| Jacious Sears | |
| Nationality: | United States |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Sprint |
| Birth Date: | 11 August 2001 |
| Pb: | 60m: 7.04 (Alburquerque, 2023) 100m: 10.77 (Gainesville, 2024) 200m: 22.45 (Baton Rouge, 2023) |
Jacious Sears (born 11 August 2001) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter.[1]
From Palm Beach Gardens in Florida, she attended Palm Beach Gardens Community High School.[2] She started at the University of Miami in 2020,[3] before transferring to the University of Tennessee.[4]
In March 2023 Sears, competing for the University of Tennessee, ran 7.04 seconds for the 60 metres at the 2023 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in Albuquerque, New Mexico.[5] She finished third in the 60m final at the event, along with placing ninth in the 200 metres.[6] In May 2023, Sears set a new personal best as she won the women's 100 metres title in 10.96 seconds at the Southeastern Conference Championship (SEC) held at LSU's Bernie Moore Track and Field Stadium in Baton Rouge. Sears also finished second in a new personal best in the 200m final, in 22.45 seconds.[7]
Competing at the 2023 NCAA Outdoor Athletics Championships in Austin, Texas, in June 2023, she finished third in the 100m and fourth in the 200m.[8] Later that month, she was named the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association (USTFCCCA) South Region Track Athlete of the Year.[9]
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, she reached the final of the 100m competition, finishing eighth overall.[10] She also reached the semi-finals stage of the 200m at the same meet.[11]
In February 2024, Sears, now a senior at Tennessee, won the women's 60-meter dash title and took third in the 200-meter final, both in personal-best efforts of 7.11 and 22.96 seconds at the SEC Indoor Championships at Lance Harter Track at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[12] Also that month she ran a new indoors 200 metres personal best time of 22.57 seconds in Albuquerque.[13] The following month, she ran 7.07 seconds to qualify for the 60m final at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Boston, Massachusetts, she finished fourth in the final in a time of 7.13 seconds.[14] On the same day, she reached the final of the 200 metres in a time of 22.70 seconds and finished fifth in the 200 metres in a time of 22.69 seconds.[15]
In April 2024, she ran the second-fastest 100m in NCAA history behind only Sha'Carri Richardson, with a 10.77 seconds run at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida.[16] [17]