Jason Young (sprinter)

Jason Young
Personal information
Nationality Jamaica
Born (1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 33)
Jamaica
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres
College teamUWI Mona
ClubRacers Track Club
Coached byGlen Mills
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100 metres: 10.06 (+1.0 m/s) (Luzern 2012)
200 metres: 19.86 (+1.5 m/s) (Luzern 2012)
Medal record
CAC Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 metres relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Mayagüez 200 metres
Summer Universiade
Silver medal – second place 2011 Shenzhen 200 m

Jason Young (born 21 March 1991) is a Jamaican sprinter, competing in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

Jason is a student at University of the West Indies, Mona and won a joint silver medal in the 200 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade.

Young attracted attention in July 2012 when he set a massive new personal best of 19.86 s in the 200 metres at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Lucerne, beating Warren Weir. Earlier in the evening he had set a new personal best of 10.06 s in the 100 metres.[1]

References

  1. ^ Reid, Paul. "Young's 19.86 excites veteran coach Mills". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2012.


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