T'Mars McCallum

T'Mars McCallum

Personal information
Born	(2004-05-20) May 20, 2004 (age 21)
Height	5 ft 8 in (173 cm) [1]
Sport
Country	United States
Sport	Track and field
Events	Sprints Relays
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m: 6.59 (2025) 100m: 9.83 (2025) 200m: 19.73 (2025)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing the   United States World Championships 2025 Tokyo 4 × 100 m relay

T'Mars McCallum (born May 20, 2004) is an American sprinter. ^[2]

Early life

From South Carolina, he attended Carolina Forest High School. As a youngster he was a member of the Myrtle Beach Track & Field Club. ^[3] As well as excelling as a sprinter, he won state championships in the long jump, high jump and triple jump. He was recruited to North Carolina A&T by head coach Duane Ross, but followed Ross when he joined the University of Tennessee in 2022. ^[4]

Career

He ran wind-legal time for the 100 meters of 10.13 at the South Carolina state championships in May 2022. He won the 100 metres at the New Balance Nationals at Franklin Field in Philadelphia on 19 June 2022, in a wind-assisted 10.17 seconds. ^[5]

He ran 10.03 seconds for the 100 metres at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational in May 2024. ^[6] He qualified to compete at the US Olympic Trials in June 2024 in both the 100 metres and 200 metres, but missed the event through injury. ^[3]

Competing at the NCAA Track & Field Championships East regional championships in Jacksonville, Florida, in May 2025, he ran a personal best 19.83 seconds for the 200 metres for an early world-lead in the discipline. ^[7] He subsequently ran 10.03 seconds for the 100 metres to qualify for the final at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships. On the same day, he ran 20.03 seconds to win his heat in the 200 metres. He placed fifth in the final of the 200 metres and eighth in the final of the 100 metres. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

On 12 July 2025, he ran a wind-assisted 9.87 seconds (+2.1) in the 100 metres, and a world-leading 19.73 (+1.8) in the 200 metres Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver event, in Memphis, Tennessee, regaining the world-lead from Letsile Tebogo who had run 19.76 seconds the weekend before. ^{[11] [12]}

He ran 10.01 seconds (-0.7 m/s) to win his preliminary heat of the 100 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, before 9.99 seconds to win his semi-final the following day. ^{[13] [14]} In the final, he lowered his personal best again to 9.83 seconds as he ran to a third place finish behind Kenny Bednarek and Courtney Lindsey. ^[15] At the same championship, he reached the final of the 200 metres, placing eighth overall. ^[16]

In September 2025, he competed in the 100 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. He also ran in the men's 4 x 100 metres relay at the championships, as part of the gold medal winning American team. ^{[17] [18] [19]}

References

1. "T'Mars McCallum, Jr. Gatorade 2021 - 2022: Player of the Year Boys Track & Field - South Carolina PLAYER OF THE YEAR". Gatorade . Retrieved October 10, 2025.
2. "T'Mars McCallum". World Athletics. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
3. Bailey, Issac (June 27, 2024). "Let's talk Olympics and some SC athletes worth bragging about". The State. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
4. Horton, David (June 30, 2022). "Former N.C. A&T track and field commit folllows Coach Ross to Tennessee". 247Sports.com. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
5. "T'MARS MCCALLUM WINS 100, TURNS SIGHTS TO 200 AND LONG JUMP AT NEW BALANCE NATIONALS OUTDOOR". Runnerspace. June 19, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
6. Liadi, Tunde (May 13, 2024). "Amusan wins at Jamaica Athletics invitational". Thenationonline.ng. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
7. Perelman, Rich (May 30, 2025). "Better weather, hot marks at NCAA second round, world leads 9.86 by Saminu and 19.83 for McCallum and 9.75w for Anthony!". The Sports Examiner. Retrieved June 13, 2025.
8. "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
9. "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. June 11, 2025. Retrieved June 12, 2025.
10. Hollobaugh, Jeff (July 21, 2025). "McCallum On Track For Seasonal Second Act". Track and Field News. Retrieved July 23, 2025.
11. Johnson, Robert (July 12, 2025). "Quincy Wilson Blasts 44.10 PB, Athing Mu Improves To 2:00.42, T'Mars McCallum Runs 9.87w/19.73 WL at Ed Murphey Classic". Lets Run. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
12. Woods, David (July 12, 2025). "QUINCY WILSON POPS OFF WITH RECORD-BREAKING 44.10 AT ED MURPHEY CLASSIC". Dyestat. Retrieved July 13, 2025.
13. "USA Championships". World Athletics. July 31, 2025. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
14. "Men's 100m Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved August 1, 2025.
15. Zaccardi, Nick (August 1, 2025). "Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Kenny Bednarek win U.S. 100m titles in personal best times". NBC Sports. Retrieved August 2, 2025.
16. "USA Championships". World Athletics. August 3, 2025. Retrieved August 4, 2025.
17. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
18. "World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025". World Athletics. September 18, 2025. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
19. "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. September 2, 2025. Retrieved September 2, 2025.