Darrell Wesh

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Darrell Wesh
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Darrell Wesh in 2016
Personal information
Born (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 31)
Education Virginia Tech
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) [1]
Weight160 lb (73 kg)
Sport
Country Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti and Flag of the United States.svg United States of America
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 m, 200 m
College team Virginia Tech Hokies [2]

Darrell Wesh (born 21 January 1992) is a Haitian-American athlete competing in sprinting events. [3] Earlier he represented the United States. He is the Haitian 100m record holder at 10.16 seconds. He graduated from Landstown High School in Virginia Beach, Virginia in 2010 and Virginia Tech in 2015, earning a degree in property management. He competed in the 2016 Olympics for Haiti. [4] [5]

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His sister Marlena is also a sprinter.

Competition record

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
2012 NACAC U23 Championships Irapuato, Mexico 1st4 × 100 m relay 38.94
Representing Flag of Haiti.svg  Haiti
2015 Pan American Games Toronto, Canada 13th (sf)100 m 10.32
NACAC Championships San José, Costa Rica 18th (h)100 m 10.39
2016 World Indoor Championships Portland, United States 32nd (h)60 m 6.77
Olympic Games Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 54th (h)100 m 10.39

Personal bests

Outdoor

Indoor

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References

  1. 2015 PanAm Games bio
  2. "College team bio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-25. Retrieved 2016-03-18.
  3. Darrell Wesh at World Athletics OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  4. "Virginia Beach sprinter Darrell Wesh is returning to the Olympics – this time to compete". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2016-07-31.
  5. "Former Landstown star has same dream, under a different flag". Archived from the original on 2016-08-21. Retrieved 2023-10-29.