Neville Gomez Hodge (born 8 December 1955) is a former

United States Virgin Islands The United States Virgin Islands,. Also called the ''American Virgin Islands'' and the ''U.S. Virgin Islands''. officially the Virgin Islands of the United States, are a group of Caribbean islands and an unincorporated and organized territory ...

sprinter who competed in the men's 100m competition at the

1992 Summer Olympics The 1992 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1992, ca, Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1992), officially known as the Games of the XXV Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XXV Olimpiada, ca, Jocs de la XXV Olimpíada) and commonly known as ...

. He recorded a 10.71, not enough to qualify for the next round past the heats. His personal best is 10.32, set in 1993. He also ran that Olympiad for the USVI 4x100m team, which recorded a 40.48, good for 5th place. Previously, in the

1988 Summer Olympics The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...

, he ran a 10.73 in the 100m contest. In the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

, he ran 21.12 in the 200m, enough to qualify for the next round, where he did not start (DNS). He also ran in the 100m contest in 1984, scoring a 10.58, enough to qualify for round 2, where a 10.69 was not enough to advance further. He won a bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay at the

1991 Pan American Games The 1991 Pan American Games were held in Havana, Cuba from August 2 to August 18, 1991. There were 4,519 athletes from 39 countries of the Pan American Sports Organization, PASO community, with events in 33 different sports. The main stadium was ...

. He joined his alma mater

Morgan State University Morgan State University (Morgan State or MSU) is a public historically black research university in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the largest of Maryland's historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs). In 1867, the university, then known ...

as head coach of the track and cross country team in 1994.Neville Hodge
Morgan State Bears. Retrieved 2023-08-25.

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* 1955 births Living people Morgan State Bears track and field coaches United States Virgin Islands male sprinters Olympic male sprinters Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Virgin Islands Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Pan American Games competitors for the United States Virgin Islands Pan American Games medalists in athletics (track and field) Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States Virgin Islands Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1987 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1991 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1991 Pan American Games World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States Virgin Islands {{USVirginIslands-athletics-bio-stub