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Akeem Bloomfield 44.93 400m at 17 Years old

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Sub 45 seconds is the Holy Grail of 400m sprinters.  When you can say your PB is 44 point… nobody cares the rest of the decimal numbers, whether it’s 44.1 or 44.9.  44 point is 44 point.

As a 17 year old, Akeem Bloomfield ran 44.93 for 400m at the 2015 Champs in Jamaica.

It was a National Junior record, but not quite a World Junior record, which is held by Luguelín Santos.  But he broke Javon Francis’ meet record of 45.00 seconds set only last year!

Akeem Bloomfield 44.93

Jamaica is showing a lot of talent in developing 400m sprinters, including Christopher Taylor’s 400m Age Group World Record for 15 year old, but where are they at the world elite level?  We’ve seen Jamaica win 1-2-3 at the Olympic 200m level, but shouldn’t we see this for 400m like USA?

Akeem Bloomfield is coached by Neil Harrison of Kingston College.  He quotes:

“I am proud of Akeem. He entered new territory, and there is no limit for him now”

His race plan was flawless.  Get in front of everyone at 250m and let everyone catch you.  He had to run the last 100m hard, and he even dipped for the line.  That earns my respect.  If he didn’t, he would have run 45.01 and not break either records!

You can see the list of all Age Group World records here at http://age-records.125mb.com or the European records here at http://statistics.homepage.t-online.de/a.htm

Age Time Athlete Country YOB Location Date
6 70.20 Torrie Cox USA 2003 Orlando FL 2010
7 65.00 Torrie Cox USA 2003 Orlando FL 2011
8 63.44 Tyler Mapson USA 2003 New Orleans LA 2011
9 59.40 Tyler Mapson USA 2003 Atlanta GA 2012
10 56.83 Kenneth Gilstrap USA 1991 Omaha NE 2002
11 52.16 Bryce Love USA 1997 Greensboro NC 2009
12 49.47 Bryce Love USA 1997 Greensboro NC 2010
13 48.62 Bryce Love USA 1997 Durham NC 2011
14 46.96 Kirani James GRN 1992 Ostrava 2007
15 45.70 Kirani James GRN 1992 Bydgoszcz 2008
16 45.14 Obea Moore USA 1979 Santiago de Chile 1995
17 44.71A Luguelín Santos DOM 1993 Guadalajara 2011
18 44.45 Luguelín Santos DOM 1993 Hengelo 2012
19 43.87 Steve Lewis USA 1969 Seoul 1988
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