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Born | Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. | January 2, 1998
Education | Mallard Creek High School |
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Country | United States |
Sport | Athletics |
Event(s) | 100 m, 200 m |
College team | North Carolina State University |
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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]
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]
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]