Jason Young (sprinter) explained

Jason Young
Sport:Athletics
Event:100 metres, 200 metres
Club:Racers Track Club
Coach:Glen Mills
Collegeteam:UWI Mona
Pb:100 metres: 10.06 (+1.0 m/s) (Luzern 2012)
200 metres: 19.86 (+1.5 m/s) (Luzern 2012)
Birth Date:21 March 1991
Birth Place:Jamaica

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reid. Paul. Young's 19.86 excites veteran coach Mills. Jamaica Observer. 13 August 2012. 31 December 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181231094610/http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sport/Young-s-19-86-excites-veteran-coach-Mills_11986262. dead.