Kenneth Medwood
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| Full name | Kenneth Nathaniel Medwood | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 14, 1987 Belize City, Belize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.854 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country |  Belize | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Men's Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | Hurdling, Sprint | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University team | Long Beach State Beach | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Updated on July 14, 2014. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kenneth Nathaniel Medwood (born December 14, 1987, in Belize City)[1] is a Belizean track and field athlete, specializing in the 400 metres hurdles.[2] He competed in the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and was his nation's flagbearer in the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics.
Biography[edit]
Medwood grew up in Los Angeles, attending Theodore Roosevelt High School, where he was a three time Los Angeles City Section Champion in the high jump. He holds the Frosh/Soph division record.[3] In both 2005[4] and 2006,[5] he finished in a tie for 4th place at the CIF California State Meet. He also played basketball and tennis.
Next he attended East Los Angeles College where he began to excel in the long hurdles. He was the state community college champion both years,[6][7] establishing the state record in the 400 hurdles at 51.63.[8]
He moved on to compete at Long Beach State University where he was runner up in the Big West Conference in both the 400 hurdles and long jump in his first season.[9] He won the 2010 Big West title in the 400 meter hurdles in a then personal best 49.66, which also was his second time breaking the school record during his senior season.[10] He ended the year at the NCAA championships, where he finished as the 17th best collegiate hurdler in the nation.[11]
He set his personal record in the 400 hurdles at the 2012 Mt. SAC Relays, running 49.54.
Personal bests[edit]
- 200 m: 21.49 s (wind: +1.0 m/s) –
Norwalk, California, April 17, 2010 - 400 m: 47.83 s – Walnut, California, April 12, 2008
- 400 m hurdles: 49.54 s – Walnut, California, April 21, 2012
- Long jump: 7.49 m (wind: -0.8 m/s) – Northridge, California, May 14, 2010
Achievements[edit]
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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| Representing Belize
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| 2010 | Central American and Caribbean Games | Mayagüez, Puerto Rico | 5th | 400 m hurdles | 51.08 |
| 2011 | Central American Championships | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.42 |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:22.40 | |||
| Pan American Games | Guadalajara, México | 15th (sf) | 400 m | 51.90 | |
| DNF (sf) | 4 × 100 m relay | ||||
| DNF (sf) | 4 × 400 m relay | ||||
| World Championships | Daegu, Korea | 32nd (h) | 400 m hurdles | 51.19 | |
| 2012 | Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 49.81 |
| 2nd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:19.33 | |||
| Olympic Games | London, United Kingdom | 5th (sf) | 400 m hurdles | 49.87 | |
| 2013 | Central American Games | San José, Costa Rica | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.14 |
| 4th | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.94 | |||
| Central American Championships | Managua, Nicaragua | 1st | 400 m hurdles | 51.42 | |
| 3rd | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:18.13 | |||
| 2014 | Central American Championships | Tegucigalpa, Honduras | 2nd | 400 m hurdles | 51.16 |
References[edit]
- ^ Belizean Hurdler Advances To 400 M Semifinals, 7newsbelize.com, August 3, 2012, retrieved June 24, 2014
- ^ Biography - MEDWOOD Kenneth, retrieved June 24, 2014
- ^ CIF Los Angeles Section Track & Field Championships - 5/18/2017 to 5/25/2017
- ^ "State Finals - 2005". Archive.dyestatcal.com.
- ^ "State Finals - 2006". Archive.dyestatcal.com. Archived from the original on March 8, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
- ^ "2007 California State Championships Men's 400m Hurdles". DirectAthletics.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on April 14, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "California State Championships Men's 400m Hurdles". DirectAthletics.
- ^ Kenneth Medwood. "Kenneth Medwood Profile - Long Beach State Athletics". Longbeachstate.com.
- ^ "Medwood falls a round short of NCAA finals". May 7, 2013. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
- ^ "TFRRS | Track & Field Results Reporting System". www.tfrrs.org. Retrieved August 4, 2016.
External links[edit]
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Belizean male sprinters
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Olympic athletes for Belize
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2011 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games competitors for Belize
- People from Belize City
- Track and field athletes from Los Angeles
- Belizean emigrants to the United States
- Long Beach State Beach men's track and field athletes
- Athletes (track and field) at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- World Athletics Championships athletes for Belize
- Belizean male hurdlers
- Commonwealth Games competitors for Belize
- Central American Games gold medalists for Belize
- Central American Games medalists in athletics