2021 Track & Field Roster
Roster
Steely, Sydney
Sydney Steely
- Position:
- Distance
- Height:
- 5-8
- Class (Indoor):
- R-So.
- Class (Outdoor):
- R-Fr.^
- Hometown:
- Hoover, Ala.
- High School/Previous School:
- Hoover HS
Bio
2021 All-SEC Newcomer Team (Outdoor) – 3000m Steeplechase
2022 Outdoor Season
Placed fifth in the 800m at the UF Tom Jones Memorial to earn a new personal best time of 2:03.64 (4/15-16).
2022 Indoor Season
Won the 1000m at the UAB Blazer Invitational and earned a new personal best time of 2:50.76 (1/14)... Finished in tenth place in the 800m to achieve a new personal best time of 2:05.77 (2/11)... Placed fifth in the 800m to achieve a new personal best time of 2:04.62 at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/25-26).
2021 Outdoor Season
At the Florida Relays, she finished in second in the 3000m steeplechase in 10:19.56, becoming No. 5 all-time at State in the event (4/2) ... Made her collegiate debut in the 1500m, finishing eighth in 4:21.22 and also in the 800m, coming in 11th in 2:06.85, with both being team-bests so far for the season, at the Virginia Challenge (4/16-17) ... Came in second place in the 1500m at the Maroon & White Invite, finishing with a personal-best 4:19.24 time becoming No. 5 all-time in the event at State (4/30) ... At the SEC Championships she ran to a new personal-best time of 10:04.95 to finish eighth in the 3000m steeplechase (5/14) ... Named to the All-SEC Newcomer Team for the steeple ... Ran to a 19th-place finish in the 3000m steeplechase at the NCAA East Prelims (5/29).Placed fifth in the 800m at the UF Tom Jones Memorial to earn a new personal best time of 2:03.64 (4/15-16).
2022 Indoor Season
Won the 1000m at the UAB Blazer Invitational and earned a new personal best time of 2:50.76 (1/14)... Finished in tenth place in the 800m to achieve a new personal best time of 2:05.77 (2/11)... Placed fifth in the 800m to achieve a new personal best time of 2:04.62 at the SEC Indoor Championships (2/25-26).
2021 Outdoor Season
2021 Indoor Season
Finished in first at the Commodore Indoor in the 3000m, crossing the line with a personal best of 9:44.89 (1/16) ... Had a personal-best in the mile at the Razorback Invitational, finishing in 4:43.43 in fourth place (1/30) ... Finished sixth overall in the mile at the Music City Challenge (2/12) ... Finished 21st at the Music City Challenge (2/13) ... At the SEC Championships, she ran a leg of the DMR as well as finishing in 11th in the mile (2/25-26).2020 Cross Country Season
Completed the UAB Blazer Classic (10/16) 6K in 22:31.73 ... Covered the SEC Championship (10/30) 6K course in 22:24.1.2020 Outdoor Season
Season canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.2020 Indoor Season
Placed ninth in the 3000m at the Blazer Invitational (1/11) … Ran in the mile at the Vanderbilt Invitational (1/18) ... Recorded a new personal best at 10:08.48 in the 3000m at the Music City Challenge (2/15).
2019 Cross Country Season
2019 Outdoor Season
Did not compete.2019 Indoor Season
Did not compete.2018 Cross Country Season
Made her MSU debut at the Memphis Twilight Classic (9/1), coming in 23rd place with a 5K time of 18:56.22 … Finished 13th at the Falcon Classic (9/15), running the 5K in 19:10.86 … Ran a personal-best 5K in 18:47.7 at the Greater Louisville Classic (9/29), finishing 97th … Posted a then-collegiate-best 6K mark of 22:46.0 at the Arturo Barrios Invitational (10/13), finishing 95th overall … Turned in a personal best in the 6K with a time of 21:25.60 at the SEC Championships (10/26), where she placed 93rd … Ran the 6K at the NCAA South Region Championships (11/9) in 22:52.3.Academics / Service
Named to the USTFCCCA All-Academic Team in 2021 ... A Dean's Scholar in fall 2018, fall 2019, spring 2020 and fall 2020 ... A Three-time SEC Honor Roll member ... A two-time President's Scholar in spring 2019 and 2021 ... A six-time Bulldog Honor Roll member ... Earned Top Dawg honors in spring 2019.Before the Bulldogs
Joined the varsity cross country squad at Hoover High School as a seventh-grader where she competed with fellow Bulldog signee Ava Weems … Finished third in the 800m and fourth in the 1600m at the 2018 outdoor state championships … Indoor state champion in the 800m as a senior … Competed at the inaugural North-South cross country All-Star race in the summer of 2017 where she was the runner-up and led the North team to a victory … Was a four-time all-state performer in cross country … Was runner-up in the 800m at the state indoor championships to help propel Hoover to the team title in 2017… Competed along with Weems in the 4x800m relay at the 2016 New Balance Indoor Nationals with a time of 9:19.57, which was 20 seconds faster than any other relay in the state that year … Won team state championships in four straight years … Won the 2014 indoor 400m state title.Personal
Born Sydney Monique Steely on May 14, 2000 to Kelly and Sonia Steely … Has a brother, Dylan … Majoring in kinesiology.Collegiate Bests:
Cross Country
5K – 18:17.6 (UNA Invitational – 9/7/2019)6K – 21:25.60 (SEC Championships – 10/26/2018)
Indoor
Mile – 4:43.43 (Razorback Invitational – 1/30/2021)3000m – 9:44.89 (Commodore Indoor – 1/16/2021)
Outdoor
800m – 2:06.85 (Virginia Challenge – 4/17/2021)1500m – 4:19.24 (Maroon & White Invite – 4/30/2021)
3000m Steeple – 10:19.56 (Florida Relays – 4/2/2021)
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