TRAVIS PADGETT
Event: 4x100m relay pool
Height: 5-8
Weight: 180
PR: 9.89 (2008)
Born: December 13, 1986
Current Residence: Shelby, N.C.
High School: Crest (Shelby, N.C.) HS ‘05
College: Clemson ‘09
Coach: Charles Foster
Club: adidas
Career Highlights: 4th at 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials; 2008 4x100m relay Olympian; College 100m record holder; 2008 NCAA Indoor 60m champ; 2008 NCAA Outdoor 100m runner-up
Padgett surprised many in coming just one-hundredth of a second short in his bid to make the U.S. Olympic team in the 100 meters at the 2008 Olympic Trials in Eugene, Ore. By virtue of his fourth-place finish in the event, Padgett was named to the U.S. Olympic Team as a member of the Team USA 4x100m relay pool. Padgett broke the NCAA collegiate record in the quarterfinals at the Olympic Trials with a personal best of 9.89. In the second semifinal at the Trials he overcame a tough start and played catch-up down the stretch to finish second in 10.11 seconds. Padgett got an outstanding jump out of the blocks in the final, but was out-leaned at the finish line by Darvis Patton who took third and the final Olympic Team 100m roster spot in 9.84. Padgett ran a 9.85, though the performance was aided by a +4.1 meters per second wind reading. The national college record holder at 100 meters, Padgett experienced a whirlwind year in 2008 in which he was named the ACC’s outstanding track performer, finished second in the 100m at the NCAA Outdoor Champs, and ended the season as a six-time All-American. Named the 2007 ACC Outdoor Freshman of the Year, Padgett was a sociology major at Clemson., who turned pro following the 2008 Olympic Games with one year of collegiate eligibility remaining. .
2008:
Ran in opening round 4x100m
relay at Olympic Games that did not finish…4th at Olympic Trials
(9.85w)…1st in quarterfinal at Olympic Trials (9.89PR, collegiate
record)…runner-up at NCAA Outdoors (10.16)…6th in semis at NCAA
Outdoors 200m (20.77)…7th in 4x100m relay at NCAA Outdoors…NCAA
Indoor 60m champ (6.56PR)…ACC 100m champ (10.22)…3rd at ACC Outdoors
200m (21.04)…best of 9.89.
2007: 4th at NCAA Outdoors (10.24)…ACC 100m champion (10.35)…6th in semis
at USA Outdoors (10.29)…best of 10.09
2006: 4th at NCAA Outdoors (10.24)…5th in opening round at USA Outdoors
(10.43)…best of 10.00.
2005: Best of 10.62
2004: Best of 10.46
