Ameer Kenneth Webb (born March 19, 1991) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and 200 m.

College career

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Webb was the 200 meter champion at the 2013

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and the 2013 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Prior to Texas A&M he ran for

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, where he was the 2011

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State Champion in both the 100 meters and 200 meters. He had run for

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, finishing fifth in the 200 meters at the 2009 CIF California State Meet behind

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's sweep of both sprinting events. Webb was a dual-sport student-athlete (track & field and football) at Tustin High for all 3 and 1/2 years he attended there. He attended a small charter school during his first semester of his junior year. The charter school had no sports program. He returned to Tustin for his second semester of his junior year. As a senior, he started both ways and helped lead the football team to its first CIF championship title game in a decade. They eventually fell to a

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-led La Habra football team.

Professional career

He competed at the

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in the finals, but due to his involvement in an exchange infraction the team was disqualified. Webb won the 200 meters at the 2016 Qatar Athletic Super Grand Prix with a meet record of 19.85 (+1.9 m/s). That time ranks him tied with

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and

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as the number 25 performer in history. He competed at the

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., reaching the semi-finals. On June 25, 2017, Webb won the 200 meters at the

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with a time of 20.09 seconds, thus qualifying for the

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Statistics

Information from

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profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

* = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s) * = world lead (fastest time in the year)

International championship results

* = personal best

National championship results

* = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s) * = personal best * = seasonal best

200 m circuit wins

Representing

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