Jarrod Geddes

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Jarrod Geddes
Personal information
Nationality Australian
Born(1994-02-24)24 February 1994 [1]
Sport
Country Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
Sport Athletics
Event(s) 100 M
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)

Jarrod Geddes (born 24 February 1994) is an Australian track and field athlete specialising in the 100 metres who has competed in the World Championships.

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Records and rankings

Geddes is a one-time bronze medalist in the 100 metres in the Australian National Track & Field Championships. [1] He is also a one-time gold medalist, also in the 100 metres, in the Australian National Junior Track & Field Championships. [1] Geddes's current Australian all-time rankings are listed below.

EventRanking
100 M 38th

Source: [3]

Competitions

Youth World Championships

Geddes competed at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics [1] in Lille, France. [4] He was selected and competed in the 100 metres. Geddes competed in heat two [1] and finished 1st in a time of 10.66. [1] This performance qualified him for the semi-final where he competed in semi-final two. [1] In the semi-final Geddes, again, finished 1st in a time of 10.76. [1] He drew lane three in the final [5] and finished 6th. [1]

Senior World Championships

Geddes was selected for the World Championships in the 4 x 100 metres relay along with Tim Leathart, Joshua Ross and Andrew McCabe. [6] The team competed in heat 3 [6] but did not finish. [1]

World Relay Championships

Geddes competed in the 2014 World Relay Championships. [1] He was selected in the 4 x 100 metres relay with Joel Bee, Jin Su Jung, Tom Gamble, Jake Hammond and Alexander Hartmann. [7] Geddes, Hartmann, Su Jung and Hammond were chosen as the four to compete in the actual event. [7] They finished 6th in heat one in a time of 39.21. [1] This didn't qualify them for the final but they competed in final B, where they did not finish. [1]

Statistics

Personal bests

EventPerformanceVenueDate
60 M 6.89 Wollongong, Australia 30 October 2010
100 M 10.28 Oordegem, Belgium 22 February 2014
200 M 20.59 Perth, Australia 22 February 2014
Long Jump 6.91 Sydney, Australia 16 October 2011

Source: [2]

Achievements

YearCompetitionVenuePositionEventNotes
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
2011 World Youth Championships Lille, France 6th100 metres 10.63
2013 World Championships Moscow, Russia DNF4 x 100 metresWith Tim Leathart, Joshua Ross and Andrew McCabe
2014 World Relay Championships Bydgoszcz, Poland DNF4 x 100 metresWith Alexander Hartmann, Jin Su Jung and Jake Hammond

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