Brianna Lyston
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| Born | 24 May 2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country | Jamaica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Track and Field | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprints | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | LSU Lady Tigers (2022) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brianna Lyston (born 24 May 2004[1]) is a Jamaican sprint athlete who holds the 200 m under-13s world record in 23.72s.[2][3]
Lyston ran 22.53 (–2.2) at the 2022 Issa Boys and Girls Championship in Kingston, Jamaica. This made her the second fastest Under 20 female athlete from Jamaica. This also broke the Class 1 meeting record which was held by Simone Facey who ran a 22.71 back in 2004.
Lyston won her 100 m heat in a personal best 11.14 (+0.7) at the 2022 Central Athletics Championships in Spanish Town, Jamaica to beat Tia Clayton.[4]
She ran 10.91 seconds for the 100 metres at the SEC Championship in Gainesville, Florida on 11 May 2024.[5]
Personal bests
Outdoor
- 100 metres – 10.91 (+0.3 m/s) (Gainesville, Florida 11 May 2024)[1]
- 200 metres – 22.31 (-1.0 m/s) (Gainesville, Florida 9 May 2024)
- 400 metres – 56.86 (Spanish Town, Jamaica 18 February 2020)[1]
- 4 × 100 metres – 42.58 (U20 WR not ratified due to procedural error) Kingston, Jamaica 17 April 2022)[1][6]
References
- ^ a b c d "Profile of Brianna LYSTON - IAAF".
- ^ Gibson, Sean; Sawer, Patrick (4 April 2017). "Jamaica finds true heir to Usain Bolt's throne – record-breaking 12-year-old sprinter Brianna Lyston". The Telegraph.
- ^ "Meet Jamaican sprinter Brianna Lyston, who might very well be the next Usain Bolt". 13 April 2017.
- ^ "Lyston lays down the gauntlett". Jamaican Gleaner. Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ Hutchison, Katelyn (13 May 2024). "SEC Track And Field Championships Produce World Leading Times And Olympic Performances". Forbes.com. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Smith, Gary (2022-06-01). "Rejected: Jamaica's U20 4x1 record not legal - Trackalerts.com, track and field news website". Retrieved 2024-05-31.