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Ackeem Blake

Editorial staffMay 19, 2025
Ackeem Blake Honours Ackeem Blake Career Ackeem Blake got off to an early start to his track career as a promising young athlete. In 2014, still 12 years old, he ran 22.88 seconds into a -2.7m/s wind at the Kingston ISSA Athletics Championships (school championships).   He dipped under the 10-second marker for the first time […]
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Letsile Tebogo at the Paris, Olympics

Letsile Tebogo

Editorial staffMay 17, 2025
Letsile Tebogo Honours Letsile Tebogo Career Despite his young age, Letsile Tebogo has already established himself as one of the best sprinters of all time. He sealed his legacy when he ran 19.46 seconds in the 200-meter at the Paris Olympic Games, taking home gold and moving up to fifth all-time in the event. Tebogo was […]
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Brandon Hicklin

Editorial staffMay 16, 2025
Brandon Hicklin Honours 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 […]
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Akani Simbine at the World Athletics Championships in 2017

Akani Simbine

Editorial staffMay 15, 2025
Akani Simbine Honours Akani Simbine Career Akani Simbine has been one of the world’s top short sprinters in recent years. He has finished in the top five in the 100-meter at the Olympic Games in the past three Olympic Games. Simbine has competed at a high level internationally since 2013, when he ran at the World Championships […]
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Noah Lyles

Noah Lyles

Editorial staffMay 15, 2025
Noah Lyles Honors Noah Lyles’ Early Life and Career Noah Lyles was born in Gainesville, Florida, to parents who both competed in track and field at Seton Hall University. After his parents’ divorce, Lyles, with his two siblings, Josephus and Abby, moved to Alexandria, Virginia, where he attended high school. Lyles’ first foray into sport […]
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Fred Kerley with the American Flag

Fred Kerley

Editorial staffMay 14, 2025
Fred Kerley Honours Fred Kerley Career Fred Kerley has been one of the most decorated American sprinters in track and field over the past ten years. Kerley went to high school in College Station, Texas. After graduating, he attended South Plains and eventually transferred to Texas A&M. Kerley’s first international success came in 2016, when he […]
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Kishane Thompson at the Olympics

Kishane Thompson

Editorial staffMay 14, 2025
Kishane Thompson Honours Kishane Thompson Career Thompson has made a big impact in the sprints in his short time competing professionally, having already picked up an Olympic silver medal and running one of the fastest times in history. Thompson debuted in the Diamond League, the top athletics circuit, in July 2023 at the Herculis EBS Monaco […]
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