Kelly Willie

American former track and field athlete (born 1982)

Kelly Willie

Willie (foreground) being interviewed by Dwight Stones in 2006

Personal information
Full name| Kelly Jeromy Willie
Born| September 7, 1982 (1982-09-07) (age 42)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height| 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight| 158 lb (72 kg)
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)| 400 m: 44.63 (Sacramento, California 2004)
200 m: 20.24/20.20w (Rethymo, Greece 2006)
100 m: 10.14/10.04w (Knoxville, Tennessee 2006)

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
| 2004 Athens | 4 × 400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
| 2008 Valencia | 4 × 400 m relay

Kelly Jeromy Willie (born September 7, 1982) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400-meter dash.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, he attended Sterling High School and competed in track while there. Willie attended Louisiana State University and ran for their LSU Tigers team, being a three-time NCAA champion in the relay and the 400 m runner-up in 2004. He ran for the American 4 × 400-meter relay team at the 2004 Olympics,[1]

With strong American 400 metre runners like Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson and Wariner (who constituted the gold-winning relay team at the 2005 World Championships), and even LaShawn Merritt, Jamel Ashley and Terry Gatson, Willie has faced extremely tough competition in terms of qualifying for major international events where only three participants from each state are allowed.[2]

## References

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1. ^ USATF profile
2. ^ Kelly Willie's U.S. Olympic Team bio

* Kelly Willie at World Athletics
* Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Kelly Willie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

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2004 USA Olympic track and field team

Qualification|

2004 United States Olympic trials (track and field)

Men's track
and road athletes|

* Abdihakem Abdirahman
* Bennie Brazell
* Derrick Brew
* Tim Broe
* Dan Browne
* James Carter
* Curt Clausen
* Shawn Crawford
* Alan Culpepper
* Philip Dunn
* Kevin Eastler
* Anthony Famiglietti
* Robert Gary
* Justin Gatlin
* Maurice Greene
* Charlie Gruber
* Otis Harris
* Allen Johnson
* Jonathan Johnson
* Meb Keflezighi
* Daniel Lincoln
* Coby Miller
* John Nunn
* Darvis Patton
* Derrick Peterson
* Jonathon Riley
* Dathan Ritzenhein
* Grant Robison
* Khadevis Robinson
* Andrew Rock
* Duane Ross
* Tim Seaman
* Angelo Taylor
* Terrence Trammell
* Jeremy Wariner
* Alan Webb
* Bernard Williams
* Darold Williamson
* Kelly Willie

Men's field
athletes|

* Kenta Bell
* Bryan Clay
* Walter Davis
* John Godina
* Breaux Greer
* Tora Harris
* Matt Hemingway
* Reese Hoffa
* A. G. Kruger
* Melvin Lister
* Timothy Mack
* Casey Malone
* Derek Miles
* John Moffitt
* Adam Nelson
* Jamie Nieto
* Tom Pappas
* James Parker
* Dwight Phillips
* Jarred Rome
* Toby Stevenson
* Paul Terek
* Ian Waltz

Women's track
and road athletes|

* Hazel Clark
* Jearl Miles Clark
* LaTasha Colander
* Crystal Cox
* Shayne Culpepper
* Colleen De Reuck
* Lashinda Demus
* Gail Devers
* Elva Dryer
* Allyson Felix
* Shalane Flanagan
* Joanna Hayes
* Monique Henderson
* Monique Hennagan
* Sheena Tosta
* Marion Jones
* Deena Kastor
* Muna Lee
* LaShauntea Moore
* Melissa Morrison-Howard
* Kate Tenforde
* Jennifer Rhines
* Sanya Richards-Ross
* Moushaumi Robinson
* Marla Runyan
* Brenda Taylor
* Nicole Teter
* Carrie Tollefson
* DeeDee Trotter
* Teresa Vaill
* Angela Williams
* Lauryn Williams

Women's field
athletes|

* Amy Acuff
* Stephanie Brown
* Shelia Burrell
* Stacy Dragila
* Laura Gerraughty
* Erin Gilreath
* Kristin Heaston
* Aretha Thurmond
* Chaunté Lowe
* Tiombe Hurd
* Jackie Jeschelnig
* Marion Jones
* Kim Kreiner
* Tiffany Lott-Hogan
* Anna Mahon
* Yuliana Pérez
* Michelle Perry
* Rose Richmond
* Jillian Schwartz
* Seilala Sua
* Kellie Suttle
* Grace Upshaw
* Tisha Waller

Coaches|

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Olympic champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Medley|

* 1908:  William Hamilton, Nathaniel Cartmell, John Taylor, Mel Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m|

* 1912:  Mel Sheppard, Edward Lindberg, Ted Meredith, Charles Reidpath (USA)
* 1920:  Cecil Griffiths, Robert Lindsay, John Ainsworth-Davis, Guy Butler (GBR)
* 1924:  Commodore Cochran, Alan Helffrich, Oliver Macdonald, William Stevenson (USA)
* 1928:  George Baird, Emerson Spencer, Fred Alderman, Ray Barbuti (USA)
* 1932:  Ivan Fuqua, Ed Ablowich, Karl Warner, Bill Carr (USA)
* 1936:  Freddie Wolff, Godfrey Rampling, Bill Roberts, Godfrey Brown (GBR)
* 1948:  Arthur Harnden, Cliff Bourland, Roy Cochran, Mal Whitfield (USA)
* 1952:  Arthur Wint, Leslie Laing, Herb McKenley, George Rhoden (JAM)
* 1956:  Charles Jenkins Sr., Lou Jones, Jesse Mashburn, Tom Courtney (USA)
* 1960:  Jack Yerman, Earl Young, Glenn Davis, Otis Davis (USA)
* 1964:  Ollan Cassell, Mike Larrabee, Ulis Williams, Henry Carr (USA)
* 1968:  Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans (USA)
* 1972:  Charles Asati, Munyoro Nyamau, Robert Ouko, Julius Sang (KEN)
* 1976:  Herman Frazier, Benny Brown, Fred Newhouse, Maxie Parks (USA)
* 1980:  Remigijus Valiulis, Mikhail Linge, Nikolay Chernetskiy, Viktor Markin (URS)
* 1984:  Sunder Nix, Ray Armstead, Alonzo Babers, Antonio McKay (USA)
* 1988:  Danny Everett, Steve Lewis, Kevin Robinzine, Butch Reynolds, Antonio McKay, Andrew Valmon (USA)
* 1992:  Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts, Michael Johnson, Steve Lewis, Darnell Hall, Charles Jenkins Jr. (USA)
* 1996:  LaMont Smith, Alvin Harrison, Derek Mills, Anthuan Maybank, Jason Rouser (USA)
* 2000:  Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye, Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong, Nduka Awazie, Fidelis Gadzama (NGR)
* 2004:  Otis Harris, Derrick Brew, Jeremy Wariner, Darold Williamson, Andrew Rock, Kelly Willie (USA)
* 2008:  LaShawn Merritt, Angelo Taylor, David Neville, Jeremy Wariner, Kerron Clement, Reggie Witherspoon (USA)
* 2012:  Chris Brown, Demetrius Pinder, Michael Mathieu, Ramon Miller (BAH)
* 2016:  Arman Hall, Tony McQuay, Gil Roberts, LaShawn Merritt, Kyle Clemons, David Verburg (USA)
* 2020:  Michael Cherry, Michael Norman, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Trevor Stewart, Randolph Ross, Vernon Norwood (USA)
* 2024:  Christopher Bailey, Vernon Norwood, Bryce Deadmon, Rai Benjamin, Quincy Wilson (USA)

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World Indoor Champions in men's 4 × 400 metres relay

* 1991:  Germany (Lieder, Carlowitz, Just, Schönlebe)
* 1993:  United States (Hall, Irvin, Rouser, Everett)
* 1995:  United States (Tolbert, Davis, Long, Atwater)
* 1997:  United States (Rouser, Everett, Maye, Minor)
* 1999:  United States (Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell)
* 2001:  Poland (Rysiukiewicz, Haczek, Bocian, Maćkowiak)
* 2003:  United States (Davis, Young, Campbell, Washington)
* 2004:  Jamaica (Haughton, Colquhoun, McDonald, Clarke)
* 2006:  United States (Washington, Merritt, Campbell, Spearmon)
* 2008:  United States (Davis, Torrance, Nixon, Willie)
* 2010:  United States (Torrance, Nixon, Tate, Jackson)
* 2012:  United States (Wright, Smith Jr., Mitchell, Roberts)
* 2014:  United States (Clemons, Verburg, Butler III, Smith Jr., Parros, Babineaux)
* 2016:  United States (Clemons, Smith Jr., Giesting, Norwood)
* 2018:  Poland (Zalewski, Omelko, Krawczuk, Krzewina)
* 2022:  Belgium (Watrin, Doom, Sacoor, K. Borlée)
* 2024:  Belgium (Sacoor, D. Borlée, Iguacel, Doom, De Smet)
* 2025:  United States (Godwin, Faust, Patterson, Bailey)

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