Jaleel Croal

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Jaleel Croal
Personal information
NationalityBritish Virgin Islands
Born (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 22)
British Virgin Islands
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.85 (Birmingham, 2024)
  • 100 m: 10.08 (Jacksonville, 2025)
  • 200 m: 19.95 (Jacksonville, 2025) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg  British Virgin Islands
Junior Pan American Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2025 Asunción 200 m
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg2025 Asunción 100 m

Jaleel Croal (born 13 March 2003) is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands. He is the national record holder over 200 metres. [1]

Career

Croal is from the island of Tortola on the British Virgin Islands. [2] He won the U17 200 metres at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in the Cayman Islands in April 2019. [3] He lowered his personal best for the 200 metres to 20.93 seconds at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia. [4]

Competing for the University of South Florida he set a national record and meet record for the 200 metres with a time of 20.28 seconds at the 2025 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships. [5] He ran a new personal best and new national record, and broke the 20-second barrier for the 200 metres for the first time, in running 19.95 seconds in Jacksonville in May 2025. [6] [7] He was a semi-finalist over 200 metres at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, the following month. [8]

He was selected in the British Virgin Islands team for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay. [9] At the Games, he won the silver medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres. [10] [11] He was selected in the British Virgin Islands team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [12]

References

  1. "Jaleel Croal". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. "Croal on 200M medal stand". Virginislandsdailynews. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  3. "Croal strikes historic gold! BVI bags 7 medals at CARIFTA". bvinews. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  4. "Jaleel Croal runs sub 20 PB in Cali 2021 200m finals. 3×3 basketball team perform valiantly against top teams". bviolympics. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  5. "WHEN THE STARTER SAYS 'SET,' JALEEL CROAL LETS HIS FEET TALK". gousfbulls. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  6. "Road to Tokyo: BVI's Jaleel Croal Among World's Top 200m Sprinters". Jahpixtelevision. 10 Sep 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  7. "NCAA Division I East First Rounds". World Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  8. "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  9. "BVI names athletes for Junior Pan Am Games!". bvinews.com. 30 July 2025.
  10. "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  11. "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  12. "LOCAL NEWSRoad to Tokyo: BVI Athletes Qualify Through Ranking System for World Championships". jahphixtelevision. 11 Sep 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.