";s:4:"text";s:28412:"U.S. sprinter Erriyon Knighton wins his qualifying heat of the men's 200-meter earlier this week. The gun went off. Idon't think about much when I'm out there, just winning the meet," he said. But, it's in vain. A slender, rangy figure in home-team red gathers a kick return on his 10-yard line. He would hit the weight room. SATELLITE BEACH Whoever coined the phrase "good things come in small packages" never met Jackson Cantwell. The next day he ran the 100 in 10.29 seconds: a new U.S best time. People often ask whether he wants to be the next Usain Bolt. In the meanwhile, Erriyon is a quiet guy when it comes to his love life. Worrying that there might be too many vacant slots in matches. "It was nice," Jackson said. "He was warning up at 140. As. If she asked him to put his toys away, he would do it running. Knighton is up for the Mens Rising Star Award along with French pole vaulter Anthony Ammirati, Jamaican triple jumper Jaydon Hibbert, Botswanan sprinter Letsile Tebogo and Kenyan 800m runner Emmanuel Wanyonyi. At the end of the day, they really just help me. Southeastern Conference powers including Georgia and Alabama showed interest. Click the icon of the ad-blocker extension installed on your browser. His coach marveled at the finesse and elasticity of Knightons stride. 20.33 seconds is a short amount of time to change somebodys life. He thinks it would be much harder for him to keep working if he didnt. Knighton noticed that the workouts for track were much harder than football. Read about our approach to external linking. According to an HHS Today article from February 2021, Knighton was a receiver for the high school football team. He ultimately placed fourth in the blazing fast final on Wednesday, making a major statement at his first Olympics. As a 16-year-old at the 2020 Junior Olympics, Knighton ran the 100 in 10.29 and the 200 in 20.33 a national age group record. The 17-year-old from Tampa, Fla., has made a dramatic rise in track, including knocking down an under-18 world record set by Jamaican track legend Usain Bolt in @usatf | #TrackFieldTrials21 x #TokyoOlympics pic.twitter.com/2vNi9EknYB, #TokyoOlympics (@NBCOlympics) June 28, 2021. https://www.hhstoday.com/life/2021/02/25/erriyon-knighton-the-sprinter/#comment-89567. In 2014, Bromell, of nearby St. Petersburg, became the first junior sprinter to run the 100 in less than 10 seconds (9.97), while winning an N.C.A.A. The teenager was deflated. And it'll take a while for Jackson to even come close to his dad's accomplishments. 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. 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. Damian Warner Wife/Girlfriend Jennifer Cotten Are They Married? When Ryun made the Olympic team in 1964, he didnt get back home before competing, going from the trials at the Coliseum in Los Angeles to training there and flying to Tokyo. "It has calmed down now. Garcia said when Hillsborough was preparing for an opponent with an athletic quarterback, Knighton would volunteer to simulate him on the scout team. Jackson's dad,Christian, a five-time world champion, won a silver medal at the 2008 BeijingOlympics and in 2004 had the top four shot put throws in the world. Hubris fed by hype. The latest win is certainly not a bad start to the Olympic career of the 17-year-old who is the youngest track athlete on Team USA. But when his coach asked him to join track in his freshman year, he He followed the decision made by Tamari Davis, a then-16-year-old who also turned pro in January of 2020. Erriyon Knighton (born January 29, 2004) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 meters and 200 meters. Knighton hadnt really trained in a weight room, so while he could squat 300 and bench 185 when COVID started, he was able to improve that to squatting 500 and benching 245, adding strength to his 170-pound frame. You have entered an incorrect email address! But his 131 is still a great throw and he's OK with it. He trusts Coach (Terry) with his life, and thats big. A slender, rangy figure in home-team red gathers a kick return on his 10-yard line. When the 2024 Paris Olympics begin, he will be all of 20 years old. His training involves a lot of leg workouts, like cleans and squats. Your email address will not be published. "You're running against grown men, so you've got to do everything you can to beat them," he said. Monday, youre coming out to track practice. Running in 200m against other 16-year-olds, he stormed home in 20.33 seconds. Knighton was outstanding in his first major competition in Tokyo, where he just missed the Olympic podium and became the youngest teen since Jim Ryun in 1964 to represent the United States. "There were a lot of people wanting to take pictures with me at the start of the school year," he remembers. Who Is Erriyon Knighton? It was impossible. So Knightons camp is trying to make him faster by, in effect, slowing him down. Through the rounds and Olympic build-up, he beat it seven times over. "As I grow older I am going to get stronger and faster. Refresh the page or click the button below to continue. CNW Network is South Floridas number one Caribbean news network that comprises of CaribbeanNationalWeekly.com, National Weekly newspaper and CNW TV. "It's the first night, and you know how electrifying the first night of the Olympics is with everything going on," Christian said. If the Cantwell name sounds familiar in the sport, it is. "Now,he might catch his mom, though.". I said, Excuse me. Hillsborough Highs Erriyon Knighton, just 17 years old, won his 200-meters semifinal in Tokyo. He considers himself a good student; he gets all his work done. "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. In the 200-meter final on Wednesday, Canadian star Andre de Grasse took gold, and U.S. sprinters Kenny Bednarek and Noah Lyles won silver and bronze. He says, though, not much has changed for him personally, except that he gets more respect. With latest scores and headlines sent straight to your device, personalisation and much more, ensure you have a great sporting life with BBC Sport. It Could Help You, Too, U.S. Takes Olympic Gold And Silver In The Fastest Women's 400 Meter Hurdle Race Ever. In his junior year now, Knighton practices with a personal coach four days a week. He knelt on the track. He has run only four races this season. But two years ago, he was afraid of the Armwood and Tech guys.. "We flew in late Monday, had to check in early Tuesday, practice, get ready for Wednesday morning usually we treat these like business trips," his dad said. Knighton's decision marks the third time in a year that a high school sprint athlete has turned pro. But I amgetting stronger.". He has done relatively little weight lifting yet to fill out his 164-pound frame. "In Tokyo, I was kinda upset that I had lost, but I just had to think about the big picture and the long run," added Knighton, who turned 18 in January. According to NBC, he became the youngest male track athlete to reach the final of an individual Olympic race in 125 years. A crowd of about 100 spectators in the bleachers. Erriyon is more concerned with his work than with being involved in a meaningful relationship. The 17-year-old from Tampa, Fla., has made a dramatic rise in track, including knocking down an under-18 world record set by Jamaican track legend Usain Bolt in 2003. Asked whether a college football career could be in the cards, the teenage sprinter said: "Nah," the Associated Press reported in late June. Knighton, who turned 17 in January, ran down Olympic 100m favorite Trayvon Bromell to win the 200m in 20.11, shaving 0.02 seconds off Bolts 2003 time. In the end, he had help from former Hillsborough football and track star Jeremiah Green in making the decision to go ahead and sign. In an exclusive interview with Hypebeast, Smith discussed the new documentary and reflected on his bond with the shoes that bear his name. "Today, he was warming up (in the shot put) throwing 59 (feet). Living in Tampa, with the championships from the Buccaneers and Lightning and even the Rays, the type of athlete that he is, hes embracing putting the city on his back and bringing awareness to track and field, Terry said. He starts his day with like 10 eggs in the morning and likes a pound of ribeye every night. As a teenager representing his country on the largest platform in sports, Knighton has a chance to be a national star, one of the biggest stories of the Olympics. Theres no ifs, ands or buts about it. He won the 100 meters as a freshman in his first meet, and his time in the 200 meters was around 21.2 seconds, not bad for a runner just starting to learn correct form and technique. The field also included a pair of Britons: Zharnel Hughes (who took gold at the 2018 European championships) and Adam Gemili (fourth at the 2016 Olympics and 2019 worlds). "Not an option of mine to go play football.". The Jamaican won in 13.47 (-2.5m/s) to finish 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. Knighton also made the Time 100 Next list announced Sept. 28, along with 17-year-old figure skater Ilia Malinin. The first person to see his potential was Coach Joseph Sipp, the head track coach and a football coach. Knighton expressed surprise, saying he did not think he would achieve such a time until he was 20 or 21. This Teen Has Already Broken Some of Usain Bolts Records. You couldnt get him tired, he said. Sipp says he saw the speed as soon Knighton joined the football team. That means he bested legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolts under-20 record, too. He enters this weekends United States track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., as a favorite, and is expected to qualify for the world championships to be held there in July, when he believes he can win. Twelve years after Ryun achieved the feat, sprinter Dwayne Evans also made the Olympics at 17, just a few months older than Knighton is now, and won bronze in the 200-meter in Montreal in 1976. Erriyon Knighton became the fourth-fastest man over 200m as he clocked 19.49 seconds at the LSU Invitational. In June, the then 17-year-old became the youngest American man to make a United States Olympic athletics team in 57 years. If this weekends Olympic trials marked Knightons true arrival on the national scene, that process started last August, when he competed at the AAU Junior Olympics in Satellite Beach, Fla. To work your way through the prelims and semis and finals is a major achievement, and at that age, making the Olympic team is even greater. Try a week on us. He remembers hearing people cheering, and that it helped. Before he exited the curve, the race was effectively over. 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. He not only won the 200 meters, but did so in 20.33 seconds, breaking the national under-18 record that had been in place since 2001, nearly three years before he was born. His dad played basketball, but Knighton knew that wasnt for him. John Regis, agent of Knighton and the 200m record-holder in the UK, has some insights. Knighton, who turned 17 in January, ran down Olympic 100m favorite Trayvon Bromell to win the 200m in 20.11, shaving 0.02 seconds off Bolts 2003 time. In 2018, he was inducted into theMissouri Sports Hall of Fame. This week, his son's performancessoothed his soul. He finished just off the podium in Wednesday's final. Commemorating Chinese New Year to take place on January 22. American Ronnie Baker won the mens 100m in 9.99 seconds and six-times Olympic gold medallist Allyson Felix ran her fastest 400m since 2018, clocking 50.66. They have talked him out of the Hellcat, with its exorbitant insurance premiums. Hes learning how to run, how to use his mechanics, how to maximize every inch, Terry said. Then, he breezed through the semifinal, winning yet again. At last weekends U.S. Olympic Trials, Knighton crossed the finish line third behind Noah Lyles and Kenny Bednarek, good enough to earn a spot in Tokyo with a new under-20 world record of 19.84 seconds. When he joined track as a freshman following his coach's request, he saw it as a training ground that would allow him to be a better football receiver and be able to run quicker on the football field. His father was a In other news, Police suspect the woman who caused Tour de France crash has fled to Germany. Alabama still calls me: Coach, he can still play football and run pro track. Before he went to Eugene, he told the boys hed be back for practice Aug. 2. The Bolt He is younger than any US Olympic male track and field athlete since miler Jim Ryun in 1964, according to Olympedia.org. Hes Getting Faster. I was running what pros were running, Knighton said of his thinking before turning pro in January 2021. Garcia, now 68 as Knightons football coach at Hillsborough, was a freshman football player at Washburn University in Topeka in 1970 when he befriended Ryun, who lived in Topeka and used the schools whirlpool to help with a leg injury as he trained between Olympics. According to her, he was always running, even as a toddler. Just how well can Knighton do in Tokyo? 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. A final defender comes haring across, all pumping thighs and straining arms. But a thunderstorm in the middle of his performance delayed the meet, and conditions never were the same, especially trying to get a feel for the moist concrete under his feet. He did get to see the 2012 Games in London. It's breaking us," his father joked. At the age of 18, he won the bronze medal in the 200 m at the 2022 World Athletics Championships, becoming the youngest ever individual sprint medalist in Championships history. Theyre looking from the outside in. It was August, and sweltering. At 18, Knighton has not yet peeked closely under the hood of his internal engine as he has under the hood of the $80,000 Dodge Hellcat he would like to buy. And as we approach this years much-anticipated Tokyo Olympic Games, we take a closer look at the 6 3 sprinting prodigy and ask: who is Erriyon Knighton? Hes not afraid to compete, and thats a big part of being successful in any athletic endeavor.. When the track team started working out, he didnt participate and tried to avoid Sipp, saying football was his first love. Running in 200m against other 16-year-olds, he stormed home in 20.33 seconds. The first of the horror-thriller trilogy hits the streamer on July 2. Erriyon Knightons Parents ( Father, Mother), Siblings. That goal was accomplished on that fateful weekend in August. 2023 Hypebeast Limited. Yohan Blake of Jamaica, the 2012 Olympic silver As a precaution, he withdrew from a meet in New York in early June after feeling a slight twinge in his lower back during training. You will be there,' Sipp said. Knighton added that compared with the Junior Olympics, he's finally getting some competition: "Well, the huge difference is you've got to run. The star-studded lineup shared a medley of Xs biggest hits. When it turns gray, click the refresh icon that has appeared next to it or click the button below to continue. I could make sure he was getting the right amount of sleep and eating right, so it was better that he stayed with us.. Erriyon Knighton does not currently have a partner. The advantage of being tall, with long legs, allowed Knighton to take fewer strides than shorter sprinters, which delayed his late-race fatigue and permitted him to maintain greater velocity toward the finish line. "I've got to qualify for the heat so don't exert too much energy, really," he said, appearing relaxed and confident. TAMPA, Fla. For Erriyon Knighton, the record-breaking speed isnt as incredible as his acceleration to the track worlds elite. Knighton, who aspires to go to medical school, started running his freshman year when his football coach said it could help make him faster as a wide receiver. 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The field also included a pair of Britons: Zharnel Hughes (who took gold at the 2018 European championships) and Adam Gemili (fourth at the 2016 Olympics and 2019 worlds). He has so much untapped ability. He presently owns the world under-18 and world under-20 marks in the 200 meters with a run of 19.84 seconds recorded on June 27, 2021, in the US Olympic Trials. 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.. Hes got goals outside of running. Congrats, to Joe Sipp for seeing the potential in Erriyon as a track & field athlete. Already whitelisted us? Now everyone just walks past me just like, 'Hey, Erriyon'. Your email address will not be published. At the time when the Jamaican sprinter set the record, he was 16-years-old. But if Knighton runs like he is in a hurry, he knows he has time on his side. 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