Jaleel Croal

  1. Home
  2. Wiki
Jaleel Croal
Personal information
NationalityBritish Virgin Islands
Born (2003-03-13) 13 March 2003 (age 22)
British Virgin Islands
Sport
SportAthletics
EventSprint
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
  • 60 m: 6.85 (Birmingham, 2024)
  • 100 m: 10.08 (Jacksonville, 2025)
  • 200 m: 19.95 (Jacksonville, 2025) NR
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing  British Virgin Islands
Junior Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2025 Asunción 200 m
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Asunción 100 m

Jaleel Croal (born 13 March 2003) is a sprinter from the British Virgin Islands. He is the national record holder over 200 metres.[1]

Career

[edit]

Croal is from the island of Tortola on the British Virgin Islands.[2] He won the U17 200 metres at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in the Cayman Islands in April 2019.[3] He lowered his personal best for the 200 metres to 20.93 seconds at the 2021 Junior Pan American Games in Cali, Colombia.[4]

Competing for the University of South Florida he set a national record and meet record for the 200 metres with a time of 20.28 seconds at the 2025 American Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships.[5] He ran a new personal best and new national record, and broke the 20-second barrier for the 200 metres for the first time, in running 19.95 seconds in Jacksonville in May 2025.[6][7] He was a semi-finalist over 200 metres at the 2025 NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon, the following month.[8]

He was selected in the British Virgin Islands team for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games in Asuncion, Paraguay.[9] At the Games, he won the silver medal in the 200 metres and the bronze medal in the 100 metres.[10][11] He was selected in the British Virgin Islands team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan.[12]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Jaleel Croal". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
  2. ^ "Croal on 200M medal stand". Virginislandsdailynews. 25 August 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  3. ^ "Croal strikes historic gold! BVI bags 7 medals at CARIFTA". bvinews. 23 April 2019. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  4. ^ "Jaleel Croal runs sub 20 PB in Cali 2021 200m finals. 3×3 basketball team perform valiantly against top teams". bviolympics. 4 December 2021. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  5. ^ "WHEN THE STARTER SAYS 'SET,' JALEEL CROAL LETS HIS FEET TALK". gousfbulls. 27 May 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  6. ^ "Road to Tokyo: BVI's Jaleel Croal Among World's Top 200m Sprinters". Jahpixtelevision. 10 Sep 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.
  7. ^ "NCAA Division I East First Rounds". World Athletics. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  8. ^ "NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships". World Athletics. 11 June 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  9. ^ "BVI names athletes for Junior Pan Am Games!". bvinews.com. 30 July 2025.
  10. ^ "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 19 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  11. ^ "Pan American Junior Games". World Athletics. 21 August 2025. Retrieved 16 September 2025.
  12. ^ "LOCAL NEWSRoad to Tokyo: BVI Athletes Qualify Through Ranking System for World Championships". jahphixtelevision. 11 Sep 2025. Retrieved 17 Sep 2025.


Stub icon

This biographical article relating to British Virgin Islands athletics is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.