2016 Müller Anniversary Games • Biographical Start List Men’s 100 Metres Fri / 20:15 First Round Heat 1 First 3 + 3 fastest to Final (21:39), so there will be nine in the final (confirmed at Technical Meeting) 2016 World Best: 9.80 Justin Gatlin USA Eugene 3 Jul 16 Diamond League Record: 9.69 Yohan Blake JAM Lausanne 23 Aug 12 Not a Diamond Race event in London Age (Days) Born 2016 Personal Best 1, FRATER Michael JAM – Jamaica 33y 290d 1982 10.04 9.88 -11 2005 World silver at 100m. Second leg for gold-winning Jamaican sprint relay at Beijing 2008, Berlin 2009, Daegu 2011 & London 2012 200 pb: 20.45w, 20.63 -02. 5 WJC 100 2002; sf COM 100 2002; 1 Pan-Am 100 2003; sf OLY 100 2004; 2 WCH 100 2005 (2003-qf, 2009/2011-sf); dq sf COM 100 2006 (false start); 1 COM 4x100 2006; 6 OLY 100 2008 (1 4x100); 1 WCH 4x100 2009/2011; 1 OLY 4x100 2012. 1 Jamaican 100 2006. 1 NCAA 100 2004. Missed 2013, recovering from knee surgery. Now with Racers Track Club In 2016: 3 University of West Indies Invitational 200; 1 Kingston 100 ‘B’ (Apr 9); 2 Kingston MVP 100 ‘B’; 2 Hamilton 100; 1 Kingston All-Comers 100 ‘B’; 6 Atlanta 100; 8 Kingston 100 (Jun 11); 8sf Jamaican 100; 7 Edmonton Classic 100 2, UJAH Chijindu GBR – Great Britain & NI 22y 140d 1994 10.06 9.96 -14/15 (“CJ”). British #1 at 100m in 2015 // 9.97w -16. 200 pb: 20.47 -15 (20.48 -16). 8 World Youth 100 2011; 2 Commonwealth Youth Games 100 2011; 6 WJC 100 2012; 1 EJC 100 2013; dq EIC 60 final 2015; sf WCH 100 2015; 1 ECH 4x100 2016. 1 UK 100 2015. 1 UK indoor 60 2015. His is a big supporter of Arsenal Football Club and his favourite player is Theo Walcott with who he once trained while the footballer was returning from an injury. Coach-Jonas Tawiah- DoDoo In 2016: 1 British Universities 100; 1 Newham Open 100/200; 3 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 100; 1 Loughborough International Invitational 100/4x100; 6 Rome Diamond 100; 3 Birmingham Diamond 100 (8 200); 3 UK 100; 1 ECH 4x100 3, RODGERS Mike USA – United States 31y 90d 1985 9.97 9.85 -11 2010 World indoor silver at 60m. Twice US Champion at 100m // 9.80w -14. 200 pb: 20.24 -09 (20.42 -16). sf WCH 100 2009; 2 WIC 60 2010 (2008-4); 6 WCH 100 2013 (2 4x100); 2 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014; 5 WCH 100 2015; 6 WIC 60 2016. 1 US 100 2009/2014; 1 US indoor 60 2008/2010/2011. His younger sister Alishea Usery was 2009 US Junior Champion at 400m. Coach-Darryl Woodson He has been wearing his trademark headbands since college, when he needed them to keep his dreadlocks in place In 2016: 3 Glasgow IAAF Tour 60 (won Tour – wildcard for Portland); 6 WIC 60; 3 Nassau Brown 200; 1 Hamilton 100/200; 2 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 3 Shanghai Diamond 100; 2 Beijing 100; 4 Eugene Diamond 100; 2 Birmingham Diamond 100; 1 Bellinzona 100; 2 Oslo Diamond 100; 4 US 100 (sf 200); 3 Székesfehérvár Gyulai 100 (He is selected individually for the Rio 100m, but only as a reserve after Gatlin, Bromell & Bracy) 4, BRACY Marvin USA – United States 22y 220d 1993 9.94 9.93 -15 2014 World indoor silver at 60m // 200 pb: 20.55 -15. 1 Pan-American junior 100 2011; 2 WIC 60 2014. 1 US junior 100 2011; 1 US indoor 60 2014/2015/2016. Ran in heat of 2010 World Junior sprint relay, so awarded gold medal won by US in final. He successfully played American Football (as a wide receiver) for Florida State University, but has now committed to athletics Was having a terrific outdoor season in 2015 (9.95 in Beijing, pb 9.93 in Birmingham, but then injured his hamstring at the US Championships and missed rest of year) In 2016: 1 US indoor 60 (3rd time in a row, won by five thousandths from Trayvon Bromell); 7 WIC 60; 4 Herzogenaurach 100; 1 Montverde 100; 1 Somerville ‘Boston’ Games 100; 3 US 100 (so he’s on the US team for Rio along with Gatlin & Bromell) 5, DASAOLU James GBR – Great Britain & NI 28y 321d 1987 10.11 9.91 -13 Full name-Oyeyemi Olatokunbo James Dasaolu 2014 European Champion at 100m, then in 2016 at 4x100m 9.93w -16. sf OLY 100 2012; 2 EIC 60 2013; 1 ETCh 4x100 2013; 8 WCH 100 2013 (2015-ht); 1 ECH 100 2014 (2010-sf); 1 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2014; 1 ECH 4x100 2016. 1 English under-23 100 2008; 1 UK 100 2016; 1 UK indoor 60 2013/2014/2016. Graduate of Leisure Management from Loughborough University. Coach-Steve Fudge In 2016: 2 Welsh indoor 60; dq Berlin 60 (false start); 1 UK indoor 60; dq/sf WIC 60 (false start); 2 Loughborough International Invitational 100; 1 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 3 Lucerne 100; 1 UK 100; 1 ECH 4x100 6, BROWN Aaron CAN – Canada 24y 56d 1992 9.96 9.96 -16 Second leg for Canadian team which won relay bronze at 2013 World Championships, then led off a team which won the same medal in 2015 9.95w -16. 200 pb: 20.00 -16. 2 World Youth 100 2009; 3 WJC 200 2010 (5 100); 3 Pan-Am junior 100 2011; sf OLY 200 2012; 3 WCH 4x100 2013/2015; sf WCH 100 100 2013/2015; sf COM 100 2014. 1 Canadian 100 2013 & 200 2015. Lives-Toronto. Coach-Dennis Mitchell. 1.98 tall In 2016: 4 Nassau Brown 200; 4 Gainesville 100; 1 Baton Rouge LSU Invitational 100/200; 1 Kawasaki 200; 1 Shanghai Diamond National 100; 2 Rome Diamond 200; dq Birmingham Diamond 100; 2 Montverde 100; 2 Canadian 100/200 7, YOUNG Isiah USA – United States 26y 199d 1990 10.03 9.99 -13 9.82w -15. 200 pb: 19.86 -13 (20.24 -16). sf OLY 200 2012; sf WCH 200 2013 (2015-ht). 1 US 200 2013 (originally second to Tyson Gay, but Gay’s results in that period are annulled). Training partner of Justin Gatlin In 2016: 3 Nassau Brown 100; 2 Gainesville 100; 6 Doha Diamond 200; 5 Shanghai Diamond 100; 4 Beijing 100; 8 Rome Diamond 100; 5 Birmingham Diamond 100 (6 200); 6sf US 100 (3sf 200); 2 Székesfehérvár Gyulai 200 (5 100) 8, BOCKARIE Solomon NED – Netherlands 29y 66d 1987 10.13 10.13 -16 Allegiance transferee from Sierra Leone – after three years resident in The Netherlands, gained Dutch citizenship on May 22, 2015 and cleared by IAAF to represent The Netherlands from June 15, 2015 200 pb: 20.44 -16. ht WIC 60 2014; ht COM 100 2014; 4 ECH 200/4x100 2016 (7 100). 1 Dutch indoor 60 2016; 2 Dutch 100/200 2016 He was flagbearer for Sierra Leone at the 2008 Olympic Games as Solomon Bayoh (born May 18, 1990), placing 8th in his 200m heat in 22.18 In 2016: 1 Dutch indoor 60; 1 Gainesville 100; 2 Lisse 150; 1 Hoorn 100; 1 Rehlingen 100 ‘B’; 7 Hengelo 100; 1 Gavardo 200 (3 100); 2 Rome Diamond 100 ‘B’; 1 Mannheim 100/200; 3 Geneva 200; 2 Dutch 100/200; 2 Turku 100; Here: 100 1/p2-10.26; 200 1/p3-20.55; 100 4/s1-10.13 9, EDOBURUN Ojie GBR – Great Britain & NI 20y 50d 1996 10.19 10.16 -14 2015 European Junior Champion at 100m. 2013 World Youth silver // 10.02w -16. 200 pb: 20.50w, 20.87 -16. 2 World Youth 100 2013; 6 WJC 100 2013; 1 EJC 100 2015; sf ECH 100 2016. He is a training partner of Chijindu Ujah (9.96 -14/15) and his career is following the same path according to their coach Jonas Tawiah-DoDoo At the 2013 World Youth Championships in Donyetsk, he lost the 100m gold to China’s Mo Youxue by two thousandths of a second In 2016: 3 Newham Open 100; 2 ‘Great’ Manchester CityGames 150; dq Loughborough International Invitational 100; 1 Loughborough International 200 (dq 100); 1 London 200; 1 Newham 100; 4 Geneva 200; 5 Lucerne 100; 4 UK 100; 4sf ECH 100; 2 Gothenburg 100 © Mark Butler 2016 ([email protected]) Please check with final start lists in case of late changes Athlete’s ages as at: 22/7/2016 2016 Müller Anniversary Games • Biographical Start List Men’s 100 Metres Fri / 20:27 First Round Heat 2 First 3 + 3 fastest to Final (21:39), so there will be nine in the final (confirmed at Technical Meeting) 2016 World Best: 9.80 Justin Gatlin USA Eugene 3 Jul 16 Diamond League Record: 9.69 Yohan Blake JAM Lausanne 23 Aug 12 Not a Diamond Race event in London Age (Days) Born 2016 Personal Best 1, FORTE Julian JAM – Jamaica 23y 22d 1993 10.06 10.03 -14 Ran in heat of 2014 Commonwealth Games relay, so awarded gold won by Jamaica in final 9.98w -13. 200 pb: 20.04 -15 (20.06 -16). 400 pb: 47.24 -15. 8 WJC 200 2012. 1 Jamaican Intercollegiate 200 2015. Describes himself as a Music Producer In 2016: 1 Kingston 100 (Apr 9); 3 Kingston Jamaican Invitational 100; 6 Shanghai Diamond 100; 2 Kingston 200 (Jun 11); 3 Jamaican 200; 6 Monaco Diamond 200 2, COLLINS Kim SKN – Saint Kitts & Nevis 40y 108d 1976 9.93 9.93 -16 Former World Champion at 100m.