Trey Knight (born 24 May 2002) is an American hammer thrower. He finished in second place at the 2025 USA Track and Field Championships and had a top-ten finish at the 2025 World Championships.[1]

Early life

From Ridgefield, Washington, he is from a family of throwers, with his grandfather, John Gambill, a volunteer coach for his local high school team.[2] He attended Ridgefield High School (Washington). Knight set a national high school record in the hammer throw in 2020 and was named Washington State Athlete of the Year for boys track and field in three consecutive years.[3]

Career

Competing for California State University, Northridge, Knight named the NCAA Division I West Region indoor field athlete of the year in 2025.[4] Earlier, he had competed for the USC Trojans track and field team.[5]

He was fouled out at the NCAA West Outdoor regionals in 2025 and so did not qualify for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. However, he did go on to throw a personal best 78.15 metres at the Portland Track Festival in June 2025.[6]

He placed second with a new personal best of 78.76 metres at the 2025 USA Track and Field Championships.[7][8] In September 2025, he competed in the hammer throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, qualifying for the final and placing tenth overall.[9][10]

On 28 March 2026, he placed second behind Rudy Winkler in the hammer throw at the USATF Winter Long Throws National Championship in Arizona with a personal best throw of 79.33 metres.[11] In July, Knight placed fifth in the hammer throw at the 2026 Prefontaine Classic.[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Trey Knight". World Athletics. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  2. ↑ "HS track and field: The sky is the limit for Ridgefield's Trey Knight". County Clark Today. 12 April 2018. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  3. ↑ "Trey Knight sets national hammer record, named state Athlete of the Year". Clarkcountytoday.com. 29 June 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "College Notebook: Trey Knight opens outdoor track season with a bang". Colombian.com. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  5. ↑ "Trey Knight". usctrojans.com.
  6. ↑ Hof-Mahoney, Paul (30 July 2025). "USATF Outdoor Championships: Event-By-Event Throws & Heptathlon Preview". Retrieved 30 July 2025.
  7. ↑ "Trey Knight of Ridgefield places second in hammer at USA track and field championships, qualifies for worlds". Colombian.com. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  8. ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 July 2025.
  9. ↑ "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. 18 September 2025. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
  10. ↑ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
  11. ↑ "SIX CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT FIRST USATF WINTER LONG THROWS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP". usatf.org. 28 March 2026. Retrieved 29 March 2026.
  12. ↑ Johnson, Robert; Gault, Jonathan (4 July 2026). "Fireworks at Pre: Hiltz Stuns Kipyegon, High Schooler Taylor Rips 19.75 on the 4th of July". Lets Run. Retrieved 5 June 2026.
source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Knight