This wasn’t unexpected after all! When Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone first declared her desire to enter the short hurdles sprint group in Philadelphia, most knew this wasn’t going to be easy. With just two 100m hurdles races to her name in the past 3 years, the odds of being defeated by the pros for whom this was their marquee event were way too high. And that’s exactly what happened. But win or lose, Sydney just made a major revelation about her 2025 track season in Philadelphia!
For the longest time, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone was called out by her fans for not running enough through the season. Last year, she started with one race in late April, but went on to run a total of 15 races that season. Now this was still way more than her very sporadic presence on the track as seen in 2022 and 2023. Still, fans wanted to see more of her as they felt her selective race schedule doesn’t show her full potential. But has anything changed in 2025? Here’s Sydney’s thoughts on how her 2025 season is different from the rest.
Speaking to Citius Mag after her Grand Slam Track Philadelphia 100m hurdles race, Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone talked about how things have been different for her this season. She said, “I think, you know, the only thing that’s different is kind of just traveling to the Slams. But other than that it’s really the same kind of training.” This time of the year, Sydney’s either running a handful of races like the Penn Relays or the New York Indoor GP, etc, or not running at all. But this time, all she has done since April start is run at the GST. Thus, the GST has added 5 new races to her list for this season and enabled fans to see a lot more of her.
However, beyond the Grand Slam Track, nothing much changes, says Sydney McLauglin-Levrone, “I think you guys are just seeing the training you know materialize earlier in the year than you normally would. So, uh, other than that, I think it’s just business as usual.” She even hinted that now it’s time to continue what she has started, “Just take it one at a time, go back to training, uh get ready for the next Slam.”
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