{{Short description|American hammer thrower (born 2002)}} {{use dmy dates|date=July 2025}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Trey Knight | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = | sport = Athletics | event = Hammer throw | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2002|5|24|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''Hammer:''': 79.33 m (2026) }}
'''Trey Knight''' (born 24 May 2002) is an American hammer thrower. He finished in second place at the 2025 USA Track and Field Championships and had a top-ten finish at the 2025 World Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/trey-knight-14874868 |title=Trey Knight|website=World Athletics|accessdate=31 July 2025}}</ref>
==Early life== From Ridgefield, Washington, he is from a family of throwers, with his grandfather, John Gambill, a volunteer coach for his local high school team.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/hs-track-and-field-the-sky-is-the-limit-for-ridgefields-trey-knight/|website=County Clark Today|accessdate=31 July 2025|title= HS track and field: The sky is the limit for Ridgefield’s Trey Knight|date=12 April 2018}}</ref> He attended Ridgefield High School (Washington). Knight set a national high school record in the hammer throw in 2020 and was named Washington State Athlete of the Year for boys track and field in three consecutive years.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.clarkcountytoday.com/sports/trey-knight-sets-national-hammer-record-named-state-athlete-of-the-year/|website=Clarkcountytoday.com|accessdate=31 July 2025|title= Trey Knight sets national hammer record, named state Athlete of the Year|date=29 June 2023}}</ref>
==Career== Competing for California State University, Northridge, Knight named the NCAA Division I West Region indoor field athlete of the year in 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/mar/25/college-notebook-trey-knight-opens-outdoor-track-season-with-a-bang/ |website=Colombian.com|accessdate=31 July 2025|title= College Notebook: Trey Knight opens outdoor track season with a bang|date=25 March 2025}}</ref> Earlier, he had competed for the USC Trojans track and field team.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usctrojans.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/trey-knight/11997|title=Trey Knight|website=usctrojans.com}}</ref>
He was fouled out at the NCAA West Outdoor regionals in 2025 and so did not qualify for the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. However, he did go on to throw a personal best 78.15 metres at the Portland Track Festival in June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://citiusmag.com/articles/usatf-outdoor-track-and-field-championship-2025-throws-heptathlon-preview|title= USATF Outdoor Championships: Event-By-Event Throws & Heptathlon Preview |first= Paul |last=Hof-Mahoney|date=July 30, 2025|accessdate=30 July 2025}}</ref>
He placed second with a new personal best of 78.76 metres at the 2025 USA Track and Field Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.columbian.com/news/2025/jul/31/trey-knight-of-ridgefield-places-second-in-hammer-at-usa-track-and-field-championships-qualifies-for-worlds/|website=Colombian.com|accessdate=31 July 2025|date=31 July 2025|title= Trey Knight of Ridgefield places second in hammer at USA track and field championships, qualifies for worlds}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=USA Championships|date=31 July 2025|website=World Athletics|accessdate=31 July 2025|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7222826?eventId=10229621&gender=M}}</ref> In September 2025, he competed in the hammer throw at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, qualifying for the final and placing tenth overall.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229621 |website=World Athletics|accessdate=25 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=672802|website=Dyestat|accessdate=2 September 2025|title= USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS|date=2 September 2025}}</ref>
On 28 March 2026, he placed second behind Rudy Winkler in the hammer throw at the USATF Winter Long Throws National Championship in Arizona with a personal best throw of 79.33 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.usatf.org/news/2026/six-champions-crowned-at-first-usatf-winter-long-t|website=usatf.org|accessdate=29 March 2026|title= SIX CHAMPIONS CROWNED AT FIRST USATF WINTER LONG THROWS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP|date=28 March 2026}}</ref>
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