At 19, Trayvon Bromell has become the first teenager to represent the United States at the World Championships. His 9.84 s in the 100m heats is the 10th fastest time ever recorded.
Via CNN:
Thursday’s effort in the heats equaled the second-fastest 100m effort of 2015, alongside Jamaican veteran Asafa Powell, and was just 0.1s slower than Gatlin’s leading mark of 9.74.
“I’m really surprised by my time because when I slowed it down, I didn’t think I was going to run that fast,” Bromell told the USATF website. “This is crazy. I wasn’t planning on running that fast in prelims.”
Bromell’s effort puts him fourth on the U.S. list of all-time fastest performers, behind Tyson Gay, Gatlin and Maurice Greene — and the 10th fastest in athletics history. Bolt still leads the way on the 9.58s he set at the 2009 world championships.
A second-year student at Baylor University, Bromell also became the first junior to run a sub-10s 100m.
