Rachel Symone Glenn (born April 17, 2002) is an American track and field athlete who competes in the

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

and

400m hurdles The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women. On a standard outdoor track, 400 metres is the length of the inside lane, once ar ...

Early life

Glenn attended

Woodrow Wilson Classical High School Woodrow Wilson High School (colloquially known as Long Beach Wilson) is an American public high school located in Long Beach, California. This two-block campus is located approximately 1.5 miles from the Pacific Ocean, across from the Recreation ...

Long Beach, California Long Beach is a coastal city in southeastern Los Angeles County, California, United States. It is the list of United States cities by population, 44th-most populous city in the United States, with a population of 451,307 as of 2022. A charter ci ...

and initially competed in athletics as a 400 metres runner before switching to high jump in 2018. Shortly afterwards she recorded a height of 1.80 metres at the Cal Relays at

El Camino College El Camino College (Elco or ECC) is a public community college in Los Angeles County, California. Most of it is in Alondra Park,University of South Carolina The University of South Carolina (USC, SC, or Carolina) is a Public university, public research university in Columbia, South Carolina, United States. Founded in 1801 as South Carolina College, It is the flagship of the University of South Car ...

, Glenn won the SEC Outdoor Championship and the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships title just a few weeks later. Glenn was an

NACAC Championships The North American, Central American and Caribbean Championships is a continental track and field athletics event organised by the North American, Central American and Caribbean Athletic Association. The last of the six IAAF areas to hold a conti ...

silver medallist in

Freeport, Bahamas Freeport is a city, district and free trade zone on the island of Grand Bahama in the northwest part of The Bahamas. In 1955, Wallace Groves, a Virginian financier with lumber interests in Grand Bahama, was granted of pineyard with substant ...

in August 2022 behind compatriot

Vashti Cunningham Vashti Cunningham (born January 18, 1998) is an American track and field athlete specializing in the high jump. She is the daughter of retired National Football League (NFL) quarterback Randall Cunningham, niece of retired NFL fullback Sam Cunni ...

, with a height of 1.84m. That year, she competed at the

2022 World Athletics Championships The 2022 World Athletics Championships was the eighteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships. It was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, United States, from July 15–24, 2022, with the country hosting that competition for the ...

Eugene, Oregon Eugene ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon, United States. It is located at the southern end of the Willamette Valley, near the confluence of the McKenzie River (Oregon), McKenzie and Willamette River, Willamette rivers, ...

. In 2023, she transferred to the

University of Arkansas The University of Arkansas (U of A, UArk, or UA) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Fayetteville, Arkansas, United States. It is the Flagship campus, flagship campus of the University of Arkan ...

. In February 2024, she set an indoor personal best of 1.90m at the Tyson Invitational at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville. She won the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

, Massachusetts with a personal best, championship record and collegiate best equaling height of 2.00 metres. The height also placed her third on the US all-time list. At the

2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2024 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships was the 102nd NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 42nd NCAA Division I Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships held at Hayward Field in Eugene, ...

, Glenn finished third in the 400m hurdles and 13th in the high jump. She competed in the high jump at the

2024 Paris Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

Personal life

From

Southern California Southern California (commonly shortened to SoCal) is a geographic and Cultural area, cultural List of regions of California, region that generally comprises the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Its densely populated coastal reg ...

, Glenn signed a NIL contract with the

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’s WWE ID and WWE NIL, Next in Line class of 2022.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Glenn, Rachel 2002 births Living people American female high jumpers American female hurdlers World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States United States collegiate record holders in athletics (track and field) Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners Arkansas Razorbacks women's track and field athletes South Carolina Gamecocks women's track and field athletes Track and field people from California Track and field athletes from California 21st-century American sportswomen 21st-century African-American sportswomen