Remember the Name: Trayvon Bromell

Published by EuroSport on December 24, 2015

For Trayvon Bromell, 2015 all turned on one race. Entering the United States trials for the World Championships he was a curiosity case for most, a teenager who had won the college 100m title in his freshman year in blistering fashion but fallen just short of defending it a season later. 

He had talent, clearly, but was surely still a little way away from realising it at the senior level.

All that changed in 9.84 seconds on the track in Oregon in June - Bromell establishing himself as the tenth fastest sprinter of all-time (and the fastest teenager in history, so decide for yourself which is the more impressive) in the heats, as he went on and booked a surprise spot on the US team for Beijing in the final.