 25) Fort Myers, Florida, U.S.
Home town	Fort Myers, Florida
Employer(s)	Hoka One One NAZ Elite Northern Arizona Elite
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Athletics/Track
Event(s)	Steeplechase, 3000 meters, 1500 meters
College team	Arkansas Razorbacks
Coached by	Robert Gary '17 - 20 Lance Harter '20 - 22 Alan Culpepper '22-23, Jenna Wrieden & Jack Mullaney '22 - Present
Achievements and titles
World finals	2018 Tampere 3000 m s'chase,
Personal best(s)	3000m steeplechase: 9:12.81 (Eugene, 2023)

Krissy Gear (born July 20, 1999) is an American professional middle distance and World Championship steeplechase runner from Fort Myers, Florida. Gear placed 10th at 2018 World U20 Championships. She is the 2023 USA Champion and 2018 USA U20 Champion. Kristlin Gear is an American track and field athlete. In 2023, she became the US national champion in the 3000m steeplechase.^[1]

Career

Initially a middle-distance runner, she set a Furman University school record in the 800m with a time of 2:08s.^[2] She later switched to the 3000m steeplechase as well as running 1500m. She was named the Southern Conference Indoor Freshman of the Year in 2018.^[3] Gear was selected to represent the US at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships in Tampere, Finland and finished tenth in the steeplechase.^[4] She later earned all-American honours at cross-country, and on the track, indoors and outdoors and at 1500m and in the steeplechase.^[5][6]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she finished first in the final of the 3000m steeplechase.^[7] Gear upset ten-time national champion Emma Coburn in the race, which Gear ran in a new personal best time of 9:12.81, and included a 66.66 second final lap.^[8] The time was under the World Championship qualifying standard, and winning the race guaranteed Gear for automatic selection for the 2023 World Athletics Championships held in Budapest in August 2023.^[9] Competing in the 3000m steeplechase at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, she qualified finished seventh in her heat, running 9:30.61.^[10]

International competitions

Representing the  United States

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Notes
2018	World U20 Championships	Tampere, Finland	10th	3000 m s'chase	10:00.99
2023	World Championships	Budapest, Hungary	22nd	3000 m s'chase	9:30.61	[11]

National championships

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
2017	New Balance Nationals Outdoor	North Carolina A&T State University	3rd	Mile	4:49.36
2018	USATF U20 Outdoor Championships	Indiana University Bloomington	1st	3000 m s'chase	10:28.05
2021	US Olympic Trials	Eugene, Oregon	27th	1500 m	4:19.81[12]
			16th	3000 m s'chase	9:47.59
2022	USATF Championships	Eugene, Oregon	26th	1500 m	4:20.04
2023	USATF Indoor Championships	Albuquerque, New Mexico	3rd	1500 m	4:18.21
	USATF Championships	Eugene, Oregon	1st	3000 m s'chase	9:12.81

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NCAA

Gear is a 2022 NCAA champion, 8-time NCAA Division I All-American, 4-time Southern Conference champion, & 3-time Southeastern Conference champion.

Representing Arkansas Razorbacks

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time
2022	2022 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Eugene, Oregon	4th	1500 m	4:10.06
	SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships	University of Mississippi	11th	1500 m	4:28.05
			4th	3000 m s'chase	10:03.34
	2022 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships	University of Alabama, Birmingham Birmingham Metro CrossPlex	1st	DMR	10:51.37
	SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships	University of Arkansas	3rd	Mile	4:35.72
			2nd	DMR	10:57.26
2021	NCAA Cross Country Championships	Apalachee Regional Park Tallahassee, Florida	43rd	6000 m Cross Country	19:59.1
	SEC Cross Country Championships	Columbia, Missouri University of Missouri	3rd	6000 m Cross Country	20:08.1
	2021 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Eugene, Oregon	5th	1500 m	4:11.01
	SEC Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Texas A&M University	7th	5000 m	16:05.71
			1st	3000 m s'chase	9:38.62
	NCAA Cross Country Championships	Oklahoma State Cross Country Course Stillwater, Oklahoma	21st	6000 m Cross Country	20:39.3
	2021 NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championships	University of Arkansas	2nd	Mile	4:32.72
			2nd	DMR	10:57.19
	SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships	University of Arkansas	1st	Mile	4:34.72
			13th	3000 m	9:38.57
2020	SEC Cross Country Championships	Louisiana State University	11th	6000 m Cross Country	20:28.8
	SEC Indoor Track and Field Championships	Texas A&M University Gilliam Indoor Track Stadium College Station, Texas	1st	DMR	11:19.51
			2nd	Mile	4:42.15
			20th	3000 m	9:43.16
Representing Furman University
2019	NCAA Cross Country Championships	LaVern Gibson Championship Cross Country Course Terre Haute, Indiana	78th	6000 m Cross Country	21:06.9
	Southern Cross Country Championships	East Tennessee State University	4th	5000 m Cross Country	17:55.9
	2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Mike A. Myers Stadium University of Texas at Austin	15th	3000 m s'chase	10:15.07
	Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Samford University	1st	800 m	2:09.80
			3rd	3000 m s'chase	10:31.22
			5th	4 × 400 m	3:59.27
	Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships	Virginia Military Institute	1st	DMR	11:39.35
			5th	Mile	4:51.19
			2nd	800 m	2:09.11
			7th	4 × 400 m	4:06.46
2018	NCAA Cross Country Championships	Madison, Wisconsin	237th	6000 m Cross Country	22:29.9
	Southern Cross Country Championships	Western Carolina University	9th	5000 m Cross Country	18:15.3
	2018 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Eugene, Oregon	24th	3000 m s'chase	10:35.42
	Southern Conference Outdoor Track and Field Championships	Western Carolina University	9th	1500 m	4:41.64
			4th	3000 m s'chase	10:49.06
			6th	4 × 400 m	3:55.12
	Southern Conference Indoor Track and Field Championships	Virginia Military Institute	1st	Mile	4:52.34
			1st	800 m	2:10.28
			5th	4 × 400 m	3:55.49
2017	NCAA Cross Country Championships	E. P. "Tom" Sawyer State Park Louisville, Kentucky	239th	6000 m Cross Country	22:18.3
	Southern Cross Country Championships	Spartanburg, South Carolina University of South Carolina Upstate	13th	5000 m Cross Country	17:39.1

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Early life

From Fort Myers, Florida, Gear attended Fort Myers Senior High School and ran collegiately for Furman University and the Arkansas Razorbacks.^[16]

Prep

Kristlin Gear attended Fort Myers Senior High School in Fort Myers, Florida, where she emerged as one of the top high school distance runners in Florida until she graduated in 2017. While competing in high school cross country and track, Gear is a 6-time Florida High School Athletic Association state 3A champion. ^[17]

Personal life

Kristlin Gear is the oldest of three children of Brian Gear. She has two younger sisters, Lilly and Gabby.^[18]

References

1. "K.Gear". World Athletics. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
2. Woodard, Ally (January 24, 2018). "Krissy Gear: Team Player". fl.milesplit.com. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
3. "Indoor Track and Field Championships this weekend". soconsports.com. February 22, 2019.
4. Underwood, Tina (July 16, 2018). "Krissy Gear '21 represents U.S. at U20 World Championships". Furman.ed. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
5. Price, Shawn (June 12, 2021). "Krissy Gear Collects Fourth All-America Honor This Season". Arkansasrazorbacks. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
6. Short, Shelly (June 13, 2021). "Krissy Gear collects fourth All-America honor this season". Swark today. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
7. "Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone coasts to 400 win at US track and field championships in her newest event". The Hamilton Spectator. July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
8. Butler, Sarah Lorge (July 9, 2023). "Krissy Gear Upsets 10-Time U.S. Champion Emma Coburn in the Steeplechase". Runnersworld. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
9. Monti, David (July 9, 2023). "Krissy Gear, Kenneth Rooks surprise with steeplechase titles: USA Championships". World-Track. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
10. "Women's 3000m Steeplechase Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. August 23, 2023. Retrieved August 24, 2023.
11. 2023 World Athletics Championships - 3000 meters steeplechase prelims
12. 2021 United States Olympic Trials (track and field) results USATF
13. Krissy Gear profile arkansasrazorbacks.com
14. Krissy Gear 2022 profile
15. Krissy Gear 2017–22 results TFRRS
16. Reed, Ed (July 9, 2023). "Fort Myers' Krissy Gear wins national steeplechase title, heading to Worlds in Hungary". Fort Myers News Press. Retrieved July 10, 2023.
17. Kristlin Gear aka Krissy Gear Fort Myers High School results Athletic.net
18. Fisher, Adam. "Fort Myers grad Krissy Gear headed to USA Track and Field Olympic Trials". Fort Myers News Press. Retrieved July 10, 2023.

External links

• Krissy Gear at World Athletics