ON THE STRENGTH of No. 1 Rankings in the 100 and 200, with Worlds golds in both events, 24-year-old Melissa Jefferson-Wooden has shot straight to U.S. Women’s Athlete Of The Year status in her turnout among the Top 10. She received 17 of 29 first-place votes. A trio not far behind in the scoring all also garnered votes for No. 1: 3-time World (and U.S.) No. 1 Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (5 No. 1 votes), Valarie Allman (6) and Anna Hall (1).
The 4-woman list of repeaters from ’24: McLaughlin-Levrone, Allman, Tara Davis-Woodhall (No. 5) and Katie Moon (6). Moon has now made 5 straight Top 10 appearances.
The charting of this year’s voting (points are awarded in inverse order of place: 10-9-8… etc):
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Total | % | |
| 1. Melissa Jefferson-Wooden | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 271 | 93.4% |
| 2. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 245 | 84.5% |
| 3. Valarie Allman | 6 | 8 | 7 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 244 | 84.1% |
| 4. Anna Hall | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 223 | 76.9% |
| 5. Tara Davis-Woodhall | — | — | — | 3 | 21 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 171 | 59.0% |
| 6. Katie Moon | — | — | — | — | 5 | 18 | 6 | — | — | — | 144 | 49.7% |
| 7. Chase Jackson | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | — | 115 | 39.7% |
| 8. Grace Stark | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 53 | 18.3% |
| 9. Sandi Morris | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | 6 | 47 | 16.2% |
| 10. Jasmine Jones | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 42 | 14.5% |
| 11. Masai Russell 20; 12. Jasmine Moore 9; 13. Taliyah Brooks 8; 14. Deanna Price 3. | ||||||||||||
