Kaaron Conwright (born August 8, 1976) is a former Americansprinter who specialized in the100-metre dash.

Conwright graduated fromWestchester High School in Los Angeles.^[1]

As a sprinter atCal Poly in San Luis Obispo, Conwright was a three-time NCAA All-American in the 100m and a two-time All-American in the 200m. In theBig West Conference, he was a four-time champion in the 100m from the years of 1996 through 2000, and he still holds the conference championship-meet record at 10.12 seconds. He later went on to run a 10.10 at thenational championships that same year. He was also a two-time BWC champion in the 200m.

Conwright also played two seasons offootball forCal Poly, competing as awide receiver andkick returner in 1995 (averaging 20.1 yards) and thendefensive back in 1996 (making 19 tackles and two interceptions).^[2]

In 1999, he ran first leg on the gold medal-winning 4-by-100m relay at theWorld University Games inPalma De Mallorca, Spain. In 2001, he repeated his performance, running first leg on the silver medal-winning 400m relay at theWorld University Games inBeijing, China.

At the2002 IAAF World Cup, he won the4-by-100 metre relay race together withJon Drummond,Jason Smoots andCoby Miller.^[3] At the2006 IAAF World Cup, he won the relay again, this time withWallace Spearmon,Tyson Gay and Smoots, in a championship record of 37.59 seconds.

His personal-best time in the 100-metre dash was 10.05 seconds, achieved in July 2000 inFlagstaff. His personal-best time over60 metres is 6.61 seconds, achieved in March 2003 inBoston. In the200 metres, he ran 20.59 seconds, achieved in July 2002 inRome.^[4]

Conwright later served as head sprint coach for the National Korean Federation from 2007 through 2008^{[citation needed]} and then became an assistant coach under Olympian and Olympic CoachJohn Smith.^{[citation needed]}

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