| Tyler Mason | |
| Nationality: | Jamaican |
| Sport: | Athletics |
| Event: | Hurdles |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1995 |
| Pb: | 60m hurdles: 7.65 (Fayetteville, 2024) 110m hurdles: 13.12 (Kingston, 2023) |
Tyler Mason (born 15 November 1995) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 110 and 60m hurdles.[1]
Mason was a silver medalist at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 110 metres hurdles in Eugene, Oregon. His time of 13.05 seconds beat the Jamaican national junior record of Omar McLeod set the previous year. [2] In 2016, Mason won the bronze medal at the 2016 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics in the 110 m hurdles, running 13.67 seconds to finish fourth on the day, later upgraded to a bronze medal after Puerto Rican race winner Will Barnes was disqualified due to a antidoping rules violation.[3] [4]
In July 2023, Mason finished fourth at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston in the 110 metres hurdles in 13.22 seconds. Shortly afterwards, he finished third at the Diamond League event in Silesia in 13.29 seconds.[5]
The following month, competing in Bern, Switzerland he ran a meet record 13.22 seconds to win the 110m hurdles event at the Citrus meeting at the Wankdorf Stadium.[6] [7] He was named as an alternate for the Jamaican team which competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[8]
In February 2024, he ran a new personal best 60m hurdles time of 7.65 seconds as he finished runner-up to compatriot Rasheed Broadbell in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[9] He was subsequently selected to run for Jamaica at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[10]
In July 2024, he was officially selected as a reserve for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
He attended Jamaica College in Kingston.[12]