Oliver Bradwell

Oliver Bradwell, Jr.
Personal information
Nationality American
Born August 21, 1992
Wichita, Kansas
Residence Wichita, Kansas
Height 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) 100m, 200m, 60m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 100m: 10.34s (Albuquerque 2010)
200m: 20.97s (Eugene 2011)

Oliver Warren Bradwell Jr. (born August 21, 1992) is an American sprinter, who specializes in the 100 and 200 m dash. In 2010, he won a gold medal at the 13th IAAF World Junior Championships in Athletics at Stade Moncton in New Brunswick, Canada. A native of Wichita, Kansas, Bradwell is currently attending Barton County Community College as an incoming freshman.

Early life

Born in Wichita, Kansas on August 21, 1992, Oliver grew up excelling at many sports including soccer, football, and track and field. Bradwell was first discovered as having deceptive speed from a childhood track coach. When Oliver started out running for Wichita Unity Track Club as an eight-year-old, he immediately had success in the 100 and 200 meters by breaking multiple meet and state records in his age group, which some still hold today and AAU Junior Olympic Games championships. In addition, he was an anchor leg of a nationally successful 4 x 100 m relay team along with second leg Deveon Dinwiddie[1][2] (an incoming freshman as a Kansas State University Running Back),[3] third leg Corey Henley[4][5][6] (an incoming freshman at Northern Virginia Community College), and first leg D.J. Hubbard[7] (a highly recruited senior Running Back at La Hoya Community High School),[8] who all possessed rare speed at a young age, toured the Missouri Valley Region with Bradwell throughout his early AAU career. Oliver was also an All-Metro soccer player for Wichita East High School.

Career

Oliver Bradwell, Jr. won an IAAF World Junior title anchoring Team USA in the 4 x 100 m relay at Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada in 2010. Teaming up with Charles Silmon, Eric Harris and Michael Granger, Bradwell helped the U.S. to a world-leading WL winning time of 38.93s,[9][10] which was the third-fastest time ever run at the World Junior Championships in Athletics, behind the 38.66s WJR blazed by the 2004 U.S. team and the 38.92s posted by the 2002 U.S. team. Bradwell is the first Kansas high school sprinter ever to win an IAAF world championship title and gold medal, and is currently the 100 m AAU and USATF Youth Outdoor national champion, and the 200 m U.S. Junior Outdoor national champion. Each of these titles were attained by Bradwell at the age of 17 in a grueling 15,000 mile North American tour running from late June 2010 through early August 2010. Bradwell also won the 100 m AAU Youth Outdoor national championship in 2009.

Personal Bests (PB)

Distance Time Venue
200 m 20.97s Eugene, Oregon (25 June 2011)
60 m (Indoor) 6.85s Columbia, Missouri (20 February 2010)

References

  1. ↑ National Elite Youth Ranking System
  2. ↑ http://www.manhattantrackclub.com/results/07GardenPlainResults.html
  3. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/kansasstate/football/recruiting/player-Deveon-Dinwiddie-77576 Yahoo! Sports Deveon Dinwiddie
  4. ↑ National Elite Youth Ranking System
  5. ↑ http://www.arkansasaau.org/data/2001/2001R8MaleResults.txt
  6. ↑ DyeStat Youth Track & Field
  7. ↑ National Elite Youth Ranking System
  8. ↑ D.J. Hubbard - Yahoo! Sports
  9. ↑ "2010 World Junior Championships: Men's 4×100 m relay (final)" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 2010-07-24.
  10. ↑ "Image of Sport: Oliver Bradwell".

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