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Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
Rondel Kelvin Sorrillo (born 24 January 1986) is a
Trinidad and Tobago
sprinter , who specializes in the
200 meters . He was the first
University of Kentucky athlete to win the men's 200 m title at the
NCAA championships, winning it in 2010.
[4]
Sorrillo competed in the
200 meters event at the
2008 Olympic Games , but without reaching the final round.
[5] He ran a personal best for the 100 m at the 2012 national championships, placing third with a time of 10.03 seconds.
[6] He represented Trinidad and Tobago in both the
100 and
200 metres at the
2012 Summer Olympics .
[1]
He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 m team that won the bronze medal at the
2014 Commonwealth Games .
[4]
His personal best time for the 200 metres is 20.16 seconds.
[5] He also has a 9.99 second (+1.7) personal best in the
100 meters , achieved in 2016 while finishing second in the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Trials. At 30 years, 152 days, he became the third oldest person to achieve a sub-
10 second time for the first time; and 6.57 seconds in the
60 meters , achieved in January 2015 in
Lexington .
[5]
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing
Trinidad and Tobago
2006
NACAC U23 Championships
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
39.98
2007
NACAC Championships
San Salvador, El Salvador
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
39.92
2008
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Cali, Colombia
2nd
200 m
20.71
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
21st (qf)
200 m
20.63
2009
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Havana, Cuba
2nd
200 m
20.72
1st
4 × 100 m relay
38.73
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
13th (sf)
200 m
20.63
2010
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2nd
200 m
20.59
1st
4 × 100 m relay
38.24
2011
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2nd
200 m
20.64
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
38.89
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
7th
200 m
20.34
2012
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
23rd (sf)
100 m
10.31
34th (h)
200 m
20.76
2013
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
26th (h)
200 m
10.25
7th
4 × 100 m relay
38.57
2014
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
38.04
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, United Kingdom
9th
200 m
20.57
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
38.10
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
20th (sf)
60 m
6.68
5th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.83
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29th (h)
100 m
10.23
14th (sf)
200 m
20.33
6th (h)
4 × 100 m relay
37.96 1
1 Disqualified in the final
References
External links
1926:
Mexico (
Ahumada ,
Gómez ,
Ramírez ,
Aguilar )
1930:
Cuba (
Torriente ,
Rodríguez ,
Alfonso ,
Seino )
1935:
Cuba (
Rodríguez ,
Acosta ,
Torriente ,
Verrier )
1938:
Puerto Rico (
Villodas ,
Guerra ,
Malavé ,
Vázquez )
1946:
Panama (
Loney ,
Thomas ,
Clarke ,
La Beach )
1950:
Cuba (
Fortún ,
Farrés ,
Mazorra ,
Wilson )
1954:
Jamaica (
LaBeach ,
Rhoden ,
Gardner ,
Laing )
1959:
Venezuela (
Bonas ,
Murad ,
Esteves ,
Romero )
1962:
Venezuela (
Herrera ,
Murad ,
Romero ,
Esteves )
1966:
Jamaica (
Clayton ,
McNeil ,
Headley ,
Fray )
1970:
Cuba (
Ramírez ,
Montes ,
Morales ,
Triana )
1974:
Cuba (
Triana ,
Montes ,
Bandomo ,
Leonard )
1978:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Noel ,
Crawford ,
Husbands ,
Serrette )
1982:
Cuba (
Lara ,
Casañas ,
Peñalver ,
Saborit )
1986:
Cuba (
Lara ,
Peñalver ,
Querol ,
Simón )
1990:
Cuba (
Simón ,
Peñalver ,
Stevens ,
Isasi )
1993:
Cuba (
Simón ,
I. García ,
Isasi ,
Aguilera )
1998:
Cuba (
A. García ,
Ortiz ,
I. García ,
Pérez )
2002:
Dominican Republic (
Matos ,
Morillo ,
Sainfleur ,
Báez )
2006:
Netherlands Antilles (
Mariano ,
Kwidama ,
Duzant ,
Martina )
2010:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Sorrillo ,
Burns ,
Callender ,
Bledman )
2014:
Cuba (
Ruíz ,
Mena ,
Luis ,
Carrero )
2018:
Barbados (
Brathwaite ,
Burke ,
Ellis ,
Hoyte )
2023:
Trinidad and Tobago (
Hosten ,
Benjamin ,
Harrison Jr. ,
Augustine )