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| Born | 9 September 2000 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200m: 20.76 (2024) 400m: 43.91 (2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Khaleb McRae (born 9 September 2000) is an American sprinter who competes primarily over 400 metres. [1]
McRae attended Southern School of Energy and Sustainability in Durham, North Carolina. He was a member of Durham Striders Track Club and won three North Carolina state titles. [2] Whilst a high schooler in January 2018, he ran an American best time of 1:04.62 in the 500m dash in Winston-Salem to move ahead of the previous best time by 0.35 seconds held by Randolph Ross. [3] He later attended South Plains College in Texas and the University of Alabama. [4]
In July 2023, he placed eighth in the 400 final at the USATF Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. In February 2024, McRae moved to equal eleventh on the American indoor all-time list and twelfth all-time on the collegiate list when he ran 45.02 seconds for the 400 metres indoors in Albuquerque, New Mexico at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic. [4]
In June 2024, he qualified for the final of the 400 metres at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon, placing seventh overall in a time of 45.06 seconds. [5] [6] [7]
In April 2025, he finished second in 45.28 seconds to Zandrion Barnes in the men’s 400m at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa. [8] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025. [9] [10]
In May 2025, he was named as part of the long sprints category for the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Philadelphia. [11] He finished runner-up to Matthew Hudson-Smith in the 400 metres race in a time of 45.04 seconds at the 2025 Philadelphia Slam. [12] On June 22, 2025 at the Bob Vigars Classic in London, Ontario, McRae ran a time of 43.91 seconds in the men's 400m before placing fourth at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July. [13] [14]
On 2 August, he finished third at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 44.45 seconds. [15] He was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [16]
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| 2025 Philadelphia Slam | Long sprints | 400 m | 2nd | 45.04 | US$25,000 |
| 200 m | 6th | 20.87 | |||
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