For an athlete who’s been leaving most of her rivals for dead this season, it’s somehow fitting that Ajee' Wilson’sfirst running memories were of jogging through the local graveyard...
Back then, the graveyard was situated close to her home in Monmouth County, New Jersey and was en route to her local track. Wilson is keen to point out “We were not stepping on anybody and I was running on a path where the cars drove down.”
It was those slightly unusual jogs as a youngster that set in motion a passion for athletics, which has not only seen her dominate through the age groups, but this season star as one of the world’s leading two-lap runners.
Aged just 20, the future looks rosy for Wilson, whose first name is pronounced “ah-jhay”.
Born into an athletic family in New Jersey – her father, Zachary Snr, ran track and played college football and her mum, Tonya, competed in the 400m hurdles, 800m and the high jump – perhaps it was inevitable she gravitated towards the sport.
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