Baylor

TRAYVON BROMELL COLLEGIATE BIO Trayvon Bromell is in his first season as a volunteer assistant coach at Baylor. He assists associate coach Michael Ford with the sprint crew. One of the premier young sprinters in the world, Bromell went pro after his sophomore season at Baylor in 2015. However, he still enlists Ford as his personal coach and trains in Waco, while working toward completing his degree. Since becoming a professional and signing a a multi-year endorsement deal with New Balance, Bromell has won a gold medal at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Track and Field Championships with a personal best of 6.47. He also finished eighth in the 100-meter final at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Battling an Achilles injury, Bromell ran a 10.06 out of lane two in his first Olympic final appearance. In his time at Baylor, Bromell won two NCAA individual titles and five Big 12 titles. He garnered four NCAA All-American performances and 10 All-Big 12 accolades. Bromell was a two-time Bowerman Award semifinalist, becoming the first BU athlete to ever appear on the honor's watch list. He was the 2014 Big 12 Outdoor Outstanding Freshman and the 2015 Big 12 Performer of the Year, along with being named the USTFCCCA South Central Regional Athlete of the Year. In his two years at Baylor, Bromell rewrote the record books. He holds all 10 of the fastest 100-meter times in BU history, while also tallying school records in the indoor 60 and 200 meters. On a national level, he owns the second-fastest indoor 200-meter time in collegiate history in winning the 2015 NCAA title in 20.19. He produced the second-fastest wind-legal outdoor 100-meter collegiate time of 9.90 at the 2015 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Outside the collegiate season, Bromell tops the all-time list for fastest wind-legal (9.84) and wind-assisted (9.76) 100-meter marks by a collegian. Bromell is a native of St. Petersburg, Fla.