T'Mars McCallum

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T'Mars McCallum
Personal information
Born (2004-05-20) 20 May 2004 (age 21)
Sport
Sport Athletics
Event Sprint
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)60m: 6.59 (2025)
100m: 9.83 (2025)
200m: 19.73 (2025)

T'Mars McCallum (born 20 May 2004) is an American sprinter. [1]

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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. [2] 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. [3]

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. [4]

He ran 10.03 seconds for the 100 metres at the Jamaica Athletics Invitational in May 2024. [5] 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. [2]

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. [6] 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. [7] [8] [9]

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. [10] [11]

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. [12] [13] 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. [14] At the same championship, he reached the final of the 200 metres, placing eighth overall. [15] He was selected for the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. [16]

References

  1. ↑ "T'Mars McCallum". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  2. 1 2 Bailey, Issac (June 27, 2024). "Let's talk Olympics and some SC athletes worth bragging about". The State. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Horton, David (Jun 30, 2022). "Former N.C. A&T track and field commit folllows Coach Ross to Tennessee". 247Sports.com. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  4. ↑ "T'MARS MCCALLUM WINS 100, TURNS SIGHTS TO 200 AND LONG JUMP AT NEW BALANCE NATIONALS OUTDOOR". Runnerspace. 19 June 2022. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  5. ↑ Liadi, Tunde (May 13, 2024). "Amusan wins at Jamaica Athletics invitational". Thenationonline.ng. Retrieved 13 June 2025.
  6. ↑ 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 13 June 2025.
  7. ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  8. ↑ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 12 June 2025.
  9. ↑ Hollobaugh, Jeff (July 21, 2025). "McCallum On Track For Seasonal Second Act". Track and Field News. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
  10. ↑ 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 13 July 2025.
  11. ↑ Woods, David (July 12, 2025). "QUINCY WILSON POPS OFF WITH RECORD-BREAKING 44.10 AT ED MURPHEY CLASSIC". Dyestat. Retrieved 13 July 2025.
  12. ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Men's 100m Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  14. ↑ Zaccardi, Nick (August 1, 2025). "Melissa Jefferson-Wooden, Kenny Bednarek win U.S. 100m titles in personal best times". NBC Sports. Retrieved 2 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "USA Championships". World Athletics. 3 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  16. ↑ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2025 WORLD ATHLETICS CHAMPIONSHIPS". Dyestat. 2 September 2025. Retrieved 2 September 2025.
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