Adrian Griffith (born 11 November 1984) is a Bahamian sprinter who specializes in the 100 metres.
He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. In the 4×100 metres relay he won silver medals at the 2006 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2008 Central American and Caribbean Championships.
His personal best time is 10.14 seconds, achieved in Clermont Florida April 2014. This makes him the second fastest Bahamian of all time behind Derrick Atkins, and fastest Bahamian-born sprinter, at the time. That mark has since been broken by Shavez Hart
He teamed up with Jamial Rolle, Shavez Hart and Trevorvano Mackey to break the Bahamian 4x100 national record in Morelia, Mexico.
University Griffith graduated with his Bachelor of Science degree in Computer Science as a magna cum laude honoree at Dickinson State University in Dickinson, North Dakota. He was a part of two-time National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) National Championship team while attending Dickinson State University. He also was a six-time Conference Championship team (Indoor and Outdoor Conference meet), eight-time NAIA All-American, 9-time All DAC-10 Conference, four-time DAC-10 Conference Champion and was named 2006 Most Outstanding Athlete in DAC 10 Conference meet. He was also the former school record holder in both the 100 meters and long jump.
Personal bests Outdoor 100 m: 10.11 s (wind: m/s) – Montverde, United States, 11 June 2016 200 m: 20.54 s (wind: +1.1 m/s) – Clermont, United States, 10 May 2014 Long jump: 7.59 m (wind: +1.7 m/s) – Nassau, Bahamas, 17 June 2006
Indoor 60 m: 6.63 s – Newport News, United States, 8 February 2014 Long jump: 7.63 m – Johnson City, United States, 10 March 2006
International competitions Representing the 2002CARIFTA GamesNassau, Bahamas8th400m H57.672ndPole vault3.00m3rdHeptathlon4594ptsCentral American and Caribbean Junior Championships (U-20)Bridgetown, Barbados7th (h)400m H56.713rdDecathlon6123 pts2004NACAC Under-23 ChampionshipsSherbrooke, Canada3rdLong jump7.20m (+0.3 m/s)2005Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsNassau, Bahamas –DecathlonDNF2006NACAC U-23 ChampionshipsSanto Domingo, Dominican Republic11th (sf)100m10.63 (+0.0 m/s)7thLong jump7.49 m (+0.7 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m39.74Central American and Caribbean GamesCartagena, Colombia 2nd4 × 100 m39.442007Pan American GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil17th (h)100m10.56 (+1.6 m/s)7th4 × 100 m39.912008Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsCali, Colombia8th100m10.51 (+0.6 m/s)2nd4 × 100 m39.222009Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsHavana, Cuba5th100 m10.29 3rd4 × 100 m39.45World ChampionshipsBerlin, Germany28th (qf)100m10.28 (+0.1 m/s)2010Central American and Caribbean GamesMayagüez, Puerto Rico5th100m10.30 (+0.7 m/s) –4 × 100 mDQCommonwealth GamesDelhi, India6th (sf)100m10.35 (+0.9 m/s)5th4 × 100 m39.272011Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMayagüez, Puerto Rico7th100 m10.354th4 × 100 m39.46World ChampionshipsDaegu, South Korea –100 mDQPan American GamesGuadalajara, Mexico14th (sf)100 m10.592013Central American and Caribbean ChampionshipsMorelia, Mexico1st4 × 100 m38.77World ChampionshipsMoscow, Russia14th (h)4 × 100 m38.702014World Indoor ChampionshipsSopot, Poland22nd (h)60 m6.69IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas6th4 × 200 m1:23.19Commonwealth GamesGlasgow, United Kingdom25th (h)100 m10.465th4 × 100 m39.16Central American and Caribbean GamesXalapa, Mexico8th100m10.48 A (+0.9 m/s)6th (sf)200m21.38 A (-0.4 m/s)2016World Indoor ChampionshipsPortland, United States22nd (sf)60 m6.71Olympic GamesRio de Janeiro, Brazil61st (h)100 m10.532017IAAF World RelaysNassau, Bahamas3rd (B)4 × 100 m39.185th4 × 200 m1:22.36
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