Bryce Deadmon (born March 26, 1997) is an American

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

athlete. In July 2023, he became US national champion in the

400 meters The 400 metres, or 400-meter dash, is a sprint event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is on ...

Career

A student at the

Texas A&M University Texas A&M University (Texas A&M, A&M, or TAMU) is a public, land-grant, research university in College Station, Texas. It was founded in 1876 and became the flagship institution of the Texas A&M University System in 1948. As of late 2021, T ...

, Deadmon was the 2021 SEC Outdoor championship 400 m runner up running 44.50 behind Noah Williams, as well as the 2021 NCAA 400 m runner-up at Hayward Field at the

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in Eugene running 44.44 to finish behind

Randolph Ross Randolph Ross (born January 1, 2001) is an American athlete specializing in the 400 metres, who competes collegiately for the North Carolina A&T Aggies. He is coached by his father Duane Ross, who was also an Olympian in the 110m hurdles. On Febr ...

. He qualified for the final of the US Olympic Trials men's 400 m race, running 45.46 and 45.17 in his heats to qualify as 8th fastest man. In the final he placed seventh with a 44.96 and qualified for the US men's relay pool for the . At the Olympics he took part in the

Mixed 4 × 400 metres relay The mixed 4 × 400 metres relay is a 4 × 400 metres relay in which teams field two men and two women, in whatever order they choose. It was introduced at the 2017 IAAF World Relays and was then held at the 2019 World Athletics Championships in ...

and the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay, winning a bronze medal in the former and a gold medal in the latter. Competing at the 2023 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in

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, he won the final of the 400m. He was selected for the

2023 World Athletics Championships The 2023 World Athletics Championships ( hu, 2023-as atlétikai világbajnokság), the nineteenth edition of the World Athletics Championships, are scheduled to be held from 19 August to 27 August 2023 in Budapest, Hungary. The city of Budapes ...

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in August 2023.

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