Michael Joseph (Saint Lucian sprinter)

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Michael Joseph
Personal information
Nationality Saint Lucia
Born (2002-11-01) 1 November 2002 (age 21)
Castries
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event400m
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)200m: 20.41 (Norman, 2023)
400m:
44.77 (Norman, 2023)

Michael Joseph (born 1 November 2002) is a track and field athlete from Saint Lucia who competes as a sprinter, specializing in the men's 400m dash. [1]

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Early life

From Gros Islet, on the island of Saint Lucia, he attended the Corinth Secondary School, and was coached by Kenvin McPhee of Gros Islet Athletics Club, before attending Kingston College in Jamaica. He then won a scholarship to the University of Kansas. [2]

Career

In 2021, at the inaugural Junior Pan Am Games in Cali-Valle, Colombia, he won his semi-final heat in the Men’s 400m, setting a new national junior record of 46.53, resetting by a hundredth of a second the mark established by Ivan Jean Marie in 1991.

In 2022, he was selected to compete at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham. [3] He was part of the Saint Lucian 4x100m relay team that qualified for the final and finished fifth. [4]

In May 2023, competing for the Kansas Jayhawks at the Big 12 Championships in Norman, Oklahoma, he set new national record times of 20.41 for the 200 metres and 44.77 for the 400 metres. [5] [6]

In July 2023, at the Central American and Caribbean Games, he ran 44.90 for the 400m, finishing second to Jereem Richards. [7]

Competing at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest, he qualified for the 400m semi-final. [8] He was the youngest athlete to qualify from the heats into the semi-finals. [9]

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References

  1. ↑ "Michael Joseph". World athletics. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  2. ↑ De Beauville, Anthony (February 17, 2021). "More Outstanding Performances by Saint Lucia Athletes in the Diaspora". thevoiceslu. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  3. ↑ "Thirteen athletes to represent Saint Lucia at Commonwealth Games". govt.lc. July 27, 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  4. ↑ Bishop, Stan (August 9, 2022). "Saint Lucia's Men's 4x100m Relay Team Finishes 5th in Commonwealth Games Final". govt.lc. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Men's 200m Preliminaries Results". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  6. ↑ "Men's 400m Preliminaries Results". Track & Field Results Reporting System (TFRRS). 14 May 2023. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Burke, Patrick (6 July 2023). "Three 400m runners qualify for Paris 2024 at Central American and Caribbean Games". Insidethegames.biz. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Men's 400m Results: World Athletics Championships 2023". Watch Athletics. 20 August 2023. Retrieved 20 August 2023.
  9. ↑ Finisterre, Terry (August 20, 2023). "Saint Lucia's Julien Alfred, Michael Joseph advance at World Champs". Stlucia.loopnews.com. Retrieved 21 August 2023.
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