Maia Ramsden

Maia Ramsden (born 23 March 2002) is a track and field and cross-country athlete from New Zealand.[1]

Maia Ramsden
Personal information
NationalityNew Zealand
Born (2002-03-23) 23 March 2002
New York
Sport
SportAthletics
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)800m: 2:09.99 (New Haven, 2022)
1500m: 4:08.60 (Austin, 2023)
Mile: 4:30.19 (Boston, 2023)
5000m: 15:40.05 (Jacksonville, 2023)

Early and personal life

Ramsden was born in New York when her father, Mark Ramsden, who had a career in foreign affairs for the New Zealand Government, was assigned to the United Nations. From the age of three, she was raised in Wellington, New Zealand. She also later studied at International Schools in Suva, Fiji, Solomon Islands and Addis Ababa. Maia began studying History and Literature, with a focus on the Pacific at Harvard University, in 2020. Her mother is called Margot and she has siblings called Griffyn and Isla.[2][3][4][5]

Career

Ramsden was U20 New Zealand national champion over 800m and 1500m distances in March 2020.[6]

Competing indoors in Boston in February 2023, she also ran a new personal best time of 4:30.19 for the mile, which placed her second on the all-time New Zealand women’s mile lists behind only Kim Smith, who ran 4:24.14 in 2008.[7]

Ramsden won the 1500m title at the 2023 NCAA Outdoors Championships, held in Austin, Texas in June 2023. She ran a personal best time of 4:08.60 in winning the race.[8] In doing so, she became the first New Zealander to win a track title at an outdoor NCAA Championships, and the sixth overall all-time female New Zealander at the distance.[9] She also became the first winner from Harvard in the event since 1986.[10]

In October 2023 Ramsden signed an NIL deal with On.[11]

References
  1. "Maia Ramsden". World Athletics. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  2. "Maia Ramsden". Gocrimson.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  3. Mannan, Justine (12 May 2017). "Maia Ramsden Sets Bar For Student Athletes". Fijisun.com. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  4. "Kiwi creates history at NCAA Championships". rnz.co.nz. June 11, 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2023.
  5. Hinton, Marc (June 17, 2023). "Maia Ramsden eyes big things as NCAA 1500m title puts her on the fast-track". i.stuff.co.nz. Retrieved 5 July 2023.
  6. Shuchman, Aaron B. (May 25, 2023). "Rewriting the Record Books: Maia Ramsden, Female Athlete of the Year". Thecrimson.com. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  7. "Global traveller Maia climbs the NCAA peak". Athletics.org.nz. 17 June 2023.
  8. "Harvard's Maia Ramsden Upset Winner in NCAA 1500m as Katelyn Tuohy Fades to 7th". LetsRun.com. June 10, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  9. "New Zealand athlete Maia Ramsden creates history, wins NCAA 1500m crown". i.Stuff. June 12, 2023. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  10. "Maia Ramsden Of Harvard Wins 1500m, Ends Katelyn Tuohy's NCAA Double Bid". Flotrack. June 11, 2023. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  11. Chavez, Chris (October 10, 2023). "NCAA Champion Maia Ramsden Signs NIL Deal With On". Citius Mag. Retrieved October 13, 2023.
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