American sprinter
Aldrich Bailey Jr. (born February 6, 1994) is an American sprinter . He graduated from Mansfield Timberview High School in Arlington, Texas in 2012, and was committed to Texas A&M University in 2012. In 2014 Bailey transferred to the University of Texas as a Track and Field Athlete.
On April 28, 2012, Bailey broke the U.S. High School Record in the 400 metres , previously held by Calvin Harrison of North Salinas High School , at the Texas Class 5A Region I meet in Lubbock, Texas .[1] Harrison had held the record since 1993, a year before Bailey was born.
He was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2011 and 2012.[2] [3]
Bailey was part of the US medley relay team that established a new World Youth Best at the 2011 World Youth Championships in Athletics . He also competed in the 200 metres , but finished sixth. He wears a duck tail at the back of his head as a signature style.
In 2021, Bailey began running the 400 meters hurdles . That season, he placed fourth at the U.S. Olympic Trials in a personal best time of 48.55 seconds, missing the Olympic team by one place. In its year-end U.S. rankings, Track & Field News ranked him fifth.
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1999: United States (Lott , Sears , Walton , McCann )
2001: Poland (Kaska , Zrada , Kędzia , Grzegorczyk )
2003: United States (Cooper , Grant , Charles , Goodman )
2005: United States (Green , Mays , Chandy , Nellum )
2007: United States (Sweeney , Gilstrap , Wynne , Fortson )
2009: United States (Hepburn , Brock , Dukes , Mance )
2011: United States (Darby , Bailey , Glass , Hall )
2013: Jamaica (Williams , O'Hara , Williams , Manley )