Sidi Njie

Sidi Njie

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(2007-02-20) 20 February 2007 (age 17) Atlanta, GA
Education	Westlake High School (Atlanta, Georgia)
Height	6’2
Weight	170
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	200 m: 20.63 (2024) 400 m: 45.37 (2024)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  United States World U20 Championships 2024 Lima 400m 2024 Lima 4×400 m relay

Sidi Njie (born 20 February 2007) is an American sprinter.^[1] at Westlake High School, in Atlanta, Georgia and member of the USA U20 Track and Field Team. Njie is MileSplit’s No. 1 Track & Field recruit in the US for the Class of 2025.

Early life

Raised in College Park, Georgia and South Fulton, Georgia, he attended Westlake High School in Atlanta.^[2] where he participated in Basketball for three years and will letter in Track & Field all four years.

Career

As a freshman in 2022, Njie won the Georgia Class 6A title in the 400m (46.41) and finished second in the 200m (21.01), which were U.S. No. 11 and U.S. No. 22 performances, respectively. They were also the fastest times nationally in the freshmen class.

As a sophomore in 2023, Njie again was first in the 400m (45.46), which was the fastest time ever recorded by a high school athlete in Georgia and second in the 200m (20.82) at the state meet, but this time it was in the Class 7A classification. Those were U.S. No. 3 and tied for U.S. No. 19 times, respectively, and U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 among sophomores. The 45.46, lowered the record of 45.78 that Will Sumner had set the previous year.^[3]

As a junior in 2024, Sidi was even better, winning the 200m (20.80) and finishing second in the 400m (45.37) in the 400m at the state meet. In June, he won the 400m (45.62) at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon^[4], prevailing in a loaded field that included Arizona State’s Jayden Davis and Class of 2024 star Ervin Pearson III, who is entering his freshman year at the University of Georgia.

He qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru.^[5] In the final he came away with the bronze medal, running 46.29 seconds.^[6] He then won gold running the anchor leg for the American 4 x 400 metres relay team.^[7]

Personal life

His mother Alicia Njie-Johnson is a former track hurdler from Mount Vernon, Indiana.^[8]

References

1. "Sidi Njie". World Athletics. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
2. Casey, Tim (26 August 2024). "Sidi Njie Is The Top Recruit In The Class Of 2025. He's Still Unsigned". flotrack. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
3. Bradley, Max (9 May 2023). "Throwback Thursday: Sidi Njie Breaks Georgia 400m Record". milesplit. Retrieved 28 August 2024.
4. "Sidi Njie Champion Men's 400m - USATF U20 Outdoor Championships 2024". Runnerspace. 14 June 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
5. "Reid and Walaza win world U20 100m titles in Lima". World Athletics. 29 August 2024. Retrieved 29 August 2024.
6. "Almayew sets steeplechase championship record to win world U20 title in Lima". World Athletics. 30 August 2024. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
7. "Fayisa flies to 1500m gold for Ethiopia on day five in Lima". World Athletics. 1 September 2024. Retrieved 1 September 2024.
8. "SIDI NJIE - GET TO KNOW - NIKE ELITE 2023". Runnerspace. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 28 August 2024.