Randolph Ross (born January 1, 2001) is an American athlete specializing in the

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, who competes collegiately for the

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. He is coached by his father

Duane Ross Randolph Duane Ross (born December 5, 1972) is an American collegiate track and field coach, and former athlete, specializing in the 110 meters hurdles. He is currently the Director of Track and Field programs for the University of Tennessee and ...

, who was also an Olympian in the 110m hurdles. On February 12, 2021 at the Tiger Paw Invitational in

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, Ross ran the 400m in 45.21 seconds, which was the fastest time in the nation in 2021 at the time. A day later, he ran the 200m in a time of 20.50 seconds to take over the top spot in the year at that distance as well. Ross finished second to Noah Williams at the NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships in February 2021. He also won the event at the 2021 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships, setting a 2021 world leading time of 43.85 seconds. The time ranked him #13 on the all time list. Nine days later he qualified for the 400 m at the

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through finishing third at the US Olympic Trials on June 20, 2021. On 16 July 2022, Ross was suspended by the

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and barred from participating in the

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. In December, he was banned for three years retroactively from July 1, 2022 for whereabouts failures and tampering with doping control, having missed three tests and attempted to doctor an email to avoid the last missed test.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ross, Randolph 2001 births Living people American male sprinters North Carolina A&T Aggies men's track and field athletes African-American track and field athletes Track and field athletes from Raleigh, North Carolina Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in track and field