American sprinter (born 1976)
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
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 )
1977: United States (Collins , Riddick , Wiley , Williams ) 1979: Americas (Lara , dos Santos , Leonard , de Araújo ) 1981: Europe (Zwoliński , Licznerski , Dunecki , Woronin ) 1985: United States (Glance , Baptiste , Smith , Evans ) 1989: United States (Cason , Dees , Council , Watkins ) 1992: United States (Bridgewater , Braunskill , Smith , Williams ) 1994: Great Britain (Braithwaite , Jarrett , Regis , Christie ) 1998: Great Britain (Condon , Devonish , Golding , Chambers ) 2002: United States (Drummond , Smoots , Conwright , Miller ) 2006: United States (Conwright , Spearmon , Gay , Smoots ) 2010: Americas (Bailey , Spearmon , Gay , Martina ) 2014: Americas (Collins , Rodgers , Carter , Thompson ) 2018: Americas (Rodgers , Lyles , Blake , Tracey )