Tyler Mason (born 15 November 1995) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 110 and 60m hurdles.[1]
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| Nationality | Jamaican | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 November 1995 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event | Hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personal best(s) | 60m hurdles: 7.65 (Fayetteville, 2024) 110m hurdles: 13.12 (Kingston, 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Career
editJunior career
editMason was a silver medalist at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 110 metres hurdles in Eugene, Oregon. His time of 13.05 seconds beat the Jamaican national junior record of Omar McLeod set the previous year. [2] In 2016, Mason won the bronze medal at the 2016 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics in the 110 m hurdles, running 13.67 seconds to finish fourth on the day, later upgraded to a bronze medal after Puerto Rican race winner Will Barnes was disqualified due to a antidoping rules violation.[3][4]
Senior career
editIn July 2023, Mason finished fourth at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston in the 110 metres hurdles in 13.22 seconds. Shortly afterwards, he finished third at the Diamond League event in Silesia in 13.29 seconds.[5]
The following month, competing in Bern, Switzerland he ran a meet record 13.22 seconds to win the 110m hurdles event at the Citrus meeting at the Wankdorf Stadium.[6][7] He was named as an alternate for the Jamaican team which competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.[8]
In February 2024, he ran a new personal best 60m hurdles time of 7.65 seconds as he finished runner-up to compatriot Rasheed Broadbell in Fayetteville, Arkansas.[9] He was subsequently selected to run for Jamaica at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow.[10]
In July 2024, he was officially selected as a reserve for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]
Personal life
editHe attended Jamaica College in Kingston.[12]
References
edit- ^ "Tyler Mason". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Silver medal to Tyler Mason in 110m hurdles at World Junior Championships". Radio Jamaica News Online. July 24, 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Gordon breaks one of six records on Day 2 #NACACU23 Champs". Track Alerts. July 17, 2016. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Moff, Allen (1 September 2016). "Ex-KSU track star disqualified from 2016 Olympics". Record Courier. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (July 16, 2023). "Tyler Mason takes third in 110m hurdles in Silesia". Sportsmax. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Mason clocks meet record 13.22 in 110m hurdles win". Jamaica Gleaner. 7 August 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Foster, Anthony (August 4, 2023). "Tyler Mason Sets New Mark, Amoi Brown Achieves PB, Rasheen McDonald Takes 2nd in 400m at Citius Meeting". Track Alerts. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Jamaica's Team for the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary". Athleticsja.org. 3 August 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Broadbell, Clayton, Pryce among winners at Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville". SportsMax. 10 February 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ "Ackeem Blake, Shashalee Forbes lead Jamaica's 19-member team to World Indoors". Sportsmax. February 23, 2024. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
- ^ Levy, Leighton (July 7, 2024). "JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games". Sportsmax.tv. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
- ^ "ATHLETICS: Tyler Mason goes in search of Jamaica's first medal at World Junior". Jamaica Gleaner. 24 July 2014. Retrieved 24 February 2024.