Cravont Charleston

American athlete

100 m: 9.90 (Kuortane, Finland 2023)
200 m: 20.16 (Jacksonville 2021)

Cravont Charleston (born January 2, 1998) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a sprinter. In 2023, he became the US national champion over 100 metres.^[1]

Early life

From Charlotte, North Carolina, he attended Mallard Creek High School and North Carolina State University.^[2] He was the 2016 Charlotte Observer indoor track runner of the year.^[3]

Career

Competing to qualify at the US Olympic trials for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics Charleston ran 10.23s for the 100m without qualifying from the heats on June 19, 2021.^[4] A year later he ran 10.07 in the heats for the US qualifying for the 2022 World Athletics Championships.^[5] He improved in the semi-final to 10.05 and finished eleventh. In the 200m he finished twelfth with a time of 20.50 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.^[6]

Charleston broke the 10-second barrier for the 100m for the first time in June 2022, in Geneva, when he ran 9.98 at the Geneva International event.^[7]

Charleston ran a wind assisted 100m of 9.87 in April 2023 at the Mt. SAC Relays in Hilmer Lodge Stadium.^[8] The following month he ran a new personal best for the 100 metres on May 27, 2023, when he ran 9.91s in Los Angeles.^[9]^[10]

Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, he won the 100m competition, running 9.95s to edge out Christian Coleman and Noah Lyles.^[11]^[12] He was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in August 2023.^[13]

References

^ "Cravont Charleston". World Athletics. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ "C.Charleston". gopack.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ Wertz Jr., Langston (May 21, 2016). "Mallard Creek's Cravont Charleston shines at N.C. 4A track meet". charlotteobserver.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ Lindstrom, Sieg (August 2021). "Olympic Trials Men's 100 — A Year's Delay Changed Everything". Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ "KERLEY SHINES, RICHARDSON STUMBLES AT US ATHLETICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP TRIALS". ewn.co.za.
^ "ROSS THIRD AT USATF CHAMPIONSHIPS IN OREGON; EARNS TEAM USA SPOT FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS". Northcarolina. June 29, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ "Athletice Geneva at the highest level!". Atleticageneve.org. June 11, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ Reid, Scott M. (April 15, 2023). "Cravont Charleston upstages Michael Norman at Mt. SAC Relays". oceegister.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ "Olympic champion Ryan Crouser shatters own shot put world record". The Guardian. May 27, 2023. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ Jihawi, Rory (May 27, 2023). "2023 Los Angeles Grand Prix: Ryan Crouser steals show with shot put world record". Olympics.com. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
^ "Men's 100m Results: USATF Outdoor Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. July 6, 2023. Retrieved July 7, 2023.
^ Bregman, Scott (July 8, 2023). "USA Track and Field Championships 2023: Cravont Charleston wins 100m final, Noah Lyles settles for third". Olympics.com. Retrieved July 9, 2023.
^ Gault, Jonathan (August 7, 2023). "USATF Announces 2023 World Championship Roster". letsrun.com. Retrieved August 8, 2023.