Karayme Bartley
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| Born | 10 September 1995 Lionel Town, Jamaica[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | 400 metres | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Texas Tech Red Raiders | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Karayme Bartley (born 10 September 1995) is a Jamaican athlete.[2] He competed in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[3]
Biography
[edit]In 2012, Bartley began his track career as a student at Garvey Maceo High School in Clarendon.[4] The following year, he reached the final at the Inter-Secondary Schools Boys and Girls Championships in Jamaica.[4] In 2015, Bartley earned a scholarship at Iowa Central Community College in the United States.[4] After his graduation from Iowa Central, he attended the University of Iowa, graduating in 2019.[4] In April 2021, Bartley ran a time of 20.42 seconds for the 200 metres, the fastest time by a Jamaican in the season.[4][5]
After leaving the University of Iowa, Bartley joined the Texas Tech's Sports Performance Center at Texas Tech University.[6] He finished in third place in the Jamaican trials for the 2020 Summer Olympics in the 400 metres, to qualify for the Olympics.[7] Bartley had originally focused on the 200 metres, but an injury changed his focus to the 400 metres instead.[7]
At the 2020 Summer Olympics, Bartley ran in both the men's 4 × 400 metres relay and the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay events.[8][9]
References
[edit]- ^ "Karayme Bartley". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
- ^ "Karayme Bartley". Hawkeye Sports. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Athletics - Round 1 - Heat 2 Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Karayme Bartley eyes dream run at Tokyo2020". Track Alerts. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Going Places?". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Tech sprinter makes Jamaican Olympic team". Lubbock. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Quarter-miler Bartley revels in Tokyo qualification". Jamaica Observer. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
- ^ "Karayme Bartley". Olympedia. Retrieved 30 July 2021.
- ^ "Three athletes with South Plains ties advance to gold medal finals in Tokyo". KCBD. Retrieved 17 January 2022.
