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ABOUT · FRED KERLEY. Fred was born in Taylor, Texas on the 7th May 1995. He attended Taylor High School, South Plains College and Texas A&M University. He is the 2022 World 100m Champion and 2021 Olympic Games 100m silver medallist. He is the only man in history to have run sub 9.80 secs in the 100m, 19.80 secs in the 200m and 44.80 secs in ...
Jun 6, 2017 · LEVELLAND—For some athletes, junior college is a second chance. For others, an only chance. Former Texan 400-meter specialist and current Texas A&M Aggie Fred Kerley falls under the latter. A former walk-on at South Plains College, Kerley ran for the Texans from 2013-2015 before transferring to College Station.
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Aug 29, 2023 · A former walk-on at South Plains, Fred Kerley won gold in the men's 4x100, as the Americans took the top spot on the podium with a blistering time of 37.38. Kerley ran the second leg for the USA, who topped Italy and Jamaica, who finished in 37.62, and 37.76, respectively.
Early life and college. Kerley attended Taylor High School and his youth team was the College Station Sprinters in College Station, Texas. Afterwards he attended South Plains College from 2013 to 2015 before transferring to Texas A&M. In 2016, Fred Kerley tried out for the Olympic team at the USA Olympic Trials.
- Fredrick Lee Kerley
- 205 lb (93 kg)
- 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
- May 7, 1995 (age 28), San Antonio, United States
Jul 16, 2022 · He landed at South Plains College in Levelland, Texas, where he labored with a hamstring injury as a freshman and placed a modest 11th in the 400 meters at the junior college national ...
- Scott Cacciola
Jul 17, 2022 · The same Fred Kerley who was considered a 400m sprinter up until the start of last year. The same Fred Kerley who nine years ago walked onto the track team at South Plains community college. The same Fred Kerley who might never have pursued sprinting had he not broken his collarbone in the last football game of his high school career in Texas.
Aug 2, 2021 · Kerley is the second former South Plains College runner to medal in Tokyo. Vernon Norwood picked up a bronze, anchoring the U.S. mixed 1,600-meter relay team in the inaugural Olympics showcase of ...
