Kaaron Conwright
Kaaron Conwright (born August 8, 1976) is a former American sprinter who specialized in the 100-metre dash.
Early life and collegiate records
Conwright graduated from Westchester High School in Los Angeles.[1]
As a sprinter at Cal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Conwright was a three-time NCAA All-American in the 100m and a two-time All-American in the 200m. In the Big West Conference, he was a four-time champion in the 100m from the years of 1996 through 2000, and he still holds the conference championship-meet record at 10.12 seconds. He later went on to run a 10.10 at the national championships that same year. He was also a two-time BWC champion in the 200m.
Conwright also played two seasons of football for Cal Poly, competing as a wide receiver and kick returner in 1995 (averaging 20.1 yards) and then defensive back in 1996 (making 19 tackles and two interceptions).[2]
International success
In 1999, he ran first leg on the gold medal-winning 4-by-100m relay at the World University Games in Palma De Mallorca, Spain. In 2001, he repeated his performance, running first leg on the silver medal-winning 400m relay at the World University Games in Beijing, China.
At the 2002 IAAF World Cup, he won the 4-by-100 metre relay race together with Jon Drummond, Jason Smoots and Coby Miller.[3] At the 2006 IAAF World Cup, he won the relay again, this time with Wallace Spearmon, Tyson Gay and Smoots, in a championship record of 37.59 seconds.
His personal-best time in the 100-metre dash was 10.05 seconds, achieved in July 2000 in Flagstaff. His personal-best time over 60 metres is 6.61 seconds, achieved in March 2003 in Boston. In the 200 metres, he ran 20.59 seconds, achieved in July 2002 in Rome.[4]
Coaching
Conwright later served as head sprint coach for the National Korean Federation from 2007 through 2008[citation needed] and then became an assistant coach under Olympian and Olympic Coach John Smith.[citation needed]
References
- ^ Wallner, Peter J. (May 22, 1998). "Poly's Conwright sees room for improvement". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. pp. C1.
- ^ Wallner, Peter J. (August 9, 1995). "Poly football starts to rumble with arrival of newcomers". San Luis Obispo Telegram-Tribune. pp. C-1.
- ^ Gifford, Clive (2004). A World-Class Sprinter. Heinemann Library. p. 39. ISBN 9781403446695.
- ^ Kaaron Conwright at World Athletics
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- 1959: Italy
(De Murtas, Giannone, Mazza, Berruti) - 1961: Soviet Union
(Mikhailov, Ozolin, Bartenev, Chistyakov) - 1963: Hungary
(Csutorás, Rábai, Gyulai, Mihályfi) - 1965: West Germany
(Obersiebrasse, Metz, Felsen, Sundermann) - 1967: Italy
(Giani, Preatoni, Roscio, Berruti) - 1970: Poland
(Wagner, Werner, Gramse, Nowosz) - 1973: United States
(Brown, Riddick, Whatley, Gilbreath) - 1975: Soviet Union
(Zhidkikh, Silovs, Kolesnikov, Vladimirtsev) - 1977: Soviet Union
(Kolesnikov, Aksinin, Silovs, Ignatenko) - 1979: Italy
(Caravani, Grazioli, Lazzer, Mennea) - 1981: United States
(Lattany, Ketchum, Grimes, Smith) - 1983: United States
(Scott, Graddy, Robinson, Gault) - 1985: Cuba
(Querol, Simón, Chacón, Peñalver) - 1987: United States
(McRae, Heard, Daniel, Spearmon) - 1989: United States
(Watkins, Dees, Cason, Marsh) - 1991: United States
(Drummond, Goins, Bates, Trapp) - 1993: United States
(Bridgewater, Oaks, Miller, Jefferson) - 1995: United States
(Bowen, Oaks, Hargraves, Dopek) - 1997: United States
(Howard, Henderson, Carter, McCall) - 1999: United States
(Conwright, Trammell, Miller, Capel) - 2001: Japan
(Kawabata, Nara, Omae, Okusako) - 2003: Japan
(Ishikura, Takahira, Yoshino, Arai) - 2005: Italy
(Verdecchia, Rocco, Donati, Anceschi) - 2007: Thailand
(Autas, Sondee, Suwannarangsri, Suwonprateep) - 2009: Russia
(Mokrousov, Teplykh, Smirnov, Petryashov) - 2011: South Africa
(Dreyer, Magakwe, Sefanyetso, Mpuang) - 2013: Ukraine
(Perestiuk, Smelyk, Bodrov, Korzh) - 2015: Japan
(Ōseto, Nagata, Suwa, Taniguchi) - 2017: Japan
(Tanaka, Tada, Kitagawa, Yamashita) - 2019: Japan
(Miyamoto, Someya, Yamashita, Dede) - 2021: China
(Chen Jiapeng,Chen Guanfeng,Yan Haibin,Deng Zhijian)
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