Maia Ramsden
 Ramsden at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | New Zealand |
| Born | 23 March 2002 New York City, New York[1] |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| College team | Harvard Crimson |
| Coached by | Alex Gibby |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal bests | |
Maia Ramsden (born 23 March 2002) is a track and field and cross-country athlete from New Zealand.[2]
Early and personal life[edit]
Ramsden was born in New York when her father, Mark Ramsden, who had a career in foreign affairs for the New Zealand Government, was assigned to the United Nations. From the age of three, she was raised in Wellington, New Zealand. She studied at International Schools in Suva, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Addis Ababa. Maia began studying History and Literature, with a focus on the Pacific at Harvard University, in 2020. Her mother is called Margot and she has siblings called Griffyn and Isla.[3][4][5][1]
Career[edit]
Ramsden was U20 New Zealand national champion over 800m and 1500m distances in March 2020.[6]
Competing indoors in Boston in February 2023, she also ran a new personal best time of 4:30.19 for the mile, which placed her second on the all-time New Zealand women’s mile lists behind only Kim Smith, who ran 4:24.14 in 2008.[7]
Ramsden won the 1500m title at the 2023 NCAA Outdoors Championships, held in Austin, Texas in June 2023, in a then new personal best time of 4:08.60.[8] In doing so, she became the second New Zealander to win a track title at an outdoor NCAA Championships, and the sixth overall all-time female New Zealander at the distance.[9] She also became the first winner from Harvard in the event since 1986.[10]
In October 2023 Ramsden signed an NIL deal with On.[11]
In her senior year of cross country, Ramsden finished 10th overall at the 2023 NCAA Cross Country Championships.[12]
In February 2024, Ramsden set a new personal mile best of 4:24.83 in the Wannamaker mile at the Millrose Games in New York.[13] She qualified for the final of the women's 1500 metres race at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow, with a national record time of 4:06.51. She finished tenth in the final with a time of 4:06.88.[14] At the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships on 9 March 2024, Ramsden set a new meet record to win the mile in 4:25.13.[15]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Hinton, Marc (17 June 2023). "Maia Ramsden eyes big things as NCAA 1500m title puts her on the fast-track". i.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
- ^ "Maia Ramsden". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Maia Ramsden". Gocrimson.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Mannan, Justine (12 May 2017). "Maia Ramsden Sets Bar For Student Athletes". Fijisun.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Kiwi creates history at NCAA Championships". rnz.co.nz. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Shuchman, Aaron B. (25 May 2023). "Rewriting the Record Books: Maia Ramsden, Female Athlete of the Year". Thecrimson.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "Global traveller Maia climbs the NCAA peak". Athletics.org.nz. 17 June 2023. Retrieved 14 January 2024.
- ^ "Harvard's Maia Ramsden Upset Winner in NCAA 1500m as Katelyn Tuohy Fades to 7th". LetsRun.com. 10 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ "New Zealand athlete Maia Ramsden creates history, wins NCAA 1500m crown". i.Stuff. 12 June 2023. Retrieved 12 June 2023.
- ^ "Maia Ramsden Of Harvard Wins 1500m, Ends Katelyn Tuohy's NCAA Double Bid". Flotrack. 11 June 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
- ^ Chavez, Chris (10 October 2023). "NCAA Champion Maia Ramsden Signs NIL Deal With On". Citius Mag. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Cross Country Championships". TFRRS. Retrieved 20 November 2023.
- ^ "George Beamish kicks home to finish fourth in 2 miles at Millrose Games". Stuff.co.nz. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
- ^ "Women's 1500m Results - World Athletics Indoor Championships 2024". Watch Athletics. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 2 March 2024.
- ^ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (10 March 2024). "2024 NCAA Indoors Women: Maia Ramsden & Parker Valby Dominate as Juliette Whittaker Stuns Michaela Rose". Lets Run. Retrieved 10 March 2024.
