Jared Connaughton
Jared Connaughton in 2009
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| Personal information | |
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| Nationality | Canadian |
| Born |
July 20, 1985 Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Residence | Irving, Texas |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (180 lb; 13 st) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | 50 metres, 60 metres, 100 metres, 150 metres, 200 metres |
| Club | Islanders Track and Field Club |
Jared Connaughton (born July 20, 1985) is a former Canadian track athlete who specialized in the 100m and 200m.
He was born in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. The son of Susan and Neal Connaughton and resident of New Haven, Prince Edward Island. Connaughton is a sprinter who attends and competes in the NCAA at The University of Texas at Arlington, which is part of the Southland Conference.
Connaughton was victorious in both the 100m and 200m events at the 2005 Canada Summer Games in August 2005. The Canada Games were hosted by Regina, Saskatchewan. He was the first Prince Edward Island native to win two Gold Medals at one set of Canada Games and first Gold Medalist since 1969.
Connaughton was named the 2006 Southland Conference Track and Field athlete of the year both indoors, outdoors and indoors. In the 60m semi final at the Southland Conference championships, he set a new meet and conference record of 6.68 seconds. In the final he stumbled badly and was defeated by Ravyn Hayward of Northwestern State University 6.80sec to 6.85sec. Later in the 200 meter final, Connaughton set a new Championship meet record with a time of 21.57 seconds at the 200m flat track at the University of Houston, breaking the previous record set by JD Henry of Northwestern State in 2005 with a time of 21.64 seconds. Connaughton later went on to compete in the 60m dash at the NCAA indoor championship meet at the University of Arkansas and finished with a time of 6.78 seconds.
In the 2006 outdoor season he ran a time of 20.59w (2.1) seconds at the Arlington Invitational. He then ran a season and personal best of 10.28 (1.7w) seconds at the Texas Christian University invitational in early May. He finished 3rd in the 200m at the Drake Relays with a time of 21.10 into a headwind of 1.1 m/s behind World and Olympic Champion Jeremy Wariner and Jamaican Richardo Williams.
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