Andre Cason

Andre Cason

Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	January 20, 1969 Virginia Beach, Virginia
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	Sprints
College team	Texas A&M Aggies
Medal record Men’s Athletics Representing the  United States 1993 Stuttgart 4×100 m relay 1993 Stuttgart 100 m IAAF World Championships 1991 Tokyo 4x100 m relay IAAF World Indoor Championships 1991 Seville 60 m Pan American Games 1991 Havana 100 m World Universiade Games 1989 Duisburg 100 m 1989 Duisburg 4x100 m relay IAAF World Cup 1989 Barcelona 4x100 m relay World Junior Championships 1988 Sudbury 100 m 1988 Sudbury 4x100 m relay

Andre Cason (born January 20, 1969) is an American former sprinter. He was a member of the US 4 × 100 meters relay team that won the gold medal at the 1991 World Championships in Tokyo with a world record time of 37.50 seconds. A few weeks after this event Cason, ran his first sub-10-second 100 meters race when winning in Koblenz in 9.99 seconds.

Cason attended Texas A&M University, where he was a 2 times NCAA champion, and 7 times All-American for the Aggies.^[1]

The 1992 season started very promisingly for Cason as he set the world indoor record for 60 metres on three different occasions, leaving a standing World Record time of 6.41, and equaling the World Indoor Record for 50 metres with a time of 5.62. Cason kept his excellent form until the early summer. However, at the 1992 US Olympic Trials he suffered a career threatening injury with a torn Achilles tendon, and was out for the rest of the season.^[2]

In 1993 Cason won the 100 m at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon and won a silver medal over 100 m at the 1993 World Championships in Athletics in Stuttgart, running in 9.92 s. In the 4×100 m relay he was a member of the US team that tied the world record at 37.40 s in the semi-finals, and won the gold in the final with 37.48 s.

Cason coached the Liaoning (China) Province Team Sprinters, and assisted in building and cultivating the Chinese National Sprint Team from 2010-2013. In 2014, Cason oversaw the high performance training for professional MMA fighters in Hong Kong. Since late 2014, Cason has been the National Sprint Coach for the country of Thailand, and the Thailand Olympic team.^[3]

Personal bests

Event	Time (seconds)	Venue	Date
50 meters	5.62	Los Angeles, California, United States	February 15, 1992
60 meters	6.41 (1992–1998)	Madrid, Spain	February 14, 1992
100 meters	9.92	Stuttgart, Germany	August 15, 1993

References

1. http://www.aggielettermen.org/andre-cason-90-track/
2. Litsky, Frank (1992-06-20). OLYMPICS; Not So Young, but Lewis Is Still Fast. New York Times. Retrieved on 2009-03-19.
3. http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/sports/455396/former-world-champion-cason-to-train-thai-stars

External links

• Andre Cason profile at IAAF