Rondel Sorrillo
Trinidad and Tobago sprinter
Rondel Kelvin Sorrillo (born 24 January 1986) is a Trinidad and Tobago sprinter , who specializes in the 200 meters . He was the first University of Kentucky athlete to win the men's 200 m title at the NCAA championships, winning it in 2010.[ 4]
Sorrillo competed in the 200 meters event at the 2008 Olympic Games , but without reaching the final round.[ 5] He ran a personal best for the 100 m at the 2012 national championships, placing third with a time of 10.03 seconds.[ 6] He represented Trinidad and Tobago in both the 100 and 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics .[ 1]
He was part of the Trinidad and Tobago 4 × 100 m team that won the bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games .[ 4]
His personal best time for the 200 metres is 20.16 seconds.[ 5] He also has a 9.99 second (+1.7) personal best in the 100 meters , achieved in 2016 while finishing second in the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Trials. At 30 years, 152 days, he became the third oldest person to achieve a sub-10 second time for the first time; and 6.57 seconds in the 60 meters , achieved in January 2015 in Lexington .[ 5]
International competitions
Year
Competition
Venue
Position
Event
Notes
Representing Trinidad and Tobago
2006
NACAC U23 Championships
Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
39.98
2007
NACAC Championships
San Salvador, El Salvador
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
39.92
2008
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Cali, Colombia
2nd
200 m
20.71
Olympic Games
Beijing, China
21st (qf)
200 m
20.63
2009
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Havana, Cuba
2nd
200 m
20.72
1st
4 × 100 m relay
38.73
World Championships
Berlin, Germany
13th (sf)
200 m
20.63
2010
Central American and Caribbean Games
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2nd
200 m
20.59
1st
4 × 100 m relay
38.24
2011
Central American and Caribbean Championships
Mayagüez, Puerto Rico
2nd
200 m
20.64
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
38.89
World Championships
Daegu, South Korea
7th
200 m
20.34
2012
Olympic Games
London, United Kingdom
23rd (sf)
100 m
10.31
34th (h)
200 m
20.76
2013
World Championships
Moscow, Russia
26th (h)
200 m
10.25
7th
4 × 100 m relay
38.57
2014
IAAF World Relays
Nassau, Bahamas
2nd
4 × 100 m relay
38.04
Commonwealth Games
Glasgow, United Kingdom
9th
200 m
20.57
3rd
4 × 100 m relay
38.10
2016
World Indoor Championships
Portland, United States
20th (sf)
60 m
6.68
5th (h)
4 × 400 m relay
3:07.83
Olympic Games
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
29th (h)
100 m
10.23
14th (sf)
200 m
20.33
6th (h)
4 × 100 m relay
37.96 1
1 Disqualified in the final
References
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1926: Mexico (Ahumada , Gómez , Ramírez , Aguilar )
1930: Cuba (Torriente , Rodríguez , Alfonso , Seino )
1935: Cuba (Rodríguez , Acosta , Torriente , Verrier )
1938: Puerto Rico (Villodas , Guerra , Malavé , Vázquez )
1946: Panama (Loney , Thomas , Clarke , La Beach )
1950: Cuba (Fortún , Farrés , Mazorra , Wilson )
1954: Jamaica (LaBeach , Rhoden , Gardner , Laing )
1959: Venezuela (Bonas , Murad , Esteves , Romero )
1962: Venezuela (Herrera , Murad , Romero , Esteves )
1966: Jamaica (Clayton , McNeil , Headley , Fray )
1970: Cuba (Ramírez , Montes , Morales , Triana )
1974: Cuba (Triana , Montes , Bandomo , Leonard )
1978: Trinidad and Tobago (Noel , Crawford , Husbands , Serrette )
1982: Cuba (Lara , Casañas , Peñalver , Saborit )
1986: Cuba (Lara , Peñalver , Querol , Simón )
1990: Cuba (Simón , Peñalver , Stevens , Isasi )
1993: Cuba (Simón , I. García , Isasi , Aguilera )
1998: Cuba (A. García , Ortiz , I. García , Pérez )
2002: Dominican Republic (Matos , Morillo , Sainfleur , Báez )
2006: Netherlands Antilles (Mariano , Kwidama , Duzant , Martina )
2010: Trinidad and Tobago (Sorrillo , Burns , Callender , Bledman )
2014: Cuba (Ruíz , Mena , Luis , Carrero )
2018: Barbados (Brathwaite , Burke , Ellis , Hoyte )
2023: Trinidad and Tobago (Hosten , Benjamin , Harrison Jr. , Augustine )