Jason_Young_(sprinter)

Jason Young (sprinter)

Jason Young (sprinter)

Jamaican sprinter

Jason Young (born 21 March 1991) is a Jamaican sprinter, competing in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

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Jason is a student at University of the West Indies, Mona and won a joint silver medal in the 200 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade.

Young attracted attention in July 2012 when he set a massive new personal best of 19.86 s in the 200 metres at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Lucerne, beating Warren Weir. Earlier in the evening he had set a new personal best of 10.06 s in the 100 metres.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Reid, Paul. "Young's 19.86 excites veteran coach Mills". Jamaica Observer. Archived from the original on 31 December 2018. Retrieved 13 August 2012.


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