REPEATING AS No. 1 U.S. woman isn’t easy to do, but Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone has made a habit of doing difficult things. Her repeat AOY here is the first since Gail Devers in ’02 and ’03…
McLaughlin-Levrone was an almost-unanimous choice for No. 1 last year, missing perfection by just a single point. This time she was perfect… Throwers showed uncommon strength, taking places 2-3-4 and 6…
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. Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone | 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 270 | 100.0% |
| 2. Chase Ealey | — | 7 | 7 | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 206 | 76.3% |
| 3. Brooke Andersen | — | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 203 | 75.2% |
| 4. Valarie Allman | — | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 196 | 72.6% |
| 5. Athing Mu | — | 8 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 188 | 69.6% |
| 6. Kara Winger | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 119 | 44.1% |
| 7. Sandi Morris | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | 103 | 38.1% |
| 8. Anna Hall | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 66 | 24.4% |
| 9. Katie Nageotte | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 53 | 19.6% |
| 10. Abby Steiner | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | 35 | 13.0% |
| 11. Tori Franklin 22; 12. Janee’ Kassanavoid 10; 13. Dalilah Muhammad 8; 14. Keni Harrison 5; 15. Quanesha Burks 1. | ||||||||||||
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