Ameer Kenneth Webb (born March 19, 1991) is an American sprinter specializing in the 100 m and

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College career

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Webb was the 200 meter champion at the 2013

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and the

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. Prior to Texas A&M he ran for

Cerritos College Cerritos College is a public community college in Norwalk, California. It offers degrees and certificates in 87 areas of study in nine divisions. History The college was founded in 1955. It was named after Rancho Los Cerritos, a local ...

, where he was the 2011 CCCAA State Champion in both the 100 meters and 200 meters. He had run for

Tustin High School Tustin High School is a public high school in Tustin, California, United States. It is part of the Tustin Unified School District. It was established in 1921 as the Tustin Union High School. History Founded in 1921, Tustin High School was ori ...

, finishing fifth in the 200 meters at the 2009

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behind

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's sweep of both sprinting events. Webb was a dual-sport student-athlete (track & field and football) at Tustin High for all 3 and 1/2 years he attended there. He attended a small charter school during his first semester of his junior year. The charter school had no sports program. He returned to Tustin for his second semester of his junior year. As a senior, he started both ways and helped lead the football team to its first CIF championship title game in a decade. They eventually fell to a Ronnie Hillman-led La Habra football team.

Professional career

He competed at the

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in the finals, but due to his involvement in an exchange infraction the team was disqualified. Webb won the 200 meters at the 2016

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with a meet record of 19.85 (+1.9 m/s). That time ranks him tied with

John Capel John Capel Jr. (born October 27, 1978) is an American former track and field athlete who was a world champion sprinter. Capel played college football for the University of Florida, where he was also a member of the Florida Gators track and fiel ...

Konstadinos Kederis Konstantinos "Kostas" Kenteris, also spelled as Konstadinos "Costas" Kederis ( el, Κωνσταντίνος "Κώστας" Κεντέρης ; born July 11 1973) is a Greek former athlete. He won gold medals in the 200 metres at the 2000 Summer ...

and Nickel Ashmeade as the number 25 performer in history. He competed at the

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., reaching the semi-finals. On June 25, 2017, Webb won the 200 meters at the

2017 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2017 USA Track and Field Outdoor Championships were held at Hornet Stadium on the campus of California State University, Sacramento in Sacramento, California. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place June 22–2 ...

with a time of 20.09 seconds, thus qualifying for the

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Statistics

Information from

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profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.

Personal bests

* = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s) * = world lead (fastest time in the year)

International championship results

* = personal best

National championship results

* = wind-assisted (more than +2.0 m/s) * = personal best * = seasonal best

200 m circuit wins

Representing Nike *

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: 2016 **

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: 2016 **

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