Stephen Headley (born 24 January 1988 in Pennsylvania) is a track and field sprinter who competed for Barbados at the

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and the

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Headley first competed at the

for Barbados in the men's 100 metres event. He comfortable qualified through heat three with a time of 10.56 seconds finished 3rd behind

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and

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respectively. He once again qualified through the round two phase of the competition finishing 3rd equal with a time of 10.40 seconds, his race included

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and McKenzie (which he drew too) once again. However, in his semi-finals, he wasn't as lucky. Headley finished 7th out of eight competitors with a time of 10.67 seconds, this time he beat

, who failed to start. This meant that Headley's

rally was over. Headley unfortunately missed out of the

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in Glasgow in which Barbados only qualified one sprinter for the men's 100 metre sprinter,

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. Headley did manage to qualify for the

. This time Headley was entered into the men's 100 metres and the

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events for Barbados. Headley's men's 100 metres rally did not go as successful this games as it did in Delhi. Headley was unable to make it past the heats after finishing 4th in heat three with a time of 10.70 seconds. In the

, Headley competed alongside

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and

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. They qualified through to the final as a fastest loser after coming 4th in heat 2 with a time of 38.95 seconds and a season's best. In the finals, they weren't able to capitalize on their previous time and finished 5th and medal-less after a 39.04 second race.4 x 100 m relay Results
at results.gc2018.com

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Headley, Stephen 1988 births Living people Track and field athletes from Pennsylvania Commonwealth Games competitors for Barbados Athletes (track and field) at the 2010 Commonwealth Games Athletes (track and field) at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Barbadian male sprinters American people of Barbadian descent