Kaaron Conwright
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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
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References
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External links
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- 1976 births
- Living people
- American male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 1999 Pan American Games
- Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field)
- Track and field athletes from Los Angeles
- Cal Poly Mustangs football players
- Cal Poly Mustangs men's track and field athletes
- FISU World University Games gold medalists for the United States
- Medalists at the 1999 Summer Universiade
- Medalists at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Pan American Games track and field athletes for the United States
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