328: Sanu Jallow-Lockhart: Chasing Greatness
The Hog Pod with Bo Mattingly
Sport & Story
4.8 • 1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 March 2026
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Sanu Jallow-Lockhart joins The Hog Pod to share her incredible journey from The Gambia to Arkansas, breaking the two-minute mark in the 800 meters, competing on the Olympic stage, and building a legacy beyond the track.
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| 0:00.0 | Everybody knows Sino Jallo, but I also want them to know Sino Jalo |
| 0:07.0 | Lockhart because, you know, those two stories together just make me who I am overall. |
| 0:14.0 | Like, yes, Sunu Jailo has a story, but another side of Sanoo is the Lockhart part, because I feel like without the Lockhart's, |
| 0:24.8 | my story wouldn't be what it is today. |
| 0:36.2 | Welcome into the hog pot. |
| 0:39.6 | I'm Bo Mattingly and this episode is made possible by our friends at South by Northwest Hospitality. |
| 0:48.1 | Sunu Jala Lockhart didn't just find her way to Arkansas. |
| 0:51.8 | She chased it. |
| 0:53.0 | From West Africa to Fayetteville. Her journey is one of |
| 0:56.1 | resilience, growth, and chasing something bigger. I just saw Arkansas like across the way and I saw |
| 1:02.0 | how, you know, they function as a team and how they dominate the field. And I was just like, |
| 1:06.5 | this is where I want to be. Now she's one of the most dominant middle distance runners in the country, |
| 1:11.5 | rewriting record books and making history as the first razorback woman to break the two-minute |
| 1:16.8 | mark in the 800 meters. I was like, oh my God, this is crazy. So it was just an honor to be in the |
| 1:23.8 | record books and can she needed to be in the record books. So I was really happy about that. |
| 1:27.3 | But her story goes far beyond the track. From learning English after being in the record books and can she be in the record book. So I was really happy about that. |
| 1:32.3 | But her story goes far beyond the track, from learning English after arriving in the U.S. at nine years old to being adopted by the coach who helped shape her future. |
| 1:37.2 | Being here gave me a lot of opportunities that I truly never thought that I was going to walk into. |
| 1:43.6 | That journey took her all the way to the Olympic stage, |
| 1:47.0 | representing Gambia and competing alongside the biggest names in sports. |
| 1:52.0 | And I'm just like, I'm seeing all this time, I'm like, oh my gosh, you're some mobile. |
| 1:56.0 | Yeah, I'm here with you. |
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