Trayvon Bromell

Trayvon Bromell

Bromell (right) at the 2015 World Championships
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1995-07-10) July 10, 1995 St. Petersburg, Florida
Residence	Waco, Texas
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)[1]
Weight	157 lb (71 kg)
Sport
Sport	Track and Field
Event(s)	Sprints
College team	Baylor Bears
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 m: 9.84 (2015) 200 m: 20.03 (2015)
Medal record Men's athletics Competitor for the United States World Championships 2015 Beijing 100 m World Junior Championships 2014 Eugene 4×100 m relay 2014 Eugene 100 m Pan American Junior Championships 2013 Medellín 4×100 m relay 2013 Medellín 100 m

Trayvon Jaquez Bromell (born July 10, 1995) is an American track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events. He is the first junior to surpass the 10-second barrier.

Career

On March 29, 2014, Bromell tied the world junior record in the 100 metres, running a 10.01 at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, while representing Baylor University.^[2] Just one day before the race, Bromell came within .01 of the record with a 10.02. Following the meet, Bromell was named "2014 Texas Relays Most Outstanding Performer." The last Baylor athlete to receive the same honor was Michael Johnson, 24 years earlier.^[3]

On June 13, 2014, Bromell ran 9.92 in the semifinals at the NCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon, but that result will not become a record because it was wind aided by a +2.2 mps wind.^[4] The following day, he ran 9.97 in the final, with a legal +1.8 mps wind. Pending ratification, that should give him sole possession of the record. Bromell is the first freshman since Walter Dix in 2005 to win the 100 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.^[5]

Bromell had previous brushes with the record in 2013 as a high school athlete at Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, running 9.99 while dusting an elite high school field in the Great Southwest Classic at altitude assisted Albuquerque, New Mexico. However, that race could not count as a record due to the 4.0 mps wind assistance, which is double the allowable amount. (See the race.) Earlier in the season he won the 200 metres at the National Scholastic Indoor Championships against a similarly talented field. He was named the Gatorade Player of the Year for 2013.^[6]

Later in 2013, Bromell won the Junior National Championship in the 100 metres at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. As a result of that win, Bromell represented the United States at the 2013 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships, bringing home a bronze medal in the individual 100 metres and anchoring the U.S. 4x100 metres relay team to gold in his first international competition.

At the end of May 2014, Bromell ran a time of 9.77 at the Big 12 Championships. However, the time was nullified by the +4.2 mps aiding wind. The meet was at Lubbock, Texas where the altitude is just 8 meters below an elevation that would qualify marks for altitude assistance. Meet officials had also reversed the direction of the race to take advantage of the wind. Bromell's time of 9.77 ranks equal to the ninth-fastest wind-aided 100 meters race of all time.

In 2015, he returned to Eugene at the NCAA Championships, improving his personal best to 9.90 in the preliminary round.^[7]

At the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in June 2015, Bromell came second in the 100 metres, clocking a time of 9.96 and thus qualifying for the 2015 World Championships. In the heats, he ran 9.84 seconds which made him the 10th fastest man in history.^[8] At the World Championships, Bromell qualified for the final of the 100 metres by running a time of 9.91 in the heats and then a 9.99 in the semifinals. In the final, Bromell tied for third with a time of 9.92, finishing behind Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin.

Major competition record

References

External links

• Trayvon Bromell profile at IAAF
• BaylorBears profile