Leonardo Ledgister
Leonardo Ledgister (born 27 April 1999) is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400m Hurdles.[1]
From Santa Cruz, Jamaica he attended High School in Saint Elizabeth Parish, he also went to Southern University-New Orleans and then to Texas A&M-Corpus Christi.[2] He was a finalist at the World Under-20 Championships in Finland in 2018.
In June 2021 he advanced to the finals of the 400m hurdles at the 2021 NCAA Outdoor Championships at Hayward Field. reaching the finals, he earned All-America First-Team honors, becoming the first Jamaican to do so since Hickel Woolery in 2009 in the discus.[3] Previously, on 30 May he had achieved the Olympic qualifying standard for the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics in the men's 400m hurdles after he ran a personal best 48.79 seconds to place second at the National Collegiate Athletics Association (NCAA) West Regionals at his home track of Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Leonardo LEDGISTER | Profile". worldathletics.org.
- ^ "Leonardo Ledgister - Track & Field". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics.
- ^ "Ledgister Advances to Finals of NCAA Outdoor Championships". Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Athletics.
- ^ "Jamaica Observer Limited". Jamaica Observer.
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