Abbey Glynn

Country: U.S.A.

Event(s): 400m Hurdles & 400m

Personal Best(s): 55.31 & 51.77

Bio: Abbey is an American 400-meter hurdler and 2026 World Indoor champion (4 × 400m relay) who has established herself among the nation’s top 400m hurdlers. She placed 5th in the 400m hurdles at the 2026 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. A University of Colorado standout, Abbey earned First-Team All-American honors with 8th place finishes in the 400m hurdles at both the 2023 and 2024 NCAA Outdoor Championships. She was also the 2024 Pac-12 runner-up and set a 400m hurdles Colorado school record of 55.31. Abbey was a semifinals in the 400m hurdles at the 2024 U.S. Olympic Trials.

Sports run deep in Abbey's family. Growing up in Longmont, Colorado as the youngest of three, she watched her sister go on to do college gymnastics and her brother play college football, both of whom now coach the sports they once played. Abbey herself did gymnastics until middle school, then throughout high school played basketball, volleyball, and ran track, before heading to CU Boulder to run the 400m and 400m hurdles. Her parents were all-in from day one: driving to every practice, never missing a game, and traveling everywhere for their kids' sports careers.

Off the track today, Abbey is the Camps and Clinic Coordinator for Sportswomen of Colorado (SWOC), a nonprofit dedicated to supporting girls and women in sports across the state. She helps run camps and clinics that partner local title 1 elementary schools with college athletic programs, building into the role over several years after starting as an intern. She's also an assistant coach with the University of Colorado track team, where she competed before turning pro.

Family still shows up in a big way for Abbey, including a little girl she's nannied since she was 10 months old, now five, whose family has become an important part of Abbey's life. The little girl is one of her biggest cheerleaders, and her mom has traveled to meets over the years as one of Abbey's biggest supporters too. At home, Abbey and her family keep things lively with five dogs. When she's not training, coaching, or coordinating camps, she has recently found herself making sourdough loafs.