Cravont Charleston
- 100 m: 9.90 (Kuortane, Finland 2023)
- 200 m: 20.16 (Jacksonville 2021)
Cravont Charleston (born January 2, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, he became the US national champion over 100 metres.[1]
Early life
From Charlotte, North Carolina, he attended Mallard Creek High School and North Carolina State University.[2] He was the 2016 Charlotte Observer indoor track runner of the year.[3]
Career
Competing to qualify at the US Olympic trials for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics Charleston ran 10.23s for the 100m without qualifying from the heats on June 19, 2021.[4] A year later he ran 10.07 in the heats for the US qualifying for the 2022 World Athletics Championships.[5] He improved in the semi-final to 10.05 and finished eleventh. In the 200m he finished twelfth with a time of 20.50 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.[6]
Charleston broke the 10-second barrier for the 100m for the first time in June 2022, in Geneva, when he ran 9.98 at the Geneva International event.[7]
Charleston ran a wind assisted 100m of 9.87 in April 2023 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Hilmer Lodge Stadium.[8] The following month he ran a new personal best for the 100 metres on May 27, 2023, when he ran 9.91s in Los Angeles.[9][10]
Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he won the 100m competition, running 9.95s to edge out Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles.[11][12] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.[13]
References
- ^ "Cravont Charleston". World Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "C.Charleston". gopack.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Wertz Jr., Langston (May 21, 2016). "Mallard Creek's Cravont Charleston shines at N.C. 4A track meet". charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Lindstrom, Sieg (August 2021). "Olympic Trials Men's 100 — A Year's Delay Changed Everything". Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "KERLEY SHINES, RICHARDSON STUMBLES AT US ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS". ewn.co.za.
- ^ "ROSS THIRD AT USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON; EARNS TEAM USA SPOT FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Northcarolina. June 29, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Athletice Geneva at the highest level!". Atleticageneve.org. June 11, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Reid, Scott M. (April 15, 2023). "Cravont Charleston upstages Michael Norman at Mt. SAC Relays". oceegister.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Olympic champion Ryan Crouser shatters own shot put world record". The Guardian. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ Jihawi, Rory (May 27, 2023). "2023 Los Angeles Grand Prix: Ryan Crouser steals show with shot put world record". Olympics.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
- ^ "Men's 100m Results: USATF Outdoor Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
- ^ Bregman, Scott (July 8, 2023). "USA Track and Field Championships 2023: Cravont Charleston wins 100m final, Noah Lyles settles for third". Olympics.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
- ^ Gault, Jonathan (August 7, 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
External links
- Cravont Charleston at www.USATF.org
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New York Athletic Club
- 1876: Charles McIvor
- 10.5
- 1877: William Wilmer
- 10.5
- 1878: Fred Saportas
- 10.0w
NAAAA
- 1879: Beverly Value
- 10 3⁄8
- 1880-81: Lon Myers
- 10.4
- 10 1⁄4
- 1882-83: Arthur Waldron
- NT
- 10 1⁄4
- 1884-86ro: Malcolm Ford
- 10.8*
- 10.6
- 10.4
- 1887: Charles Sherrill
- 10.4
- 1888Note 1: Fred Westing
- 10.4
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1888Note 1: Fred Westing
- 10.0
- 1889-90: John Owen
- 10.4
- 9.8
- 1891: Luther Cary
- 10.2
- 1892: Harry Jewett
- 10.0
- 1893: Charles Stage
- 10.2
- 1894: Tom Lee
- 10.2
- 1895-97: Bernie Wefers
- 10.0w
- 10.2
- 9.8
- 1898: Frank Jarvis
- 10.0
- 1899: Arthur Duffey
- 10.0
- 1900: Maxie Long
- 10.0
- 1901: Frank Sears
- 9.8
- 1902: Pat Walsh
- 10.0
- 1903: Archie Hahn
- 10.2
- 1904: Lawson Robertson
- 10.5
- 1905: Charles Parsons
- 9.8
- 1906: Charles Seitz
- 10.2
- 1907: Harold Huff
- 10.2
- 1908: William Hamilton
- 10.2
- 1909: William Martin
- 10.2
- 1910: James Rosenberger
- 10.2
- 1911: Gwin Henry
- 10.0
- 1912-13: Howard Drew
- 10.0
- 10.4
- 1914-15: Jo Loomis
- 10.2
- 9.8w
- 1916-17: Andy Ward
- 10.0
- 10.2
- 1918: Arthur Henke
- 10.0
- 1919: William Hayes
- 10.2
- 1920OT: Loren Murchison
- 10.0
- 1921: Charley Paddock
- 9.6
- 1922: Robert McAllister
- 10.0
- 1923: Loren Murchison
- 10.1
- 1924: Charley Paddock
- 9.6
- 1925: Frank Hussey
- 9.8
- 1926: Charley Borah
- 9.8
- 1927: Chester Bowman
- 9.6
- 1928OT: Frank Wykoff
- 10.6
- 1929-30: Eddie Tolan
- 10.0
- 9.7
- 1931: Frank Wykoff
- 9.5
- 1932OT: Ralph Metcalfe
- 9.5
- 1933-34: Ralph Metcalfe
- 10.5
- 10.4
- 1935: Eulace Peacock
- 10.2w
- 1936: Jesse Owens
- 10.4
- 1937: Perrin Walker
- 10.7
- 1938: Ben Johnson
- 10.7
- 1939: Clyde Jeffrey
- 10.2w
- 1940: Harold Davis
- 10.3
- 1941: Barney Ewell
- 10.3
- 1942-43: Harold Davis
- 10.5
- 10.3
- 1944: Buddy Young
- 10.5
- 1945: Barney Ewell
- 10.3
- 1946-47: Bill Mathis
- 10.7
- 10.5
- 1948: Barney Ewell
- 10.6
- 1949: Andy Stanfield
- 10.3
- 1950: Art Bragg
- 10.4
- 1951: Jim Golliday
- 10.3
- 1952: Dean Smith
- 10.5
- 1953-54: Art Bragg
- 9.5
- 9.5
- 1955-56: Bobby Morrow
- 9.5
- 10.3
- 1957: Leamon King
- 9.7
- 1958: Bobby Morrow
- 9.4
- 1959-60: Ray Norton
- 10.5
- 10.5
- 1961: Frank Budd
- 9.2
- 1962-64: Bob Hayes
- 9.3
- 9.1w
- 10.3
- 1965: George Anderson
- 9.3
- 1966: Charles Greene
- 9.4
- 1967: Jim Hines
- 9.3
- 1968: Charles Greene
- 10.0w
- 1969-70: Ivory Crockett
- 9.3
- 9.3
- 1971: Del Meriwether
- 9.0w
- 1972: Robert Taylor
- 10.2
- 1973-74: Steve Williams
- 9.4
- 9.9
- 1975G1: Steve Williams
- 10.21
- 1976G2: Robert Woods
- 10.44
- 1977G1: Steve Williams
- 10.24
- 1978: Clancy Edwards
- 10.14w
- 1979: James Sanford
- 10.07
The Athletics Congress
- 1980: Stanley Floyd
- 10.19
- 1981-83: Carl Lewis
- 10.13
- 10.11
- 10.27
- 1984: Sam Graddy
- 10.28
- 1985: Kirk Baptiste
- 10.11
- 1986: Carl Lewis
- 9.91w
- 1987: Mark Witherspoon
- 10.04
- 1988: Emmit King
- 10.04
- 1989: Leroy Burrell
- 9.94
- 1990: Carl Lewis
- 10.05
- 1991: Leroy Burrell
- 9.90
- 1992OT: Dennis Mitchell
- 10.09
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Andre Cason
- 9.85w
- 1994: Dennis Mitchell
- 10.13
- 1995: Michael Marsh
- 10.23
- 1996OT: Dennis Mitchell
- 9.92
- 1997: Maurice Greene
- 9.90
- 1998: Tim Harden
- 9.88w
- 1999: Dennis Mitchell
- 9.97w
- 2000OT: Maurice Greene
- 10.01
- 2001: Bernard Williams
- 9.95w
- 2002: Maurice Greene
- 9.88w
- 2003: Bernard Williams
- 10.11
- 2004OT: Maurice Greene
- 9.91
- 2005: Justin Gatlin
- 10.08
- 2006-08OT: Tyson Gay
- 9.93
- 9.84
- 9.68w
- 2009: Mike Rodgers
- 9.91w
- 2010-11: Walter Dix
- 10.04
- 9.94
- 2012OT-13: Justin Gatlin
- 9.80
- 9.75
- 2014: Mike Rodgers
- 10.09
- 2015: Tyson Gay
- 9.87
- 2016OT: Justin Gatlin
- 9.80
- 2017: Justin Gatlin
- 9.95
- 2018: Noah Lyles
- 9.88
- 2019: Christian Coleman
- 9.99
- 20212020 OT: Trayvon Bromell
- 9.80
- 2022: Fred Kerley
- 9.77
- 2023: Cravont Charleston
- 9.95
- 2024: Noah Lyles
- 9.83
- Note 1: In 1888 both the NAAAA and the AAU held championships
- OT: The 1920, 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Distance: Until 1927 the event was over 100 yards, and again from 1929-31
- ro: In 1886 the event was won after a run-off
- *: Penalized one yard for false start
- G1: Race was won by Don Quarrie (Jamaica) competing as a guest
- G2: Race was won by Chris Garpenborg (Sweden) competing as a guest