I didnt think I was strong enough, he said. Holloway, the reigning world champion in the 110m hurdles who is among the hot favorites in Tokyo, clocked 13.10 seconds ahead of Olympian Devon Allen (13.22) and fellow American Daniel Roberts (13.23) as they tuned up for next months US trials. Yohan Blake of Jamaica, the 2012 Olympic silver In the meanwhile, Erriyon is a quiet guy when it comes to his love life. He considers himself a good student; he gets all his work done. Before he exited the curve, the race was effectively over. Having an offensive line coach work with a skinny receiver ended up being the perfect pairing. Erriyon Knighton, just out of high school, has already lowered Bolts world junior record in the 200 meters. https://www.hhstoday.com/life/2021/02/25/erriyon-knighton-the-sprinter/#comment-89567. The Background of the Usain Bolt-Beating Sprinter, Who Is Stan Smith? 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Knighton added that compared with the Junior Olympics, he's finally getting some competition: "Well, the huge difference is you've got to run. Since turning professional in January 2021 shortly after his 17th birthday Knighton has clocked a plethora of wins, tournaments and trophies, which has seen his net worth rise to around $200,000 USD. "That Tokyo experience is something no-one can ever take from you, I will always have that experience. The Big Red Boys & Girls Track & Field programs are well coached and represented! When asked by Florida Today which athlete he considers himself most similar to, he responded, Probably Usain Bolt, just because hes tall like me.. Even if you get mad at him, its hard to stay mad at him, because his personality is so fun-loving and he has such a big heart.. At the Olympic trials last June, he twice shattered Bolts world junior record in the 200, posting his then-career best of 19.84. They told him they saw a lot of potential. Southeastern Conference powers including Georgia and Alabama showed interest. WebOther Career Highlights . You may have to select a menu option or click a button. Knighton didnt notice he was fast until that Junior Olympics race. Hes Getting Faster. Follow the instructions for disabling the ad blocker on the site youre viewing. I didnt grow up with his name; I grew up with my name, Knighton said recently over a leisurely lunch with his other coach, Jonathan Terry, who operates a Tampa track club called My Brothers Keeper. Knighton, who ranks seventh among Americans in the 200m since the start of this year, will face stiff competition to crack the top three and make the US Olympic team I think the betting would be that he could probably do it, he said. I definitely can be faster, he said. Garcia said when Hillsborough was preparing for an opponent with an athletic quarterback, Knighton would volunteer to simulate him on the scout team. As Knighton unfolded his 6-foot-3 frame from the starting blocks, he sometimes dragged his left, or trailing, foot on the track. Knighton is qualified to race at the US Olympic trials that start in two weeks at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. "Today, he was warming up (in the shot put) throwing 59 (feet). Terry has to call his name to break the reverie. Six times in the past year and three times over the weekend, he reset the under-18 world record in the 200, along with the world under-20 record held by three-time Olympic 200-meter gold medalist Usain Bolt. He looks up, spots a hole in the onrushing defence and darts through, evading Only the top three spots make the Olympic team, and he was competing with a world champion in Noah Lyles, 23, who just missed out on a goal of making the team as a teenager five years ago, finishing fourth in the 2016 Olympic Trials. Holloway, the head Olympic track coach, spoke to Knighton after the race. Earlier this week, Knighton won his first heat and said that he eased up after the first half of that sprint. At the US trials Knighton beat another Bolt milestone the Jamaicans best of 19.93 seconds before he turned 20 when he produced a stunning 19.84. He was very aggressive in blocking, had three unnecessary roughness penalties last year, Garcia said. he ran half a lap around the track in 19.49 seconds. A two-minute highlight reel shows not only his quickness but a shiftiness and ability to weave through defenders, scoring 15 touchdowns in his two seasons of varsity ball. Knighton was sent down a different path. Erriyon Knighton, left, chose to turn professional while a junior at Tampa Hillsborough High School. Some goes to his phone bill and some to his mom. Knighton didnt play football that first fall, but Sipp, now in his 15th year as the schools offensive line coach and head track coach, told him his speed was something that would be special, that he would do well if he wanted to run track. SATELLITE BEACH Whoever coined the phrase "good things come in small packages" never met Jackson Cantwell. "You're running against grown men, so you've got to do everything you can to beat them," he said. Click the icon of the ad-blocker extension installed on your browser. Already whitelisted us? He continued to break his own under-18 record, running a 20.31 in Clermont in April, then a 20.30 in California in May. Anyone can read what you share. Bromell, the years fastest at 9.88 in the 100m, finished second in 20.20, his best since 2015. Lyles won the final Sunday night, and Kenny Bednarek, 22, took second, but Knighton came through in third place in 19.84 seconds, becoming the first teenager to make the U.S. Olympic mens track team since 2000. Worrying that there might be too many vacant slots in matches. 19.84 is one I told him a long time ago: He has no idea what hes doing, he said. We bring the power and the strength, and hes got the speed, Sipp said. US sprinter Erriyon Knighton ( Getty Images) World U20 records* were broken in mens sprint events in two different continents just five hours apart on Saturday (30) as Botswanas Letsile Tebogo ran 9.96 for 100m in Gaborone and Erriyon Knighton clocked 19.49 for 200m in Baton Rouge. Erriyon Knighton reacts after placing third in the Mens 200 Meter Final during day ten of the 2020 U.S. Olympic Track & Field Team Trials at Hayward Field on June But he slept on his mom's lap the whole night.". It took a month to decide. "It's the first night, and you know how electrifying the first night of the Olympics is with everything going on," Christian said. He just didnt want it to become serious. When Sipp asked Knighton to join the track team, Knighton thought his coach just wanted him to be a faster receiver. Knighton did not participate in track-and-field events until around two years earlier during his freshman year. But Knighton shaved more than three-tenths of a second from his previous best of 19.84. As a wide receiver, he reportedly received offers to play for college football powers Alabama, Florida and Florida State. The first person to see his potential was Coach Joseph Sipp, the head track coach and a football coach. "Before then you could have asked me what 100m was and I wouldn't have known. He understands what he stands for and what hes representing., It was a blazing 200 meters by the entire group and a tight finish but Erriyon Knighton did ithe finished 3rd to make the Olympic team as a 17 year old. As a subscriber, you have 10 gift articles to give each month. WebAt the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, so many American athletes gave amazing performances including Paul Chelimo and Kenny Bednarek. WebTwo-sport athlete in football and track. That might as well have been a minute in the world of elite track and field, especially given that it was his first 200-meter race of the season. Erriyon Knighton became the fourth-fastest man over 200m as he clocked 19.49 seconds at the LSU Invitational. He has run only four races this season. ", More:Four-star football recruit Erriyon Knighton of Tampa breaks national 200-meter mark. Knighton had turned professional in January 2021, days before his 17th birthday. His coach marveled at the finesse and elasticity of Knightons stride. World indoor records from Hugues Fabrice Zango and Ryan Crouser, plus a handful of world U20 records set by teenage talents Sasha Zhoya and Erriyon Knighton in 2021, are among the latest marks to have been ratified. I knew [Knighton] was right up there with them, he said. From then on, Knighton was destined to be wearing spikes, rather than shoulder pads. On Sunday night in Oregon, he earned a spot in next months Olympics in Tokyo in the 200 meters, and at 17 years old, the rising senior at Hillsborough High School in Tampa became the youngest male U.S. Olympic track athlete in 57 years, since Jim Ryun in the 1964 games, also in Tokyo. He followed the decision made by Tamari Davis, a then-16-year-old who also turned pro in January of 2020. TAMPA, Fla. When Erriyon Knighton, a few months past his 18th birthday, became the fourth-fastest 200-meter runner in history on April 30, his fellow sprinter Michael Cherry tweeted in amazement, That boy got algebra on Monday.. TAMPA, Fla. For Erriyon Knighton, the record-breaking speed isnt as incredible as his acceleration to the track worlds elite. And we'll all be back together, but with a lot more fireworks.". That doesnt mean he doesnt goof around in class though. While at Hillsborough, Sipp has watched and coached several athletes who eventually became professional, or who were given full track scholarships. The 6-foot-4, 206-pound native of Missouri the son offormer Team USA Olympians devoured his competition at this week's AAU National Junior Olympics Track & Field eventmuch like he manhandles those foot-long steak and cheese subshe often craves. Holloway told him, I dont want you to ever forget how you feel right now; and remember, you dont ever want to feel this way again.. Support us by whitelisting our site. If he can repeat his 19.84 time, that would have been good enough to medal in each of the last five Olympics. Incredibly, theres a personal connection between the two runners. The gun went off. He had been sprinting for a little over a year, after being encouraged to do so by his football coach as a way to sharpen his game as a wide receiver. It still hasnt hit me yet, the reality of it, Knighton said by phone Tuesday, awaiting a cross-country flight home from Seattle, with a dizzying few weeks ahead before hes off to compete in Japan. Unlike many Olympic hopefuls, athletics is a relatively new sport for Knighton. He also marked his personal-best record of 19.88 seconds in a heat that included world champion Noah Lyles, another Team USA athlete heading to the 200-meter final at Tokyo 2020. "In other schools in the area, people say to my class-mates 'you go to school with Erriyon', but for people in my school they see me every day, so it ain't nothing.". The track seemed to tilt, as if banked, as Knighton hurtled out of the turn, and he appeared to be running downhill, landing as elite sprinters do just behind the balls of his feet, his heels seemingly never touching the ground. If she asked him to put his toys away, he would do it running. Switching back and forth from his parents houses, visiting grandparents and cousins on the weekends, going bowling with his mom, and dreaming, not too unrealistically, of buying a Dodge Charger as his first car. While on the East Coast of Florida at the AAU Games, Jackson didn't havetoo much free time, although he went parasailing dad stayed grounded at Port Canaveral on Friday. They send him gift cards in the mailso he can order Adidas gear online or in the store. Knighton thought about the possibility of being recruited for college track that would be taken away with the Adidas contract. In other news, Police suspect the woman who caused Tour de France crash has fled to Germany. He was freaky athletic.. "I'm getting there," said Jackson, who a year ago waited until his final throw to clinch the national shot put title with a personal-best throw of45-2.25. As a 10th grader, he was head and shoulders above everybody. 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