UK Freshman Talks About What It's Like to be Olympian

From the cover of Sports Illustrated to the campus of the University of Kentucky, Olympian and current UK freshman Sydney McLaughlin has grown up on the track. Discover what she hopes to accomplish next!
*Special thanks to UK Athletics for some of the footage used in this video.*

[@jitteller9042]

Because of her I’m doing Track this year for my HS 😤, Its Motivation

[@ThaneR0248]

amazing sport...hope u had a great season..

[@efisgpr]

Good!!!

[@cailynpentecost4455]

So talented and well spoken! This girl is going places!

[@universityofkentuckyofficial]

Sydney is awesome! We are proud she's part of the Wildcat family!

[@parkerjones6598]

Congrats to Sydney and the rest of the Wildcats for a stellar showing at the 2018 NCAA indoor nationals! A new school record in the 400m and .02 seconds shy of a collegiate record!!

[@parkerjones6598]

Oh yeah, and that 50.36 400m was in fact a world junior record, if anybody was curious.

[@adegbenroagoro5180]

Katherine Farnan I think that was in the relays.

[@efisgpr]

@@parkerjones6598 She went on to do 50.07 ...in the rain. And those WJR's are U20, so it's extra ridiculous to break 'em at 18. She also did 22.39 200m outdoor and Gabby's new collegiate record for indoor 200 was 22.38 (on a track with tighter curves, sure, but also it's banked and has some bounce usually). Then she had the best split on the gold medal team for the women's 4x400m at the world championships ....and got 0.07 from the new WR in the women's 400mH. Just crazy...

[@Codemeister1998]

wow I run hurdles too, we have so much in common Sydney, we should hang out some time.

[@robertnelson2017]

You go girl the world is your future

[@brianberry8585]

Kentucky proud

[@sharonvizcarrondo5847]

A nice young lady.

[@gerojmendez2824]

Rob whitehall

[@DavidGreen-oc4nv]

Can you please tell the announcer to shut up. There are more athletes on the track than just her. Folks need to stop biting, because when she is no longer the fastest, she will be forgotten.

[@lovemetender9979]

Facts of life: People don't care about mediocrity. People only cares about WINNERS. Sydney is already a winner why she gets all the attention. So be a WINNER.

[@abumereehizokhale9698]

She's the best so she gets that kinda treatment just how it is nobody really cares abt the average

[@az-ih9dk]

Dude stop spreading negativity she is the best because now she beat the WR for the 400m hurdles and 21 and made it to the Olympic at age 16. Not a lot of people can say that.

[@grapefruitrunning]

Hope they come back and read this and feel foolosh