Sidi Njie
Sidi Njie is an American sprinter. at Westlake High School, in Atlanta, Georgia and member of the USA U20 Track and Field Team. Njie is MileSplit's No. 1 Track & Field recruit in the US for the Class of 2025.
Early life
Raised in College Park, Georgia and South Fulton, Georgia, he attended Westlake High School in Atlanta. In 2024, he committed to the University of Georgia.Career
As a freshman in 2022, Njie won the Georgia Class 6A title in the 400m and finished second in the 200m, which were U.S. No. 11 and U.S. No. 22 performances, respectively. They were also the fastest times nationally in the freshmen class.As a sophomore in 2023, Njie again was first in the 400m, which was the fastest time ever recorded by a high school athlete in Georgia and second in the 200m at the state meet, but this time it was in the Class 7A classification. Those were U.S. No. 3 and tied for U.S. No. 19 times, respectively, and U.S. No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 among sophomores. The 45.46, lowered the record of 45.78 that Will Sumner had set the previous year.
As a junior in 2024, Sidi was even better, winning the 200m and finishing second in the 400m in the 400m at the state meet. In June, he won the 400m at the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field, Eugene, Oregon, prevailing in a loaded field that included Arizona State's Jayden Davis and Class of 2024 star Ervin Pearson III, who is entering his freshman year at the University of Georgia.
He qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the 2024 World Athletics U20 Championships in Lima, Peru. In the final he came away with the bronze medal, running 46.29 seconds. He then won gold running the anchor leg for the American 4 x 400 metres relay team.
In January 2026, he ran 32.10 seconds for the 300 metres indoors at the Clemson Invitational, recording a win over Christopher Morales Williams.