Adrian Griffith (athlete)

Adrian Griffith
Personal information
Born	11 November 1984 (age 40); New Providence, Bahamas
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Bahamas
Sport	Athletics
Event	Sprint
College team	Dickinson State
Medal record
Athletics
Representing Bahamas
Central American and Caribbean Games
CAC Championships
CAC Junior Championships (U20)
CARIFTA Games ; Junior (U20)
	Updated on 10 December 2014

Adrian Griffith (born 11 November 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.

He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.^[1] In the 4×100 metres relay he won silver medals at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

His personal best time is 10.14 seconds, achieved in Clermont Florida April 2014. This makes him the second fastest Bahamian of all time behind Derrick Atkins, and fastest Bahamian-born sprinter, at the time. That mark has since been broken by Shavez Hart

He teamed up with Jamial Rolle, Shavez Hart and Trevorvano Mackey to break the Bahamian 4x100 national record in Morelia, Mexico.

University

Griffith graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science as a magna cum laude honoree at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. He was a part of two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship team while attending Dickinson State University. He also was a six-time Conference Championship team (Indoor and Outdoor Conference meet), eight-time NAIA All-American, 9-time All DAC-10 Conference, four-time DAC-10 Conference Champion and was named 2006 Most Outstanding Athlete in DAC 10 Conference meet. He was also the former school record holder in both the 100 meters and long jump.

Personal bests

Outdoor

100 m: 10.11 s (wind: m/s) – Montverde, Florida, 11 June 2016
200 m: 20.54 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) – Clermont, Florida, 10 May 2014
Long jump: 7.59 m (wind: +1.7 m/s) – Nassau, Bahamas, 17 June 2006

Indoor

60 m: 6.63 s – Newport News, Virginia, 8 February 2014
Long jump: 7.63 m – Johnson City, Tennessee, 10 March 2006

International competitions

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the Bahamas
2002	CARIFTA Games	Nassau, Bahamas	8th	400m H	57.67
			2nd	Pole vault	3.00m
			3rd	Heptathlon	4594pts
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	7th (h)	400m H	56.71
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	3rd	Decathlon	6123 pts
2004	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada	3rd	Long jump	7.20m (+0.3 m/s)
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	–	Decathlon	DNF
2006	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	11th (sf)	100m	10.63 (+0.0 m/s)
			7th	Long jump	7.49 m (+0.7 m/s)
			2nd	4 × 100 m	39.74
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	4 × 100 m	39.44
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th (h)	100m	10.56 (+1.6 m/s)
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	7th	4 × 100 m	39.91
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	8th	100m	10.51 (+0.6 m/s)
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	2nd	4 × 100 m	39.22
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	5th	100 m	10.29
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	3rd	4 × 100 m	39.45
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	28th (qf)	100m	10.28 (+0.1 m/s)
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	100m	10.30 (+0.7 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	–	4 × 100 m	DQ
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th (sf)	100m	10.35 (+0.9 m/s)
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	5th	4 × 100 m	39.27
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	7th	100 m	10.35
	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	4th	4 × 100 m	39.46
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	–	100 m	DQ
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	14th (sf)	100 m	10.59
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	1st	4 × 100 m	38.77
2013	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (h)	4 × 100 m	38.70
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	22nd (h)	60 m	6.69
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	4 × 200 m	1:23.19
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25th (h)	100 m	10.46
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	5th	4 × 100 m	39.16
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	8th	100m	10.48 A (+0.9 m/s)
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	6th (sf)	200m	21.38 A (-0.4 m/s)
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	22nd (sf)	60 m	6.71
2016	Olympic Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	61st (h)	100 m	10.53
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	3rd (B)	4 × 100 m	39.18
2017	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	5th	4 × 200 m	1:22.36

References

^ Adrian Griffith at World Athletics

External links

Adrian Griffith at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

[bio-1] Adrian Griffith at World Athletics

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