Early career Jones won gold in the
100 m hurdles at the
2019 USATF U20 Outdoor Championships in
Miramar, Florida in June. She then won gold in the same event at the
2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships in
San Jose, Costa Rica in July 2019. Jones ran track at college for
USC Trojans with whom she claimed an
NCAA Outdoors title in the
4 × 100 m relay in her first year of 2021. The following year, she was runner-up in the
NCAA Outdoors 100 m hurdles in a personal best time of 12.66 seconds.
2024: Olympic debut Jones finished as runner-up in the
60 m hurdles at the
US National Indoors Championships in
New Mexico in February 2024, running a personal best time of 7.82 seconds. Competing at the
NCAA Indoor Championships in
Boston, Massachusetts, she won the 60 metres hurdles final in a personal best time of 7.77 seconds. She won the 400 m hurdles at the NCAA Championships in
Eugene, Oregon in June 2024 in 53.15 seconds. Later that month, she ran a personal best 52.77 seconds to finish third in the 400 metres hurdles at the
US Olympic trials. Jones placed fourth at the
2024 Olympic Games in the 400 m hurdles with a time of 52.29 seconds, which was a personal best as well as a
US collegiate record.
2025: World Championships silver medalist Announced for the inaugural season of the
Michael Johnson founded
Grand Slam Track, She was the slam winner at the
2025 Philadelphia Slam in the long hurdles category after finishing second in both the 400 metres hurdles and 400 metres races. She ran 53.18 seconds to finish second to
Femke Bol in the 400 metres hurdles at the
2025 London Athletics Meet, part of the
2025 Diamond League, on July 19. She placed third in the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the
2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She also placed third in the 400 metres hurdles on August 16 in the Diamond League at the
2025 Kamila Skolimowska Memorial, in Poland. Jones was selected for the American team for the
2025 World Athletics Championships in
Tokyo, Japan, winning the silver medal in the 400 metres hurdles, running a personal best time of 52.08 seconds. ==Competition results==