Ackera Nugent

Ackera Nugent (born 29 April 2002) is a Jamaican athlete who specializes in sprint hurdles. She is the 2021 World Athletics U20 Champion in the 100m hurdles.

Biography Nugent attended Excelsior High School in Kingston, home of the Eagles. She graduated from the University of Arkansas with a degree in communications and media studies, after transferring from Baylor University.

Career In 2019, at the ISSA Boys and Girls Championships, she won the class two 100 metres hurdles in 12.91, a Champs record, captured gold and entered the spotlight.

2021 In 2021, Nugent set an under-20 60m hurdles world record with a time of 7.91s. She won gold at the NCAA Indoor Championships, and came third in the 100m Hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, also making the final of the 100 metres, where she came ninth.

2022 Nugent ran a big personal best over 100m hurdles in 2022, improving to 12.45s.

2023 In 2023, Nugent ran a new Jamaican national record over 60m hurdles, with a time of 7.72s in Albuquerque. She competed at the 2023 World Championships, where she finished fifth in the final.

2024 Nugent ran a Jamaican national record over 100m hurdles at the 2024 Jamaican Championships, clocking a time of 12.28s. In July 2024, she was officially selected in the Jamaican team for the 2024 Summer Olympics, where she made it to the final.

In October 2024, it was announced that she had signed up for the inaugural season of the Michael Johnson founded Grand Slam Track.

2025 She represented Jamaica at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China coming in third for bronze in 7.74s. In addition, she is the Wanda Diamond League season winner in the 100mh.

2026 She opened her season at the Camperdown Classics in Kingston running the 400m in a personal best 55.63 to win. At Velocity Fest 18, she finished the Final Two 200 metres 3rd in 23.35 (+1.4). For the Shanghai DL, she ran against a stacked field including Masai Russell and training partner Tobi Amusan recording 12.98 in 6th for her first hurdles race of the season.

Achievements Personal bests

International competitions

Circuit performances