Ashanti Moore
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| Nationality | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 November 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
| Club | SprinTec | ||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Maurice Wilson | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal bests | 60m 7.06 (Spanish Town, 2026) 100m: 10.94 (Serbia, 2025) 200m: 22.30 (Budapest, 2026) | ||||||||||||||
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Ashanti Moore (born 7 November 2000) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. She won the Jamaican Athletics Championships in 2025 over 200 metres.[1]
Biography
[edit]Moore attended Hydel High School in St. Catherine, Jamaica, where she participated in the ISSA Boys and Girls high school championships taking the Class One double in 2019.[2][3][4]
Career
[edit]In April 2023, Moore set a new 200m personal best time in consecutive weeks, running 22.62 in Waco, Texas and then following it up with a mark of 22.49 seconds for the 200 metres at the Texas Invitational event in Austin, Texas.[5] At that event she also won the 100 metres, running a seasons-best 11.12 seconds.[6] In July 2023, she ran a new personal best 100m time of 11.06 seconds to finish in sixth place in the final at the Jamaican Athletics Championships held in Kingston, Jamaica.[7]
Moore was selected to compete in the 200 metres at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August, 2023.[8] She finished fifth in her heat, running 23.12 seconds.[9]
At the Jamaica Athletics Invitational WA Continental Tour Silver inside Independence Park, she recorded 23.00 in the 200 metres for 4th place.[10]
She qualified from her 200 metres semi-final at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in 22.92 seconds before returning the following day to win claim her first national title, winning in 22.66 seconds ahead of Gabrielle Matthews.[11][12] She was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas.[13] In September 2025, she was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[14][15]
At the Qwick Meet at the GC Foster College in March, she ran a 60 metres personal best of 7.06s (+1.2).[16][17] Moore placed fourth in the 100 metres final at the 2026 Jamaican Athletics Championships on 19 June 2026, with a time of 11.08 seconds.[18] That weekend, she also placed third in the final of the 200 metres in 22.45 seconds, behind Alana Reid and Lavanya Williams.[19] She was a finalist in the 200 metres at the 2026 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, placing fourth overall.[20][21] Later at the Games, she won a gold medal in the women's 4 × 100 m relay.[22] In September, she was a finalist over 200 m at the inaugural World Ultimate Championship in Budapest, running a new personal best of 22.30 seconds.[23]
Bobsleigh
[edit]In July 2025, Moore was announced as an addition to the Jamaica Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (JBSF) with JBSF President Nelson Stokes describing her as "an impressive athlete with all the attributes of a world-beater in bobsleigh."[24]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Ashanti MOORE". World Athletics. Retrieved 23 August 2023.
- ↑ "Ashanti Moore club athlete profile". sprintecja.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "coming of age". jamaicaobserver.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Gallery day five issa boys and girls Championships". jamaica-gleaner.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Ashanti Moore Sets Personal Best at Texas Invitational". Track Alerts. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ Raynor, Orlando (April 24, 2023). "Ashanti Moore Defeats Abby Steiner in 100m at Michael Johnson Invitational". Track Alerts. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ "Shericka Jackson blazes 10.65 to win Jamaican 100m title". Watch Athletics. 8 July 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ "Ashanti Moore replaces Fraser-Pryce in 200m for World Championships". Jamaica Loopnews. 10 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ "One casualty as three Jamaicans through to women's 200 semis". Jamaica Gleaner. 23 August 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ↑ "Women 200m Jamaica Athletics Invitational May 11, 2024". athletic.net. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ Levy, Leighton (29 June 2025). "Levell blazes to 200m title defence as Moore claims first crown at National Champs". SportsMax. Retrieved 30 June 2025.
- ↑ Jacks, Bradley (28 June 2025). "Taylor, Levell comfortable in men's 200m semis at National Champs; Moore fastest through to women's final". SportsMax. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
- ↑ Levy, Leighton (9 July 2025). "Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas". SportsMax. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
- ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 Sep 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
- ↑ "JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out". Jamaica Observer. 30 August 2025. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
- ↑ "High school athletes get final chance to make Champs standard by STAR Writer Raymond Graham March 13, 2026". jamaica-star.com. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "Athlete profile statistics personal bests". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 20 May 2026.
- ↑ "2026 Jamaican Athletics Championships: Shericka Jackson edges out Tina Clayton in women's 100m final". Olympics.com. 19 June 2026. Retrieved 20 June 2026.
- ↑ "Taylor, Reid and Walker become first-time national champions". Jamaica Observer. 21 June 2026. Retrieved 22 June 2026.
- ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 27 July 2026. Retrieved 5 August 2026.
- ↑ "JAAA apologises to Demisha Roswell for Commonwealth Games omission". Jamaica Observer. 28 June 2026. Retrieved 29 June 2026.
- ↑ "XXIII Commonwealth Games". World Athletics. 1 August 2026. Retrieved 2 August 2026.
- ↑ "World Athletics Ultimate Championships". World Athletics. 11 September 2026. Retrieved 15 September 2026.
- ↑ Levy, Leighton (2 July 2025). "Ashanti Moore Joins Jamaica Bobsleigh Team as Federation Sets Sights on Olympic Podium". SportsMax. Retrieved 9 July 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ashanti Moore at World Athletics
- Ashanti Moore at InterSportStats
- Ashanti Moore at the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games
- Ashanti Moore on Instagram
- 2000 births
- Living people
- Jamaican women sprinters
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games athletes for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Jamaica
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists in athletics
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2026 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century Jamaican women
- Medallists at the 2026 Commonwealth Games