Olympics In High Heels: Meet Track and Field Star Trayvon Bromell
We are THREE DAYS away from this year’s Olympics in Rio. To celebrate, I am highlighting several of the people representing the USA. Today’s feature is about track and field star Trayvon Bromell.
All information obtained from NBC and Team USA.
Name: Trayvon Bromell
Sport: Track and Field—100-meter, 4×100-meter
Previous Olympics:N/A
World Championships: 2015—won bronze for 100m, 2016, won gold for 60m.
Did You Know?
His father played in the Canadian football league.
He won 2015 IAAF World Championships, bronze (100-meter)
He was the 2015 NCAA Outdoor All-American (100-meter, 200-meter)
He is a World Junior World Record Holder, 100-meter (9.97)
He won the gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships in the 60-meter.
He was the first high school athlete to ever finish under the 10-second mark in the 100 meter.
He earned two NCAA titles at Baylor University.
Be sure to watch Trayvon wow us in Rio starting Friday! Thank you for tuning into Football In High Heels for your sports news, entertainment, lessons and fun!
