Clayton Parros
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| Born | December 11, 1990 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||
| College team | North Carolina Tar Heels | ||||||||||||||
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| Personal best | 400 m: 45.25 (2014) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Clayton Parros (born December 11, 1990) is an American male
400-meter dash. He was a runner in the gold medal-winning American 4 × 400 metres relay teams at the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships and the 2015 NACAC Championships in Athletics, setting a championship record of 3:00.07 minutes at the latter meet. He also ran as the alternate heats runner for the American teams that won gold medals at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships and the 2014 IAAF World Relays.[1]
Born in
University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill. He competed collegiately for the North Carolina Tar Heels and was twice Atlantic Coast Conference indoor champion over 400 m and won three ACC 4 × 400 metres relay titles.[2][3]
At national level, he was runner-up in the
300-meter dash at the 2015 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.[4]
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| 2009 | Pan American Junior Championships | Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:03.25 |
| 2014 | World Indoor Championships | Sopot, Poland | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:04.36 (heats) |
| World Relays | Nassau, Bahamas | 1st | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:01.09 (heats) | |
| 2015 | NACAC Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 3:00.07 CR |
References
- ^ Clayton Parros Archived 2018-04-29 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Clayton Parros Archived 2018-04-28 at the Wayback Machine. Rams Club. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- ^ Clayton Parros Archived 2018-04-28 at the Wayback Machine. USATF. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
- USA Track and Field. Retrieved on 2015-03-02.
External links
- Clayton Parros at World Athletics
- Clayton Parros at legacy.USATF.org (archived)
