Jasmin Stowers

Jasmin Marie Stowers (born September 23, 1991) is a former American track and field athlete, who competed in the 100-meter hurdles. Her personal best for the event is 12.35 seconds, set in 2015, which ranks her 14th on the world all-time lists.

Stowers ran for Louisiana State University in collegiate competition and was the 2014 NCAA runner-up outdoors. She was the 2015 American indoor champion in the 60-meter hurdles. Stowers represented her country at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics. Stowers announced her retirement from the sport in October 2020.

Early life Born to Ronald and Gena Stowers, she grew up in Pendleton, South Carolina and attended Pendleton High School. She performed well in her studies there and was a member of her school's academic honor roll five years running, as well as serving as the school president for the National Honor Society. She took up track and field while at school and made her first international appearance at the age of fifteen, competing at the 2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics. There she ran a personal record of 13.52 seconds in the 100 m hurdles qualifiers, but was slower in the final and finished fourth in the youth event. She placed third in the 60 m hurdles at the Nike Indoor Nationals that same year.

She emerged at national level in 2008, winning the Nike Outdoor Nationals and taking second at the USATF Junior Olympics. She ranked as the number one high school athlete in the 2009 season, retaining her Nike Outdoor Nationals title in a time of 13.59 seconds and winning the Junior Olympics and Nike Indoor Nationals titles as well. Her third career win at the Penn Relays made her the first woman to achieve that feat. She ended the year on a high note at the 2014 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships: after setting a personal record of 12.71 seconds in the qualifying round, she progressed to the final and finished in fourth place – her highest ever senior national ranking. No longer having to do both academics and sport, her new focus on hurdling brought results at the Drake Relays, where she moved up to twelfth on the all-time lists with a new personal record of 12.40 seconds – three tenths faster than she had gone before. She also defeated former Olympic champion Dawn Harper-Nelson and world champion Brianna Rollins in the process. She improved one hundredth further at the Jamaica International Invitational, with a meeting record of 12.39 seconds. Her debut appearance on the 2015 IAAF Diamond League circuit established her as an elite international performer. She won the Doha Diamond League meeting in a series record time of 12.35 seconds – this moved her up to seventh on the all-time rankings for the 100 m hurdles. In October 2020, Stowers announced her retirement on Twitter, citing an ongoing spinal injury that had severely hampered her ability to train and compete at the highest level.

Personal records 100-meter hurdles – 12.35 seconds (2015) 60-meter hurdles – 7.84 (2015)

National titles USA Indoor Track and Field Championships 60-meter hurdles: 2015

International competitions