Brandon Hicklin

Brandon Hicklin Career

Brandon Hicklin is from Spartanburg, South Carolina and attended North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University before transferring to the track powerhouse school, Louisiana State University. He helped his school capture gold in the 4 x 100-meter relay at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships in 2023.

Brandon Hicklin has had recent success in both the short sprints and the long jump.

In May 2023, he competed at the NCAA East Trials in Jacksonville, Florida. He ran 9.96 seconds in the 100-meter, unfortunately with a wind over the legal limit of 2.0m/s.

Hicklin would drop under the ten-second barrier with a legal wind the next year when he ran 9.94 seconds at the LSU Invitational on April 27, 2024.

He would make his Diamond League debut in Rabat less than a month later, finishing fourth in the men’s 100 with a time of 10.26 seconds. He would improve his finish to third at the Prefontaine Classic later in the spring with a time of 10.08 seconds.

Hicklin would show consistency throughout the season, dipping under 10 seconds two more times, equalling his personal best, and also running 9.95 seconds in the semi-finals at the U.S. Olympic Trials.

In April 2025, he improved his personal best to 9.93 seconds. He would go on to be named for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China, and help the U.S. relay team capture silver in the 4 x 100-meter relay. His time of 9.94 seconds would be the 17^th fastest in the world in 2024.

Hicklin achieved his long jump personal best of 8.18 meters at the Aggie Classic in Greensboro, North Carolina in 2022. The jump would be the 18th longest in the world that year.

He frequently competed in the long jump during college, but hasn’t contested the event since 2023.

Other Facts

Hicklin also competed in the triple jump before entering university, having jumped close to 15 meters. He continued to compete during college until 2020.

In 2021, while a Sophomore at North Carolina A&T, he solely focused on the long jump, achieving a distance of 7.91 meters.

He has run for Nike since 2024.