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Brandon Hicklin
Personal information
Nationality United States
Born (1999-04-02) 2 April 1999 (age 26)
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.65 (Albuquerque, 2023)
  • 100 m: 9.93 (Clermont, 2025)
  • 200 m: 20.40 (Miami, 2025)
  • Long jump: 8.18m (Greenboro, 2022)
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Relays
Silver medal – second place 2025 Guangzhou 4×100 m relay

Brandon Hicklin (born 2 April 1999) is an American sprinter.[1]

Early life

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From Spartanburg, South Carolina he attended Spartanburg High School, North Carolina A&T and Louisiana State University. He competed in field events as well as sprints, including long jump.[2][3][4]

Career

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In May 2023, in Jacksonville at the NCAA East trials he ran a wind-assisted 9.96 seconds 100 metres.[5] His LSU 4x100m relay team college record of 37.90 seconds at the SEC Championship in Baton Rouge in June 2023.[6] He also qualified for the individual 100 metres at the NCAA Championships held in Texas in June 2023.[7] At the event, the LSU 4x100m relay team consisting of Hicklin, Dorian Camel, Da'Marcus Fleming and Godson Oghenebrume won the gold medal.[8]

Hicklin officially broke the 10-second barrier for the first time when he ran 9.94 seconds for the 100 metres at the LSU Invitational, in Baton Rouge, on April 27, 2024.[9] He made his Diamond League debut in the Rabat on 19 May 2024 and finished fourth in the 100 metres in 10.26 seconds.[10][11] He finished third at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in the 100 metres in 10.08 seconds.[12]

On 26 April he ran 9.93 seconds (+1.8 m/s) in Clermont, Florida.[13] He was brought in as a late replacement for Fred Kerley at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Miami on 2 May 2025.[14]

He was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.[15] He ran as part of the men's 4x100m relay team which won their heat and qualified a team for the World Championships before placing second overall. [16][17] Later that month, he finished fifth in the 100 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League.[18] He finished fourth in 10.04 seconds in the 100 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025 and fourth in 9.98 seconds in the 100 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.[19][20] He reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.[21]

Statistics

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Grand Slam Track results[22]
Slam Race group Event Pl. Time Prize money
2025 Miami Slam Short sprints 100 m 5th 9.98 US$25,000
200 m 5th 20.40

References

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  1. ^ "Bramdon Hicklin". World Athletics. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  2. ^ Blackwell, Jed (19 April 2018). "Hicklin sets new county mark in long jump". goupstate. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  3. ^ Williams, Lut (9 May 2022). "Brandon Hicklin battles to Big South long jump title". hbcugameday. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  4. ^ ""It Will Always Be LSU vs the World": Us Athlete Joins Sha'Carri Richardson, Mondo Duplantis and Others in Reacting to Their College Legacy". Essentially Sports. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  5. ^ Freeman, Clayton (27 May 2023). "NCAA track: 10 runners break 10 seconds in 100 at UNF; Tennessee hurdler injured". Jacksonville.com. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  6. ^ Willman, Howard (June 2023). "SEC Men — Record Relays Shine, Hibbert Flies". Track and Field News. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  7. ^ "2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifiers". flotrack.org. 25 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  8. ^ Weathers, William (June 10, 2023). "LSU's 4×100 relay awarded national title after Texas Tech's disqualification". Tigerrag. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  9. ^ Smythe, Steve (April 30, 2024). "British hurdlers in winning form in USA – overseas round-up". Athletics Weekly. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  10. ^ "Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results". Watch Athletics. 19 May 2024. Retrieved 20 May 2024.
  11. ^ "100m Hommes". Rabat.diamondleague. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
  12. ^ "2024 Prefontaine Classic: Sha'Carri Richardson Wins Big, Joe Kovacs Throws Far and Keely Hodgkinson Crushes Mary Moraa". Lets Run. 25 May 2024. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  13. ^ "PURE Athletics Spring Invitational". World Athletics. 26 April 2025. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
  14. ^ Francis, Anne (2 May 2025). "U.S. Olympic medallist arrested again in Miami". Running Magazine. Retrieved 3 May 2025.
  15. ^ "Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou". world athletics. 24 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. 11 May 2025. Retrieved 13 May 2025.
  17. ^ Foster, Anthony (10 May 2025). "Jamaica Qualifies Two of Six Teams for Finals at World Relays Guangzhou 25". Track Alerts. Retrieved 10 May 2025.
  18. ^ "Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025". Watch Athletics. 25 May 2025. Retrieved 28 May 2025.
  19. ^ "Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025". Watch Athletics Weekly. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 6 July 2025.
  20. ^ "Results - Rome Diamond League Golden Gala 2025". Watch Athletics. 6 June 2025. Retrieved 7 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Men's 100m Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025". Watch Athletics. Retrieved 1 August 2025.
  22. ^ "Grand Slam Track Results". Grand Slam Track. Retrieved April 5, 2025.
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