Jason Young (sprinter)

Jason Young (born 21 March 1991) is a Jamaican sprinter, competing in the 100 metres and 200 metres.

Jason Young

Personal information
Nationality	Jamaica
Born	(1991-03-21) 21 March 1991 (age 34) Jamaica
Sport
Sport	Athletics
Event(s)	100 metres, 200 metres
College team	UWI Mona
Club	Racers Track Club
Coached by	Glen Mills
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	100 metres: 10.06 (+1.0 m/s) (Luzern 2012) 200 metres: 19.86 (+1.5 m/s) (Luzern 2012)
Medal record CAC Championships 2011 Mayagüez 4×100 metres relay 2011 Mayagüez 200 metres Summer Universiade 2011 Shenzhen 200 m

Jason is a student at University of the West Indies, Mona and won a joint silver medal in the 200 m at the 2011 Summer Universiade.

Young attracted attention in July 2012 when he set a massive new personal best of 19.86 s in the 200 metres at the Spitzen Leichtathletik meeting in Lucerne, beating Warren Weir. Earlier in the evening he had set a new personal best of 10.06 s in the 100 metres.^[1]