Adrian Griffith (athlete)
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Born | New Providence, Bahamas | 11 November 1984|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Dickinson State | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Updated on 10 December 2014 |
Adrian Griffith (born 11 November 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.[1] In the 4×100 metres relay he won silver medals at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.
His personal best time is 10.14 seconds, achieved in Clermont Florida April 2014. This makes him the second fastest Bahamian of all time behind Derrick Atkins, and fastest Bahamian-born sprinter, at the time. That mark has since been broken by Shavez Hart
He teamed up with Jamial Rolle, Shavez Hart and Trevorvano Mackey to break the Bahamian 4x100 national record in Morelia, Mexico.
University
[edit]Griffith graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science as a magna cum laude honoree at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. He was a part of two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship team while attending Dickinson State University. He also was a six-time Conference Championship team (Indoor and Outdoor Conference meet), eight-time NAIA All-American, 9-time All DAC-10 Conference, four-time DAC-10 Conference Champion and was named 2006 Most Outstanding Athlete in DAC 10 Conference meet. He was also the former school record holder in both the 100 meters and long jump.
Personal bests
[edit]Outdoor
[edit]- 100 m: 10.11 s (wind: m/s) –
Montverde, Florida, 11 June 2016
- 200 m: 20.54 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) –
Clermont, Florida, 10 May 2014
- Long jump: 7.59 m (wind: +1.7 m/s) –
Nassau, Bahamas, 17 June 2006
Indoor
[edit]- 60 m: 6.63 s –
Newport News, Virginia, 8 February 2014
- Long jump: 7.63 m –
Johnson City, Tennessee, 10 March 2006
International competitions
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[edit]External links
[edit]- Adrian Griffith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)