Caleb Dean

Caleb Dean

Dean at the 2024 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(2001-06-20) June 20, 2001 (age 24)
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event	Hurdles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	400m hurdles: 47.23 (Eugene, 2024)

Caleb Dean (born June 20, 2001) is an American track and field athlete who competes as a hurdler. In 2024, he won the 60-meter hurdles at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships and the 400-meter hurdles at the Outdoor Championships. ^[1]

Early life

Dean is from Hyattsville, Maryland, where he attended DeMatha Catholic High School.

Collegiate career

Dean started his collegiate career at the University of Maryland. He was a two-time Big Ten Champion as well as a two-time Big Ten runner-up. After his junior year, he transferred to Texas Tech University. In his two years as a Red Raider, he accumulated four Big 12 championships and three Big 12 runner-up finishes. ^{[2] [3]}

Dean won the 60 meter hurdles at the NCAA Indoor Championships in March 2024 in Boston, Massachusetts. Texas Tech won the team title that same year. ^[4]

Dean qualified fastest for the final of the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon on 5 June 2024. ^[5] He ran 47.23 seconds to win the title on 7 June 2024 ahead of defending champion Chris Robinson. Only Rai Benjamin had run faster in collegiate history. ^[6] Dean was also the first Division I male to win nationals in the 60m hurdles and 400m hurdles in the same season. At the end of the 2024 season, he was named national track athlete of the year by the USTFCCCA, and a finalist for the Bowerman Award. ^{[7] [8]}

Professional career

In July 2024, Dean signed a professional contract with Adidas. ^[7]

In December 2024, he signed with Grand Slam Track to compete in all four slams of the inaugural season in 2025. ^[9] In the first slam, held in Kingston, Jamaica, he finished third over 400m hurdles, running 48.58 seconds in April 2025. ^[10] At the second 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Miami, he finished fifth in the 400 meter hurdles with a time of 49.90 seconds on 2 May 2025, and then third in the 400 meter flat race in 45.18 seconds. ^{[11] [12]}

He ran 48.45 seconds to finish as runner-up to Rai Benjamin in the final of the 400 metres hurdles at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene. ^[13] Selected for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, in September 2025, he was a finalist in the men's 400 metres hurdles, placing seventh overall. ^[14]

Statistics

Circuit performances

Grand Slam Track results [15]
Slam	Race group	Event	Pl.	Time	Prize money
2025 Kingston Slam	Long hurdles	400 m hurdles	3rd	48.58	US$30,000
		400 m	3rd	45.68
2025 Miami Slam	Long hurdles	400 m hurdles	5th	49.90	US$30,000
		400 m	3rd	45.18
2025 Philadelphia Slam	Long hurdles	400 m hurdles	4th	49.48	US$25,000
		400 m	4th	46.01

Championship results

All results taken from World Athletics profile. ^[1]

Year	Meet	Venue	Event	Place	Time
2021	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Hayward Field	400m hurdles	SF3 4th	50.45
	US Olympic trials			SF1 5th	49.78
2022	NCAA Outdoor Championships			SF2 DQ	NA
2023	NCAA Indoor Championships	Albuquerque Convention Center	60m hurdles	2nd	7.59
	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Mike A. Myers Stadium	110m hurdles	SF1 3rd	13.56
			400m hurdles	4th	48.56
2024	NCAA Indoor Championships	The TRACK at New Balance	60m	6th	6.67
			60m hurdles	1st	7.56
			4x400m	4th	3:03.37
	NCAA Outdoor Championships	Hayward Field	400m hurdles	1st	47.23
	US Olympic trials		400m hurdles	Final	DNF

References

1. "Caleb Dean". World Athletics. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
2. Williams, Dion (February 23, 2023). "Smashing debut: The versatility of Maryland transfer Caleb Dean has been a boon for the Red Raiders". Lubbockonline/. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
3. Rosh, Lauren (June 25, 2021). "Maryland's Caleb Dean advances to 400m hurdle semifinals at Olympic trials". Testudo Times. Retrieved June 7, 2024.
4. "Texas Tech and Arkansas win men's, women's titles at 2024 NCAA DI indoor track and field championships". ncaa.com. March 9, 2024. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
5. "Dean ties personal best in day one of NCAA Outdoor Championship". The Daily Toreador. June 6, 2024. Retrieved June 6, 2024.
6. "Dean becomes national champion with no. 2 time in College history". Daily Toreador. June 7, 2024. Retrieved June 8, 2024.
7. Jaushlin, Urijah (July 17, 2024). "Texas Tech 3x NCAA Champion signs professional deal with Adidas". Everything Lubbock. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
8. Williams, Don (June 17, 2024). "Caleb Dean's stellar 2024 season yields major national award". Lubbock Avalanche-Journal. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
9. "GRAND SLAM TRACK™ ANNOUNCES SIGNINGS OF CALEB DEAN, DIRIBE WELTEJI, FREDDIE CRITTENDEN, BRITTANY BROWN, & ZHARNEL HUGHES". Dye Stat. December 19, 2024. Retrieved December 19, 2024.
10. Crumley, Euan (April 5, 2025). "Grand Slam Track gets off and running". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
11. "Grand Slam Track Miami". World Athletics. May 2, 2025. Retrieved May 3, 2025.
12. "U.S. STARS KENNY BEDNAREK, SYDNEY MCLAUGHLIN-LEVRONE REMAIN UNDEFEATED AT GRAND SLAM TRACK". Runnerspace. May 4, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
13. "USA Championships". World Athletics. July 31, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
14. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 16, 2025. Retrieved September 23, 2025.
15. "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track . Retrieved April 5, 2025.