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| Nationality | American | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1990-09-17)September 17, 1990 (age 34) Torrance, California | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Running | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Event(s) | 400 metres,400 metres hurdles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Personalbest(s) | 400 m: 46.13 (Clovis 2009) 400 m hurdles: 49.17 (Los Angeles 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Reginald Wyatt (born September 17, 1990) is an American hurdler. He is the current holder of theNFHS (United States High School) record in the 300 meters intermediate hurdles at 35.02, set while winning a preliminary race at theCIF California State Meet on June 5, 2009 atBuchanan High School inClovis, California.[1][2] Wyatt won the State Meet the following day, but his time of 36.71 was not destined to be record material after he also won the400 metres in 46.13 earlier at the same meet.[3]
Wyatt ran his senior year forLa Sierra High School inRiverside, California. His points from the meet led La Sierra to a four way tie for the State team title. He started his hurdling career running forJohn W. North High School and made a controversial transfer between the schools for his junior year, which cost him a year of eligibility.[4] As a sophomore at North, Wyatt pushedJeshua Anderson into breaking the national record that had been held byGeorge Porter for 22 years. Wyatt's time was 35.90, the national sophomore record. Later in 2007, Wyatt was part of the national youth record setting4 × 400 metres relay team.[5] Wyatt was the silver medalist at the2007 World Youth Championships in Athletics inOstrava,Czech Republic behind AmericanWilliam Wynne.
As a junior in 2008, Wyatt was relegated to running the400 meters hurdles against non-high school competition. He ran unattached in theAdidas Track Classic and held his own against elite level competition, finishing in 50.54 from lane one.[6]
In 2009, he won theUSATF Junior Outdoor Track & Field Championships in 50.02[7] and he ran 49.78, the fifth best high school time for 400 hurdles, while winning the United States Junior Olympics.[8] At the2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships inPort of Spain,Trinidad he again lost to rival Wynne but still took home a bronze medal.[9]
2010 brought Wyatt to theUniversity of Southern California. As a freshman, he improved his time to 49.46, while qualifying for theNCAA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship at the West Region prelims,[10] which currently ranks him number 7 on the USC all-time list, behind Porter, Olympian, one time world record holderGeoff Vanderstock and World and Olympic ChampionFelix Sanchez.[11] While qualifying for the final, he finished last well behindJohnny Dutch, Jeshua Anderson and his previous times.[12]
In 2013 Wyatt, running for the University of Southern California won the400 hurdles at the NCAA championships at Eugene, OR.[13] In 2014, he graduated from USC.[14]
On May 29, 2021, Wyatt married Tyreebee Whaley.
