Andre De Grasse

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Andre De Grasse
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1994-11-10) November 10, 1994 (age 20) Scarborough, Ontario
Height	1.778 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight	72 kg (159 lb)
Sport
Sport	Running
Event(s)	60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres
College team	USC Trojans
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)	60m: 6.60, Lincoln, 2015 100m: 9.95s, Edmonton, 2015 200m: 20.03s NR, Los Angeles, 2015^[1]

Andre De Grasse (born November 10, 1994 in Scarborough, Ontario) is a Canadian sprinter currently running for the University of Southern California. He graduated from Milliken Mills High School in Markham, Ontario. He is the reigning NCAA men's champion in the 100 m and 200 m and current Canadian record holder in the 200 m. He ran a wind assisted time of 9.75 to win the 2015 100 m NCAA title, the wind was +2.7 mps.^[2] The 9.75 made him the seventh fastest man in the world and fastest Canadian in any conditions.^[3] Also at the 2015 NCAA Championships, De Grasse produced a wind aided 19.58 (+2.4) 200 metres. That was almost a half a second faster than his own national record set four weeks earlier. His legal 100 m time of 9.97 which he ran earlier that year to win the PAC-12 championship in May was the first time a Canadian ran under 10 seconds since Bruny Surin and Donovan Bailey.^[4] His exploits at this time led him to being called the future of Canadian track together with Aaron Brown.^[4]