Jevon O'Bryant
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| Born | September 5, 2001 | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 200m: 20.98 (Lubbock, 2022) 400m: 45.37 (Gainesville, 2024) Indoor 200m: 21.33 (6, 2022) 300m: 33.08 (College Station, 2025) 400m: 45.80 (College Station, 2025) | ||||||||||||||
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Jevon O'Bryant (born 5 September 2001) is an American sprinter who primarily competes over 400 metres.[1]
Biography
From Texas, O'Bryant attended Fort Bend Elkins High School, after which he attended Barton County Community College, followed by the University of New Mexico.[2]
Competing in May 2022 as a sophomore for New Mexico, O'Bryant won the 400 m title in 45.98 seconds, as well as anchoring the victorious 4x400 m relay in 3:09.68, at the Mountain West Conference Championships. O'Bryant also finished fifth in the 200 m in 21.41 seconds.[3]
Competing for Texas A&M University, he was part of the 4 x 400 metres relay team which finished second, and ran season-best time of 3:03.62 to move to tenth on the all-time school list, at the Southeastern Conference Indoor Championships in Arkansas.[4] In March, the team finished third in the relay at the 2024 NCAA Indoor Championships.[5]
O'Bryant was a member of the Texas Aggies team which ran a time of 2:58.37 minutes in the men’s 4x400m relay to win the 2024 NCAA Outdoor Athletics Championships in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024, running alongside Kimar Farquharson, Auhmad Robinson and Cutler Zamzow.[6][7][8] He was a semi-finalist running 46.39 seconds at the US Olympic Trials later that month.[9]
O'Bryant competed in the 400 metres at the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, running 46.05 seconds in the final.[10] He was selected for the United States relay pool for the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Nanjing, China.[11] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[12][13]
O'Bryant was finalist in the 400 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York, placing fifth overall and running 46.41 seconds in the final.[14] He was selected for the United States relay teams at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Toruń, Poland.[15][16] Competing in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay, he completed a baton exchange with Sara Reifenrath only for her to fall following a racing incident for which the Jamaican team were later disqualified. Although she got up to continue, the American team did not feature again at the front of the race, placing fifth.[17]
References
- ^ "Jevon O'Bryant". World Athletics. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ Grundy, William (Jun 20, 2024). "Olympic Trials: Current, Former TX HS Athletes To Watch For". Mile Split. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "JEVON O'BRYANT 1ST PLACE MEN'S 400M AND 4X400M RELAY, 5TH PLACE 200M - MOUNTAIN WEST OUTDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS 2022". Runnerspace. 15 May 2022. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "Lamara Distin Soars to New Heights: Breaks Jamaica and NCAA Indoor High Jump Record at SEC Indoor Championships". Track Alerts. 25 Feb 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 9 March 2024. Retrieved 14 June 2025.
- ^ Hollobaugh, Jeff (July 2024). "NCAA Men's 4 x 400 — A&M's Robinson Wins Anchor War". Track and Field News.
- ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Championships". World Athletics. 5 June 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2026.
- ^ "Its about respect". Jamaica Observer. 13 July 2024. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
- ^ Becton, Stan (1 July 2024). "How NCAA track and field student-athletes performed at U.S. Olympic trials". NCAA.com. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "USA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 22 Feb 2025. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "WIC Nanjing 25 preview: men's 4x400m". World Athletics. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "Men's 4x400 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
- ^ "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ^ "USA Indoor Championships". World Athletics. 1 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ "USA TRACK & FIELD NAMES TEAM FOR 2026 WORLD ATHLETICS INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS". usatf.org. March 13, 2026. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
- ^ "Hocker, Hall and Jackson headline US team for WIC Kujawy Pomorze 26". World Athletics. 14 March 2026. Retrieved 18 March 2026.
- ^ "CHAOTIC MIXED RELAY IN TORUŃ SEES BELGIUM EMERGE WITH GOLD". Athletics Weekly. 21 March 2026. Retrieved 21 March 2026.