Adrian Griffith (athlete)

Adrian Griffith

Personal information
Born	November 11, 1984 New Providence, Bahamas
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	75 kg (165 lb)
Sport
Country	Bahamas
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	Sprint
Medal record Athletics Representing  Bahamas Central American and Caribbean Games 2006 Cartagena 4×100 m relay CAC Championships 2013 Morelia 4×100 m relay 2008 Cali 4x100 m relay 2009 Havana 4x100 m relay CAC Junior Championships (U20) 2002 Bridgetown Decathlon CARIFTA Games Junior (U20) 2002 Nassau Pole vault 2002 Nassau Heptathlon
Updated on 10 December 2014.

Adrian Griffith (born 11 November 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.

He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final.^[1] In the 4×100 metres relay he won silver medals at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.

His personal best time is 10.14 seconds, achieved in Clermont Florida April 2014. This makes him the second fastest Bahamian of all time behind Derrick Atkins, and fastest Bahamian-born sprinter.^[1]

He teamed up with Jamial Rolle, Shavez Hart and Trevorvano Mackey to break the Bahamian 4x100 national record in Morelia, Mexico.

University

Griffith graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science as a Magma Cum Laude Honoree at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. He was a part of two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship team while attending Dickinson State University. He also was a six-time Conference Championship team (Indoor and Outdoor Conference meet), eight-time NAIA All-American, 9-time All DAC-10 Conference, four-time DAC-10 Conference Champion and was named 2006 Most Outstanding Athlete in DAC 10 Conference meet. He was also the former school record holder in both the 100 meters and long jump.

Personal bests

Outdoor

• 100 m: 10.14 s (wind: +1.5 m/s) – Clermont, Florida, 26 April 2014
• 200 m: 20.54 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) – Clermont, Florida, 10 May 2014
• Long jump: 7.59 m (wind: +1.7 m/s) – Nassau, Bahamas, 17 June 2006

Indoor

• 60 m: 6.63 s – Newport News, Virginia, 8 February 2014
• Long jump: 7.63 m – Johnson City, Tennessee, 10 March 2006

Achievements

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Notes
Representing the  Bahamas
2002	CARIFTA Games	Nassau, Bahamas	8th	400m H	57.67
			2nd	Pole vault	3.00m
			3rd	Heptathlon	4594pts
	Central American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)	Bridgetown, Barbados	7th (h)	400m H	56.71
			3rd	Decathlon	6123 pts
2004	NACAC Under-23 Championships	Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada	3rd	Long jump	7.20m (+0.3m/s)
2005	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Nassau, Bahamas	–	Decathlon	DNF
2006	NACAC U-23 Championships	Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic	11th (sf)	100m	10.63 (+0.0m/s)
			7th	Long jump	7.49 m (+0.7m/s)
			2nd	4x100m	39.74
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Cartagena, Colombia	2nd	4×100 m	39.44
2007	Pan American Games	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	17th (h)	100m	10.56 (+1.6 m/s)
			7th	4×100 m	39.91
2008	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Cali, Colombia	8th	100m	10.51 (+0.6 m/s)
			2nd	4×100 m	39.22
2009	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Havana, Cuba	5th	100 m	10.29
			3rd	4×100 m	39.45
	World Championships	Berlin, Germany	28th (qf)	100m	10.28 (+0.1 m/s)
2010	Central American and Caribbean Games	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	5th	100m	10.30 (+0.7 m/s)
			–	4×100 m	DQ
	Commonwealth Games	Delhi, India	6th (sf)	100m	10.35 (+0.9 m/s)
			5th	4×100 m	39.27
2011	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Mayagüez, Puerto Rico	7th	100 m	10.35
			4th	4×100 m	39.46
	World Championships	Daegu, South Korea	–	100 m	DQ
	Pan American Games	Guadalajara, Mexico	14th (sf)	100 m	10.59
2013	Central American and Caribbean Championships	Morelia, Mexico	1st	4×100 m	38.77
	World Championships	Moscow, Russia	14th (h)	4×100 m	38.70
2014	World Indoor Championships	Sopot, Poland	22nd (h)	60 m	6.69
	IAAF World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	6th	4×200 m	1:23.19
	Commonwealth Games	Glasgow, United Kingdom	25th (h)	100 m	10.46
			5th	4×100 m	39.16
	Central American and Caribbean Games	Xalapa, México	8th	100m	10.48 A (+0.9 m/s)
			6th (sf)	200m	21.38 A (-0.4 m/s)
2016	World Indoor Championships	Portland, United States	22nd (sf)	60 m	6.71

References

1. Adrian Griffith profile at IAAF