Quentin Jarrod Iglehart-Summers (born June 15, 1987) is an American former

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 ...

sprinter, who specialized in the

400-meter dash 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 ...

. He set a personal record of 45.46 seconds for the event in 2008. He was a gold medalist in the

4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap. It is traditionally the final event of a track meet. At top class events, th ...

at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in 2012. He also won a relay gold medal at the

2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2006 World Junior Championships in Athletics is the 2006 version of the World Junior Championships in Athletics. It was held from 15 August to 20 August at the Chaoyang Sports Centre in Beijing, the capital of the People's Republic of China. ...

. At collegiate level he was a four-time national champion in the relay with the

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Career

Born to William Summers and Cheryle Iglehart in

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, he took up track while at James Madison High School. Under coach Keith Randle, in his final year he was 400 m runner-up at the state championships and won the event at the AAU Junior Olympic Games. He gained an athletic scholarship to attend

Baylor University Baylor University is a private Baptist Christian research university in Waco, Texas. Baylor was chartered in 1845 by the last Congress of the Republic of Texas. Baylor is the oldest continuously operating university in Texas and one of the fir ...

and ran track there with their Baylor Bears track and field team. In his first year there he was runner-up at the

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indoor championships and anchored the team to victory in the

. Outdoors, he won the Big 12 and NCAA Midwest regional relay titles before helping the team to third at the 2006 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in a time of 3:02.93 minutes.Quentin Iglehart-Summers
Baylor Bears. Retrieved 2020-10-12. Iglehart-Summers established himself as one of the top sprinters in his age group with a 400 m win at the USA Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships. This led to his first international appearance at the

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, where he was an individual semi-finalist and a gold medalist in the 4 × 400 m relay, alongside

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, Chris Carter and

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. In his second year at Baylor he won national relay titles at the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships and 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, setting a school record of 3:00.04 in the process with Reggie Witherspoon,

LeJerald Betters LeJerald ''"Sticks"'' Betters (born 6 February 1988) is an American former sprinter specializing in the 400 metres. He was a five-time NCAA Division I champion in relays, and in 2010 he was a member of the gold medal-winning 4 × 400 m relay tea ...

, and Kevin Mutai. Individually, he placed third in the 400 m at the NCAA indoor meet. Regionally, he won the NCAA Midwest title and was top three at the Big 12 outdoors and indoors. Iglehart-Summers third year saw him sweep the relay titles with Baylor at NCAA, NCAA Midwest and Big 12 conference level. He was runner-up at the Big 12 outdoor meet, setting a lifetime best of 45.46 seconds. His final year with the Baylor Bears brought another NCAA Indoor relay title, and third place in the relay at the NCAA outdoors.Quentin Iglehart-Summers
World Athletics. Retrieved 2020-10-12. Iglehart-Summers ran at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials, reaching the semi-finals. He also made another international appearance at the 2008 NACAC Under-23 Championships, though the American relay team he anchored managed only fifth. He returned to national competition at the

2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2009 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships took place between June 25–28 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. The competition acted as a way of selecting the United States team for the 2009 World Championships in Athletics in Berlin later ...

, but failed to progress beyond the heats. Following appearances at the 2010 national indoor and outdoor championships, he competed sparingly in 2011 before achieving his best national placing at the

2012 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2012 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organized by USA Track and Field (USATF), the two-day competition took place on February 25–26, in conjunction with the USA In ...

, finishing seventh in the 400 m final. This earned him his first and only senior national selection and he came away with a gold medal from the

2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships The 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics was the 14th edition of the global-level indoor track and field competition and was held between March 9–11, 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the first of four ...

after running in the heats only of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay. He competed in mostly Texan meets before retiring two years later, with his final national appearance coming at the

2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships The 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships was held at Albuquerque Convention Center in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Organised by USA Track and Field (USATF), the three-day competition took place February 21–23 in conjunction with the USA Ind ...

, where he placed eighth in the 400 m.2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships Resultsarchived
. USA Track and Field. Retrieved on 2014-06-08.

International competitions

National titles

*NCAA Outdoor **

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*NCAA Indoor **

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Personal records

;Outdoor *

200 metres The 200 metres, or 200-meter dash, is a sprint running event. On an outdoor 400 metre racetrack, the race begins on the curve and ends on the home straight, so a combination of techniques is needed to successfully run the race. A slightl ...

– 21.15 (2013) *

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

– 45.46 (2008) *

– 3:00.04 (2007) ;Indoor *200 metres – 21.45 (2013) *400 metres – 46.07 (2007) *

800 metres The 800 metres, or meters ( US spelling), is a common track running event. It is the shortest commonly run middle-distance running event. The 800 metres is run over two laps of an outdoor (400-metre) track and has been an Olympic event since the ...

– 1:56.28 (2011) *4 × 400 metres relay – 3:04.24 (2007)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Iglehart-Summers, Quentin 1987 births Living people Track and field athletes from San Antonio American male sprinters African-American track and field athletes 21st-century African-American sportspeople 20th-century African-American sportspeople NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Baylor Bears men's track and field athletes NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships winners