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Kierre Beckles

  • position Hurdles
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pinelands, Barbados
  • Previous School Central Arizona College
  • position Hurdles
  • class Sophomore
  • Hometown Pinelands, Barbados
  • Previous School Central Arizona College

Kierre Beckles Bio

3x All American

2012: Second team All-America in the 60m hurdles…NCAA Indoor Championship participant in the 60m hurdles…SEC Indoor Championship silver medalist…Second Team All-SEC for the indoor season…Indoors, competed in the 60m hurdles…top mark of 7.11 in the finals of the SEC Indoor Championship to take the second spot…finished first in the prelims of Last Chance Qualifiers with a time of 8.20…placed 13th in the prelims of the NCAA Indoor Championships with an 8.24…Outdoors, competed unattached in the 100m hurdles and the 200m registering bests of 13.25 in the 100mH and 23.90 in the 200m to win both events at the Weems Baskin Invitational…silver medalist at the NACAC U-23 Championships in Guanajuato, Mexico, running the 100-meter hurdles for Barbados.

2011: Indoor and Outdoor NCAA participant … First Team All-America selection outdoors … Second Team All-America indoors … Outdoor All-SEC Second Team selection … SEC Outdoor silver medalist in the 100m hurdles … indoors, competed in the 60m hurdles and the 4x400m relay … in the 60m hurdles, had a top time of 8.21 at the SEC Indoor prelims … placed fourth overall at the SEC Indoor Championships at 8.30 … ran 8.23 at the NCAA Indoor Championships to place 11th … ran second leg of the 4x400m relay team that placed seventh at the SEC Indoor Championships at 3:36.99 … Outdoors, had one of the top seasons in Gamecock history for a high hurdler … Finished in the top three in every regular season meet … SEC silver medalist with a time of 13.10 after taking first in the preliminary at 13.11 … Ran to a Barbados national record in the 110-meter hurdles with a time of 13.01 to take fourth at the NCAA East Preliminary … Placed sixth overall at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a time of 13.05 for the best finish in Gamecock history…Participated in the World Championships in Deagu, Korea in the 100mH….placed 4th at CACAC Championships in Puerto Rico in the 100mH

CENTRAL ARIZONA COLLEGE: 2010 NJCAA (National Junior College) champion in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.14 at Central Arizona College, an NJCAA Championship meet record … 2009 NJCAA Runner-Up in the 110-meter hurdles at … Finished eighth in the 400-meter hurdles at the 2009 NJCAA National Championships … Three-time All-American … Central Arizona College record holder in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.14 … Top time of 1:01.12 in the 400-meter hurdles … Top performer at the 2008 CARIFTA Games, earning the Austin Sealy Award after breaking the U20 100-meter hurdle record at 13.43 … Placed eighth at the 2009 IAAF World Junior Championships at 13.96.