| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 25 June 2004 |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Athletics |
| Event | Sprint |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) | 100 m: 10.31 (2025) 200m: 19.85 (2025) |
Garrett Kaalund (born 25 June 2004) is an American sprinter. [1]
He is from San Antonio, Texas and attended Antonian College Preparatory High School. He competed predominantly over 100 metres and 200 metres before later also running over 400 metres, winning the Texan South Region high school titles in the 200m and 400m in May 2022. He later attended the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. [2] [3] [4] He transferred to the University of Southern California in 2025. [5]
In March 2025, he was a member of the University of Southern California team which won the overall 2025 NCAA Indoor Championships and field title Virginia Beach, their first for 53 years. [6] That month, he ran 20.05 seconds for the 200 metres at the Battle on the Bayou in Baton Rouge. [7]
In April 2025, he ran a wind-assisted 9.93 seconds for the 100 metres (+2.4 m/s). In May, at the NCAA West First Round, he ran the 200m in 19.85 seconds (+1.1 m/s), to move to joint seventh on the NCAA all-time list. [8]
He finished third over 200 metres in 19.96 seconds at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, helping his University of Southern California team to a share of the overall men's title. [9] [10]