Britton Wilson

Career highlights | 2022 season

• 8-time first-team NCAA All-America | Indoor (4), Outdoor (4)
• 2023 Bowerman Finalists
• 2023 SEC Outdoor Runner of the Year
• 2023 South Central Indoor Track Athlete of the Year
• 2023 NCAA Indoor gold medalist | 400m & 4 x 400m relay (49.14 anchor split)
• Indoor American record & Collegiate record | 400m 49.48 NCAA Indoor
• Outdoor Collegiate record | 400m – 49.51, 49.40, 49.13
• 2023 SEC Outdoor gold medalist | 400m & 400m Hurdles
• 2022 World Championships gold medalist | 4 x 400 relay (49.39 3rd leg split)
• 2022 World Championships 5th place | 400 Hurdles
• 2022 Bowerman semifinalist
• 2022 NCAA Outdoor gold medalist | 400 Hurdles
• 2022 NCAA Outdoor bronze medalist | 4 x 400 relay (49.55 anchor split)
• 2022 NCAA Indoor gold medalist | 4 x 400 relay (50.60 anchor split)
• 2022 NCAA Indoor 6th place | 400
• 2022 SEC Outdoor Runner of the Year
• 2022 SEC Outdoor gold medalist | 400 & 400 Hurdles
• 2022 SEC Outdoor bronze medalist | 4 x 400 relay (48.60 anchor split)
• 2022 SEC Indoor gold medalist | 4 x 400 relay (49.83 anchor split on 3:24.09 collegiate record)
• 2022 SEC Indoor silver medalist | 400
• 2022 totaled 10 school records | 400 indoor, 400 outdoor, 400 Hurdles (5x), 4 x 400 indoor, 4 x 400 outdoor, Distance medley relay indoor

Progression of records in 2023

Indoors

A record-breaking 2023 season for Wilson included an American 400m record indoors, running the fastest split ever indoors on a world best 4 x 400m relay, along with a collection of five collegiate records being set in the 400m and 600m.

After announcing her arrival in setting 10 Arkansas school records during her debut season as a Razorback, Wilson’s encore season included being part of eight collegiate records among individual and relay superlatives in 2023.

Her ability to manage the 400m and 400m hurdles in the same meet, and then on the same day during championship meets was an extraordinary display that included a trio of 400m collegiate records along the way in lowering the mark to 49.13, which ranks No. 4 on the U.S. all-time list with the No. 9 performance.

The record breaking started in earnest for Wilson as she ran 1:25.16 to break the collegiate record in 600m at the Razorback Invitational on January 13, bettering the previous mark of 1:25.80 set by Athing Mu of Texas A&M in 2021. Wilson’s time ranks No. 7 performer with the No. 9 performance on the U.S. all-time list.

During the NCAA Indoor Championships held in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Wilson set an American and collegiate record of 49.48 seconds in claiming the 400m title. Wilson set a then PR of 50.69 in the prelims.

She also anchored the Razorbacks 4 x 400m relay in 49.19, the fastest split ever recorded indoors, as Arkansas produced a world best of 3:21.75 which bettered the world record of 3:23.27 set by Russia in 2006. The split by Wilson bettered the previous indoor best of 49.54 set by Athing Mu in 2021.

The Arkansas relay performance bettered the previous collegiate indoor record of 3:24.09 by the Razorbacks in 2022 as well as the collegiate outdoor record of 3:21.93 set by Kentucky in 2022.

The collegiate 400m record was broken during the indoor conference weekend with a 50.33 by Rhasidat Adeleke of Texas on February 25 at the Big 12 Championships in Lubbock. Then at the SEC Championships on the same day, Florida’s Talitha Diggs lowered the collegiate record to 50.15, which also broke the American record. The American and collegiate record heading into 2023 was 50.34 set by USC’s Kendall Ellis in 2018.

After opening the indoor season with a 600m collegiate record, Wilson finished as runner-up to teammate Rosey Effiong (51.02) in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational with a 51.14 and anchored the runner-up 4 x 400m (3:28.43) to a professional group of sprinters with a third leg split of 50.59.

At the time Wilson’s split was the fastest ever by a collegian for an indoor third leg, which was latter surpassed by teammate Rosey Effiong with a 50.57 in the NCAA final. Wilson had bettered the previous collegiate best of 50.60 set by Razorback Shafiqua Maloney in 2022.

Racing in the 800m for the first time, Wilson registered a winning debut of 2:02.13 at the Arkansas Qualifier. She raced at that distance in the SEC Championships, repeating her 2:02.13 as silver medalist in the conference meet. Wilson anchored the gold medal 4 x 400m (3:27.57) in 51.42.

The outdoor season started at the Texas Relays for the Razorbacks and Wilson anchored the sprint medley relay to a runner-up finish as she split 2:04.50 on the anchor 800m leg as Arkansas broke the school record of 3:42.36 set in 2015 with a 3:41.51 effort.

In the Invitational 4 x 400m relay, an anchor leg carry of 49.68 produced a runner-up finish of 3:24.45 for the Razorbacks.

Contesting her first double of the outdoor campaign, Wilson set a then world-leading time of 53.23 in the 400m hurdles at Florida’s Tom Jones Memorial over a field that included professional Anna Hall (54.48), and Kentucky’s Masai Russell (55.39).

The following day a 49.51 winning time in the 400m bettered the previous outdoor collegiate record of 48.57 set by Athing Mu in 2021, while it was now just 0.03 from Wilson’s absolute record established indoors. Finishing behind Wilson were Adeleke (49.90) and Effiong (50.93).

Competition in the pair of events at the SEC Championships meant Wilson had two finals separated by an hour and a half. In the prelims, which separated the pair of events with the 400m hurdles on day one and the 400m on day two, Wilson first ran 53.76 in the 400m hurdles, and then delivered a 49.40 collegiate record in the 400m.

In the SEC final, another collegiate record performance plunged the 400m mark down to 49.13 as Wilson registered a victory by over a second with Tierra Robinson-Jones (50.54) runner-up and Florida’s Diggs in third (50.74). The 49.13 also ranks Wilson 18th on the world all-time list, and No. 5 on the American all-time list.

A 53.28 victory in the 400m hurdles had Wilson nearly winning by two full seconds over Kentucky’s Russell (55.21) and Florida’s Vanessa Watson (55.59).

A pair of meet records followed for Wilson during the NCAA West Preliminary rounds as she produced times of 50.15 and 49.51 in the 400m followed by 54.08 and 53.71 in the 400m hurdles.

A pair of sub-50 second times were registered by Wilson in the NCAA Championships with a 49.36 in the prelims and a 49.64 in the final as runner-up to Adeleke’s 49.20. In the tightest time frame between events of the season, Wilson led the 400m hurdle field in the prelims with a 54.67, a full second faster than the second best time. In the final, following her runner-up in the 400m and the shorter schedule, a 55.92 placed Wilson seventh.

(2022)

A phenomenal first season with the Razorbacks included Wilson being part of 10 Arkansas school records, which included a collegiate record in the 4 x 400 relay indoors, on the way to being named SEC Outdoor Runner of the Year, a Bowerman semifinalist, and a relay gold medalist in the World Championships.

Outdoors [Sophomore]: Capped season splitting 49.39 on third leg of United States gold medal 4 x 400 relay at World Championships held in Eugene, Oregon, as the Americans posted a world-leading time of 3:17.79 for 2022 while producing the eighth best time on all-time world list, and fifth best time on all-time U.S. list … Also finished fifth in World Championships 400m hurdles with a time of 54.02 after clocking 54.54 in the prelims and 53.72 in the semifinal … Silver medalist with a 53.08 in 400m hurdles at USATF Championships, producing her fifth Arkansas school record in the event during the season, to earn position on Team USA for World Championships … Wilson’s 53.08 performance ranks No. 10 on the U.S. all-time list and is No. 3 on the all-dates, all-time collegiate list … Became first Razorback to win NCAA 400m hurdles title with a time of 53.86, which is the ninth best performance on the all-time collegiate list … Wilson’s time ranks as the No. 5 performer and No. 6 performance in the history of the event at NCAA Outdoor … Produced the fourth fastest split in NCAA Outdoor 4 x 400 relay history, 49.55, as Arkansas claimed bronze medal in 3:23.69, the sixth best time in the NCAA meet and Arkansas is the No. 6 school in collegiate history … During NCAA West Preliminary rounds, advanced in 400m hurdles with a 54.87 in the quarterfinals and supplied split of 49.72 as Arkansas set a region record of 3:25.16 in 4 x 400 relay …

A scintillating performance at the SEC Outdoor included school record performances in the 400m and 400m hurdles, which were held an hour apart, as Wilson became the first female to win both events in the history of the SEC … A time of 50.05 claimed the 400m title, and bettered the 50.25 school record held by Taylor Ellis-Watson from 2016 … Wilson lowered her own school record in the 400m hurdles to 53.75 in claiming gold in the 400m hurdles … Both performances rank Wilson No. 6 on the all-time collegiate list and bettered facility records at the Ole Miss track … An encore performance had Wilson splitting 48.60, the fastest ever split by a collegian, as Arkansas finished third in the 4 x 400 relay with a 3:22.55, the No. 3 collegiate time ever … Opened outdoor season breaking the Razorback record of 55.71 in the 400m hurdles, set by Sparkle McKnight in 2013, twice during the Texas Relays … With a previous best of 56.36 from high school, Wilson demolished that mark with a 54.65 in the prelims … In the final, a winning time of 54.37 broke the meet record of 54.60 set by Raasin McIntosh of Texas in 2003 … A previous career best of 52.05 in the 400m, also from high school, was improved to 50.97 as Wilson won the Arkansas Twilight.

Indoors [Freshman]: Part of collegiate record in 4 x 400 relay, as well as school records in 400m and distance medley relay … Broke Arkansas 400m record with a 50.88 performance to claim silver medal at SEC Indoor … Finished sixth in NCAA Indoor 400m with a time of 51.52 … Supplied 49.83 anchor split on collegiate record 4 x 400 relay (3:24.09, 4th fastest ever on world list) to win SEC Indoor title … Arkansas bettered the previous collegiate record of 3:26.27 set by Texas A&M in 2021 by two full seconds and the Razorback record of 3:28.07 set in 2021 by four seconds … Wilson’s split on the collegiate record is the second fastest ever in world and second fastest by a collegian, trailing only a 49.54 by Athing Mu in 2021 … Wilson had a 50.60 anchor split as Arkansas won the NCAA Indoor 4 x 400 in 3:27.23 … Ran second leg (52.37 split) on distance medley relay as Arkansas won in the Razorback Invitational with a school record of 10:51.63 … Ran first leg, splitting 51.88, as Razorbacks won 4 x 400 at Tyson Invitational (3:28.39) … Improved previous indoor best of 52.72 as a prep with a 52.61 as runner-up in Razorback Invitational (1/29) … Improved to 52.50 in finishing sixth at Tyson Invitational (2/11) … During SEC Indoor, posted a 51.92 in prelims, followed by 50.88 school record in final.

COLLEGE
Competed on Tennessee relays in 2021 SEC Indoor Championships, placing sixth in 4×400 and distance medley as well as eighth on 4×400 in 2020 … Set a collegiate best of 58.68 in 400m hurdles to win event at Tennessee Relays and raced in the event at 2021 SEC Outdoor Championships … Competed at 2021 NCAA Indoor Championships on 4×400 relay that finished 12th … Collegiate best marks include 24.21 (200m), 38.62 (300m), 52.99 (400m), and 58.68 (400H).

HIGH SCHOOL
2019 Virginia Gatorade Athlete of the Year … Named 2019 USATF Virginia Athlete of the Year … Ten-time Virginia State champion at Mills Godwin HS … Claimed pair of 400m hurdle national titles in 2019, winning USATF Junior Championships (56.36) and New Balance Nationals (56.77), while placing second at Penn Relays … Finished fifth in 2019 Pan-American U20 Championships (58.19) …

Virginia State titles were claimed in 200m (3) and 400m (2) outdoors, and 300m (3) and 500m (2) indoors … Won 300m at 2019 Millrose Games and finished runner-up in 400m at New Balance Indoor Nationals with an indoor best of 52.72 …

On the all-time high school list, the 56.36 ranks No. 7 in the 400m hurdles … Indoors, Wilson’s 500m best of 1:10.82 ranks third performer and performance on all-time high school list while 300m best of 37.53 ranks as the fifth performer and ninth performance and indoor 400m best of 52.72 ranks as seventh performer, eighth performance all-time …

On 2019 World U20 list, ranked equal fifth in 400m hurdles at 56.36 and 10th in the 400m with a 52.06 … Indoors on the World U20 list for 2019, ranked second in 500m (1:10.82), third in the 300m (37.53), and fifth in 400m (52.72) … Among national HS rankings for 2019 season, indoors ranked first in 500m (1:10.82), second in 300m (37.53), and third in 400m (52.72) … On the national outdoor list in 2019, ranked first in 300H (40.78), first in 400H (56.35), fourth in 400m (52.06), 14th in 200m (23.59).