{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 2003)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Adrian Kerr | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | club = Dynamic Speed | coach = Michael Frater | birth_date = {{birth date and age|2003|10|7|df=yes}} | collegeteam = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb ='''60m:''' 6.68 (Kingston, 2026)<br> '''100m:''' 10.08 (San Jose, 2023)<br> '''200m:''' 20.08 (Tokyo, 2025) | | medaltemplates = {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{Flagu|Jamaica}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World U20 Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2022 Cali |4x100m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|NACAC U23 Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 San Jose|100m}} {{Medal|Gold|2023 San Jose|4x100m relay}} {{Medal|Competition|CARIFTA Games (U18)}} {{Medal|Gold|2019 George Town|4x100m relay}} }} '''Adrian Kerr''' (born 7 October 2003) is a Jamaican sprinter. He placed third over 200 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in 2025, having been a double gold medalist at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/adrian-kerr-14782215|title=Adrian Kerr|accessdate=3 March 2025|website=World Athletics}}</ref>
==Biography== Kerr attended Kingston College in Jamaica. At KC, he competed in the annual ISSA Boys and Girls Athletics Championships in the Sprints acquiring gold, silver, and bronze medals throughout the years. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://sugalifestyle.com/2018/03/26/congrats-to-calabar-edwin-allen-winners-of-the-issa-grace-kennedy-boys-girls-athletics-championships/|title= CONGRATS to Calabar & Edwin Allen, Winners of the Issa/Grace Kennedy Boys & Girls’ Athletics Championships! March 26, 2018|accessdate= 2026-05-22}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.loopnews.com/content/kc-edwin-allen-tipped-to-win-champs-titles/# |title= KC, Edwin Allen tipped to win Champs titles|website=Loop News|accessdate=28 June 2025|date=March 26, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2023/05/02/jcan-school-sprinters-descend-on-east-coast-international-showcase/|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=28 June 2025|title= J’can school sprinters descend on East Coast International Showcase|date=2 May 2023|first=Robert|last=Bailey}}</ref>
Also, he earned a gold medal in the 4 X 100 metres at the 2019 CARIFTA Games in George Town, Cayman Islands. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2019/04/22/jamaica-finish-carifta-games-with-usual-flourish/|title= Jamaica finish CARIFTA Games with usual flourish|accessdate= 2026-05-23}}</ref>
He ran as part of the Jamaican 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2022 World Athletics U20 Championships in Cali, Colombia, winning a silver medal alongside Bouwahjgie Nkrumie, Bryan Levell and Mark-Anthony Daley.<ref>{{cite web|date=4 August 2022|url= https://trackalerts.com/2022/08/world-u20-championships-4x100m-results/ |website=Track Alerts |title= World U20 Championships 4x100m Results|accessdate=28 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7163112?eventId=204593|website=World Athletics|accessdate=30 June 2024|title= World Athletics U20 Championships|date=1 August 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/sports/jcan-u20-athletes-sizzle-in-cali|website=Jamaica Observer|date=August 5, 2023|accessdate=March 31, 2023|title=J’can athletes sizzle in Cali}}</ref>
==Career== Running in January 2023, he lowered his personal best for 100 metres to 10.42 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230122/adrian-kerr-makes-big-statement-ahead-champs|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=28 June 2025|title= Adrian Kerr makes big statement ahead of Champs|date=22 Jan 2023}}</ref> He won gold in the 100 metres and in the 4x100m relay at the 2023 NACAC U23 Championships in Costa Rica.<ref>{{cite web|website=Track Alerts|first=Anthony|last=Foster|url= https://trackalerts.com/2023/07/jamaican-athletes-shine-at-nacac-u18-and-u23-championships-in-costa-rica/ |date=21 July 2023|title= Jamaican Athletes Shine at NACAC U18 and U23 Championships in Costa Rica }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147652?eventId=10229630|date=21 July 2023|accessdate=3 March 2025|title= NACAC U23 Championships}} </ref><ref> {{cite web|url=https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7147652?eventId=204593|date=23 July 2023|accessdate=3 March 2025|title= NACAC U23 Championships}} </ref> In 2023, he ran for the newly-formed Motorcade Track Club in Kingston, Jamaica.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230127/new-track-club-takes-aim-budapest-100m|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=29 June 2025|title= New track club takes aim at Budapest 100m|first=Hubert|last=Laurence|date=27 January 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|first=Raymond|last=Graham|date=6 May 2023|title= Adrian Kerr leads Jamaicans into 100m final|website=Jamaica Gleaner|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230506/eastcoastinternational2023-adrian-kerr-leads-jamaicans-100m-final|accessdate=29 June 2025}}</ref>
Kerr ran the 200 metres in a personal best time of 20.47 seconds at the Jamaica World Indoor Qualifiers at GC Foster College in March 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/03/07/kerr-ready-big-victory/|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=28 June 2025|title= Kerr ready for more after big victory|date=7 March 2025|first=Robert|last=Bailey}}</ref> He won his 200 metres semi-final at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in 20.75 seconds (-0.1 m/s) before returning the following day to finish third in the final in 20.49 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/levell-blazes-to-200m-title-defence-as-moore-claims-first-crown-at-national-champs-2 |website=SportsMax|accessdate=30 June 2025|title= Levell blazes to 200m title defence as Moore claims first crown at National Champs |first=Leighton |last=Levy|date=29 June 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|accessdate=29 June 2025|url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/taylor-levell-comfortable-in-mens-200m-semis-at-national-champs-moore-fastest-through-to-womens-final|title= Taylor, Levell comfortable in men’s 200m semis at National Champs; Moore fastest through to women’s final|first=Bradley |last=Jacks|date=28 June 2025}}</ref> He ran a 200 metres personal best of 20.09 seconds (+1.8 m/s) to finish second behind T'Mars McCallum at the Ed Murphey Track Classic, a World Athletics Continental Tour Silver meet, on 12 July in Memphis, Tennessee.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://trackalerts.com/2025/07/adrian-kerr-seals-tokyo-2025-berth-as-caribbean-athletes-deliver-at-ed-murphey-track-classic/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=13 July 2025|title= Adrian Kerr Seals Tokyo 2025 Berth as Caribbean Athletes Deliver at Ed Murphey Track Classic|date=13 July 2025}}</ref> He was named in the Jamaican squad for the 2025 NACAC Championships in Nassau, The Bahamas.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/tia-clayton-returns-as-jamaica-names-powerhouse-team-for-nacac-championships-in-bahamas|website=SportsMax|accessdate=9 July 2025|title= Tia Clayton Returns as Jamaica Names Powerhouse Team for NACAC Championships in Bahamas|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=9 July 2025}}</ref>
In September 2025, he was a semi-finalist in the 200 metres at the 2025 World Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running a personal best 20.08 seconds without advancing to the final.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229605&gender=M |website=World Athletics|accessdate=29 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=18 Sep 2025 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/08/30/danielle-thomas-dodd-opts-world-champs-team/ |title=JAAA names 50-member World Champs team, Thomas-Dodd opts out|website=Jamaica Observer|accessdate=30 August 2025|date=30 August 2025}}</ref>
Kerr ran a personal best 6.68 seconds for the 60 metres (+1.1) at the 2026 Gibson McCook Relays in Kingston.<ref>{{cite web|date=1 March 2026|accessdate=1 March 2026|website=Jamaica Gleaner|title=Edwin Allen dominate sprint relays|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20260301/edwin-allen-dominate-sprint-relays#}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web | url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7236661?eventId=10229683|date=1 March 2026 |title=Gibson McCook Relays |access-date=7 March 2026| website=World Athletics}}</ref> At Velocity Fest on 19 April, he won the 200 m in 20.28 seconds, ahead of Oblique Seville.<ref>{{Cite web | url= https://www.olympics.com/en/news/elaine-thompson-herah-bryan-levell-clock-fast-times-in-kingston |title= Elaine Thompson-Herah and Bryan Levell clock fast times at Velocity Fest 19 in Kingston|date=20 April 2026 |access-date=21 April 2026| website=Olympics.com}}</ref> He was named in the Jamaica squad for the 2026 World Athletics Relays in Gaborone, Botswana, running on the opening day in the men’s 4 x 100 metres alongside Rohan Watson, Odaine McPherson, and Rasheed Foster.<ref>{{cite web|title= JAAA names powerful team for World Relays|accessdate=16 April 2026|date=15 April 2026|url=https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/04/15/jaaa-names-powerful-team-world-relays/# |website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2026/05/02/world-relays-jamaica-fourth-mens-4x100m-heat-will-wait-qualify-world-champs/|title= World Relays: Jamaica fourth in men’s 4x100m heat, will have to wait to qualify for World Champs|date=2 May 2026|accessdate=2 May 2026| website=Jamaica Observer}}</ref>
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