Trayvon Bromell

Trayvon Jaquez Bromell (born July 10, 1995) is an American professional track and field athlete specializing in sprinting events.

Bromell became the first freshman since Walter Dix in 2005 to win the 100 meters at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.

After the national championships he was named the Gatorade Track and Field Athlete of the Year for 2013.

With his win in the 100 m he qualified to represent the United States in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 meters relay at international championships that year.

Two months later in August Bromell competed in the Pan American Junior Championships in Medellín, Colombia where he competed in the 100 m and the 4 × 100 m relay.

He placed third in the 100 m to earn his first international medal, and then anchored the United States to victory in the 4 × 100 m relay to earn his first international gold medal.

On March 29, 2014, Bromell tied the world junior record in the 100 meters, running a 10.01 at the Texas Relays in Austin, Texas, while representing Baylor University.

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.

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 did not enter the record books, because it was ruled wind-assisted due to a +2.2mps tail-wind with +2.0mps being the maximum allowable tail-wind for times to be considered legal.

The following day, he ran 9.97 in the final with a legal +1.8mps wind.

Pending ratification, that gave him sole possession of the men's 100m record.

At the end of May 2014, Bromell ran a time of 9.77 at the Big 12 Championships.

However, the record-time was nullified by a +4.2 m/s tail-wind.

The meet was at Lubbock, Texas, where the altitude is just eight meters below an elevation that would qualify marks for altitude assistance.

Meet officials 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.

He won bronze medals in the 100 meters at the 2015 and 2022 World Championships.

In 2015, he returned to Eugene at the NCAA Championships, improving his personal best time to 9.90 in the preliminary round of the 100m.

At the 2015 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in June 2015, Bromell won his first round heat in a personal best time of 9.84 seconds, tying him as the tenth fastest 100m runner of all time with Canadian legends Donovan Bailey and Bruny Surin.

He won his semi-final in a wind-aided 9.76 seconds (+3.7 m/s) to improve his all-conditions best, before going on to finish second in the final to Tyson Gay in 9.96 seconds.

This qualified him for the 2015 World Championships in both the 100m and 4 × 100 meters relay.

Bromell made his Diamond League debut at the 2015 Herculis meeting in Monaco, competing in the 100m and 4 × 100 m relay.

Although one of the favorites for the 100m, Bromell false-started, thus disqualifying him.

However, he was able to successfully lead-off his team to a victory in the 4 × 100 m in 37.87 seconds.

In August, Bromell arrived in Beijing for the World Championships.

Bromell was the 2016 World indoor 60 meters champion, and competed for the United States at the 2016 Rio and 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

He was the first junior to break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters with a time of 9.97 seconds, the former junior world record.

Bromell's personal bests of 6.42 seconds in the 60 meters and 9.76 seconds in the 100 meters make him the joint sixth-fastest man of all time at those events.

He was the 2022 Diamond League 100 m champion.

In May, competing for Gibbs High School in St. Petersburg, Florida, Bromell won the 100 m at the Florida High School Athletic Association 3A State Finals in 10.45 s, and was second in the 200 meters in 21.41 s.

On June 8 he had a brush with the 100 m high school record and junior world record, clocking his first sub-10 s run with an altitude-assisted time of 9.99 s at the Great Southwest Classic in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

However, the race was wind-assisted with a +4.0 m/s tailwind, +2.0 m/s above the allowable limit for record keeping.

Later that month Bromell competed in the 100 m and the 200 m at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor.

In the 100 m he won his preliminary in 10.31 s before winning the final in 10.45 s, run into a −2.4 m/s headwind.

In the 200 m he lowered his personal best twice with times of 20.96 s in the preliminary and 20.91 s in the final despite headwinds.

However, he still had to settle for second in the final.

Bromell headed to the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships a few days later to compete in the 100 m on day one and the 200 m on day two.

On day one he won his semi in 10.56 s into a −2.7 m/s headwind and the final again in 10.48 s with a much stronger −4.8 m/s headwind, winning his first USATF title in the 100 m. On day two Bromell was disqualified after his semi for stepping out of his lane during the race, and did not compete in the 200 m final.