Lindel Frater Explained

Lindel Frater
Sport:Running
Event:60 metres, 100 metres
Collegeteam:TCU Horned Frogs
Birth Date:13 November 1977
Birth Place:Trelawny, Jamaica
Weight:64kg (141lb)

Lindel Frater (born 13 November 1977 in Trelawny, Jamaica) is a former sprinter who specialised in the 60 metres and 100 metres events.

He competed at the 2000 Olympic Games, reaching the semi-finals in the 100 m and finishing fourth in the 4 × 100 metres relay as part of the Jamaican team which broke the national record.[1] He also competed in the 100 m at the 2001 World Championships, dropping out at the heat stage, and in the 60 m at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, where he reached the semi-finals.[2]

He is the brother of Michael Frater who holds the world record in the 4 × 100 m relay event. He stated that Lindel "is like the biggest influence in my life in terms of track and field. He was there before anyone else and I looked up to him".[3]

Career

1995

Frater won the 100 m at the CARIFTA Games, in the Under-20 category. His winning time was 10.60.[4]

1996

Frater successfully defended his 100 m title at the CARIFTA Games, winning in 10.50.[4]

1998

Running for Tarleton State, Frater won the 100 m at the NCAA Division II Track & Field Championships, posting 10.37 into a -1.2 m/s headwind.[5] He received All-American awards for the 100 m and 200 m.[6] He won the Lone Star Conference Championship in the 100 m and 200 m, setting school records of 10.12 and 20.58 respectively and was awarded the title of Lone Star Conference Most Outstanding Track Athlete.[6]

2000

Competing at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships for Texas Christian University in March, Frater finished third in the 60 m.[7]

At the June NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships, Frater recorded a personal best 10.07 in the 100 m semi-final.[8] He finished fourth in the final by one hundredth of a second, posting 10.20.[9]

At the Sydney Olympics, Frater finished eighth in the first semi-final, running 10.43.[10] Frater ran the first leg of the 4 × 100 m relay, his team setting a new National Record of 38.27 in the semi-final.[11] In the final he ran the first leg and the team set another new National Record of 38.20 but finished fourth.[12]

2001

Frater was the 100 m Jamaica National Champion.[13]

Frater was eliminated in the heats of the 100 m at the World Championships in Edmonton, running 10.57 into a -0.3 m/s headwind.[14]

2003

At the World Indoor Championships Frater was eliminated in the 60 metres semi-finals, finishing fourth in his heat in 6.69.[15]

End of career

Injury forced Frater into early retirement in 2003. He had severe tendinitis in both knees. Frustrated by the inability to heal, Frater retired from competitive running. He now lives in Dallas, Texas.

Personal bests

EventTime (seconds)VenueDate
55 metres6.24Reno, Nevada, United States24 February 2001
60 metres6.61Colorado Springs, United States12 February 1999
100 metres10.07Durham, North Carolina, United States2 June 2000
200 metres20.66Shizuoka, Japan3 May 2003
All information taken from IAAF profile.[2]

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418011510/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/fr/lindel-frater-1.html Lindel Frater Biography and Statistics
  2. http://www.iaaf.org/athletes/biographies/letter=f/country=jam/athcode=136080/index.html Biographies Frater Lindel
  3. http://www.sportsjamaica.com/read_article.php?id=3581 Frater, little but tallawah
  4. http://www.gbrathletics.com/ic/cfg.htm CARIFTA Games Under 20 list
  5. http://www.flashresults.com/1998_Meets/NCAA2Outdoor.htm Results NCAA Division II Championships
  6. http://www.tarleton.edu/~sports/TF/tfmedia3.pdf Tarleton Award Winners
  7. http://www.flashresults.com/2000_Meets/indoor/D1/DAYTWO.HTM 2000 NCAA Division I Indoor results
  8. http://www.flashresults.com/2000_Meets/outdoor/ncaad1/fri.htm 2000 NCAA Division I Outdoor Friday results
  9. http://www.flashresults.com/2000_Meets/outdoor/ncaad1/sat.htm 2000 NCAA Division I Outdoor Saturday results
  10. https://web.archive.org/web/20010116201400/http://www.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/100/Rsf.html 100 m semi final Sydney Olympics
  11. http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4X1/Rsf.html 4x100 m semi final Sydney Olympics
  12. http://www2.iaaf.org/OLY00/results/data/M/4X4/Rf.html 4x100 m relay Sydney Olympics
  13. [National champions 100 metres (men)#Jamaica|National Champions 100 m]
  14. http://www2.iaaf.org/WCH01/Results/data/M/100/Sh.html 100 m heats Edmonton World Championships
  15. http://www.iaaf.org/history/WIC/season=2003/eventCode=2959/results/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=60/combCode=hash/roundCode=sf/results.html#detM_60_hash_sf 60 m semi final 2003 World Indoor Championships