Kimmari Roach
Kimmari Roach (born 21 September 1990) is a Jamaican track and field sprinter who specialises in the 100 metres. He has a personal best of 10.12 seconds and was a 60 metres finalist at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. Roach is a member of Racers Track Club and is coached by Glen Mills.[1]
Born in Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica,[2] Roach competed at the Jamaican High School Champs as a teenager but did not reach the podium. He made his impact at national level in 2009, winning the Jamaican universities 100 m title and setting a personal best of 10.38 seconds for third at the Kingston Classic meet. He improved to 10.34 to win at the 2010 Penn Relays. At the Jamaican Athletics Championships he ran a new best of 10.13 seconds in the semi-final, then placed third in the 100 m final. He competed in Europe for the first time that year with a win at the Weltklasse in Biberach being his highlight. He was twice runner-up on the 2011 Brazilian Athletics Grand Prix circuit. Roach failed to improve upon his best or make the Jamaican 100 m final that year and the two years after.[3]
A performance of 6.59 seconds in the 60 metres to take third at the 2014 Millrose Games gained him selection for the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships. In the semi-final he had a personal best run of 6.55 seconds, but was a little slower in the final, placing eighth in a close race.[4]
Personal bests
- 50 metres – 5.74 sec (2012)
- 60 metres – 6.55 sec (2014)
- 100 metres – 10.12 sec (2014)
References
External links
- Kimmari Roach at World Athletics
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(1930–1966)
- 1930:
Miller, Brown, Adams, Fitzpatrick (CAN)
- 1934:
Davis, Saunders, Rangeley, Sweeney (ENG)
- 1938:
Brown, Haley, Loaring, O'Connor (CAN)
- 1950:
Gordon, Johnson, Treloar, De Gruchy (AUS)
- 1954:
Springbett, Stonehouse, Nelson, McFarlane (CAN)
- 1958:
Radford, Sandstrom, Segal, Breacker (ENG)
- 1962:
Radford, Carter, Meakin, Jones (ENG)
- 1966:
E. Addy, Mends, J. Addy, Allotey (GHA)
(1970–present)
- 1970:
Stewart, Miller, Lawson, Quarrie (JAM)
- 1974:
Lewis, D'Arcy, Ratcliffe, Haskell (AUS)
- 1978:
Jenkins, Wells, Sharp, McMaster (SCO)
- 1982:
Adegbehingbe, Adeyanju, Oyeledun, Eseme (NGR)
- 1986:
McKoy, Mahorn, Williams, Johnson (CAN)
- 1990:
Callender, Regis, Adam, Christie (ENG)
- 1994:
Bailey,Gilbert, Chambers, Surin (CAN)
- 1998:
Chambers, Devonish, Golding, Campbell (ENG)
- 2002:
Gardener, Devonish, Condon, Campbell (ENG)
- 2006:
Frater, Waugh, Williams, Powell (JAM)
- 2010:
Scott, Baptiste, Devonish, Lewis-Francis (ENG)
- 2014:
Livermore, Bailey-Cole, Ashmeade, Bolt (JAM)
- 2018:
Arthur, Hughes, Kilty, Aikines-Aryeetey (ENG)
- 2022:
Efoloko, Hughes, Mitchell-Blake, Edoburun (ENG)