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| Born | 14 February 1999 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60 metres : 6.61 (2024) 100 meters : 10.06 (2025) 200 meters : 20.84 (2024) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Odaine McPherson (born 14 February 1999) is a Jamaican sprinter. He represented Jamaica at the 2023 Pan American Games, having previously been a triple medalist at the 2021 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics. [1]
McPherson won the silver medal in the 100 meters at the 2021 NACAC U23 Championships in San Jose, Costa Rica, finishing behind Barbadian Kuron Griffith but ahead of Kion Benjamin of Trinidad and Tobago. [2] At that championships, he also he won the gold medal in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay alongside Shiann Salmon, Christian Taylor and Charokee Young. [3] He was also a gold medalist in the men's 4 x 100 metres alongside Taylor, Antonio Watson and Jevaughn Powell, at the championships. [4] [5]
McPherson qualified for the final of the 100 metres at the 2023 Pan American Games, in Santiago, Chile, placing seventh overall. [6] [7] He also ran in the 4 x 100 metres at the championships, placing sixth. [8] McPherson was selected for the Jamaican relay pool for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in The Bahamas. [9] He also competed in Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay teams the following year seeking to gain a time qualification for the nation ahead of the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo. [10]
Competing over 100 metres, McPherson completed back-to-back wins in Sweden in July 2025, before also winning in Portugal, [11] [12] [13] and recording a personal best time of 10.06 seconds (+1.1 m/s) for the 100 metres in Germany the following month. [14]
McPherson was runner-up to Kishane Thompson, but ahead of Bryan Levell, in a wind-assisted 6.53 seconds (+2.8 m/s) for the 60 metres at the Puma JAAA Fuller-Anderson Development Meet at the GC Foster College on 17 January 2026. [15]
McPherson attended Greater Portmore High School in Portmore, in the Saint Catherine Parish of Jamaica. [16]
