{{Short description|American athlete (born 1999)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Brandon Hicklin | birth_name = | image = Brandon Hicklin (USA) 2024.jpg | caption = Hicklin in 2024 | nationality = {{USA}} | sport = Athletics | event = Sprint | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1999|4|2|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = {{ubl| |'''60 m''': 6.65 (Albuquerque, 2023) |'''100 m''': 9.93 (Clermont, 2025) |'''200 m''': 20.40 (Miami, 2025) |'''Long jump''': 8.18m (Greenboro, 2022) }} | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's athletics}} {{MedalCountry|the {{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Relays}} {{Medal|Silver|2025 Guangzhou|4×100 m relay}} }} '''Brandon Hicklin''' (born 2 April 1999) is an American sprinter.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/brandon-hicklin-14802271|website=World Athletics|title=Bramdon Hicklin|accessdate=12 May 2024}}</ref>
==Early life== From Spartanburg, South Carolina he attended Spartanburg High School, North Carolina A&T and Louisiana State University. He competed in field events as well as sprints, including long jump.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://eu.goupstate.com/story/sports/high-school/track-field/2018/04/19/hicklin-sets-new-county-mark-in-long-jump/12662399007/|website=goupstate|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Hicklin sets new county mark in long jump |first=Jed|last=Blackwell |date=19 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://hbcugameday.com/2022/05/09/brandon-hicklin-battles-to-big-south-long-jump-title/|website=hbcugameday|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= Brandon Hicklin battles to Big South long jump title|first=Lut|last=Williams|date=9 May 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.essentiallysports.com/us-sports-news-olympics-news-track-and-field-news-it-will-always-be-lsu-vs-the-world-us-athlete-joins-shacarri-richardson-mondo-duplantis-and-others-in-reacting-to-their-college-legacy/|website=Essentially Sports|accessdate=10 May 2024|title= "It Will Always Be LSU vs the World": Us Athlete Joins Sha’Carri Richardson, Mondo Duplantis and Others in Reacting to Their College Legacy|date=12 September 2023}}</ref>
==Career== In May 2023, in Jacksonville at the NCAA East trials he ran a wind-assisted 9.96 seconds 100 metres.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu.jacksonville.com/story/sports/college/track-field/2023/05/26/ncaa-track-field-2023-friday-east-preliminary-meet-at-unf/70244467007/|website=Jacksonville.com|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= NCAA track: 10 runners break 10 seconds in 100 at UNF; Tennessee hurdler injured|first=Clayton|last=Freeman|date=27 May 2023}}</ref> His LSU 4x100m relay team college record of 37.90 seconds at the SEC Championship in Baton Rouge in June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/sec-men-record-relays-shine-hibbert-flies/|website=Track and Field News|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= SEC Men — Record Relays Shine, Hibbert Flies|date=June 2023|first= Howard|last= Willman}}</ref> He also qualified for the individual 100 metres at the NCAA Championships held in Texas in June 2023.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.flotrack.org/articles/11001566-2023-ncaa-outdoor-championships-qualifiers|website=flotrack.org|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= 2023 NCAA Outdoor Championships Qualifiers|date=25 May 2023}}</ref> At the event, the LSU 4x100m relay team consisting of Hicklin, Dorian Camel, Da'Marcus Fleming and Godson Oghenebrume won the gold medal.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.tigerrag.com/crowning-glory-lsus-4x100-relay-awarded-national-title-after-texas-techs-disqualification/|website=Tigerrag|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= LSU’s 4×100 relay awarded national title after Texas Tech’s disqualification| date=June 10, 2023|first=William|last=Weathers }}</ref>
Hicklin officially broke the 10-second barrier for the first time when he ran 9.94 seconds for the 100 metres at the LSU Invitational, in Baton Rouge, on April 27, 2024.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsweekly.com/event-reports/british-hurdlers-in-winning-form-in-usa-overseas-round-up-1039977880/|website=Athletics Weekly|accessdate=12 May 2024|title= British hurdlers in winning form in USA – overseas round-up|first= Steve |last=Smythe |date= April 30, 2024}}</ref> He made his Diamond League debut in the Rabat on 19 May 2024 and finished fourth in the 100 metres in 10.26 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/5475/rabat-marrakech-diamond-league-2024-results |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=20 May 2024|title= Rabat/Marrakech Diamond League 2024 - Results|date=19 May 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://rabat.diamondleague.com/programme-resultats-rabat/?eventId=6a3624be-da4e-4a19-9ade-c03f8a54b765&eventStart=2024-05-19T20%3A22%3A00%2B01%3A00&tx_diamondrace_diamondleaguestatistics%5Baction%5D=showEntries&tx_diamondrace_diamondleaguestatistics%5Bcontroller%5D=DiamondLeagueStatistics&cHash=2bb020932cb99edb168260a709480e8c|website=Rabat.diamondleague|accessdate=12 May 2024|title=100m Hommes}}</ref> He finished third at the 2024 Prefontaine Classic in the 100 metres in 10.08 seconds.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2024/05/2024-prefontaine-classic-shacarri-richardson-wins-big-joe-kovacs-throws-far-and-keely-hodgkinson-crushes-mary-moraa/|website=Lets Run|accessdate=26 May 2024|title= 2024 Prefontaine Classic: Sha’Carri Richardson Wins Big, Joe Kovacs Throws Far and Keely Hodgkinson Crushes Mary Moraa|date=25 May 2024 }}</ref>
On 26 April he ran 9.93 seconds (+1.8 m/s) in Clermont, Florida.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7224104?eventId=10229630|website=World Athletics|accessdate=2 May 2025|title= PURE Athletics Spring Invitational|date=26 April 2025}}</ref> He was brought in as a late replacement for Fred Kerley at the 2025 Grand Slam Track event in Miami on 2 May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://runningmagazine.ca/the-scene/u-s-olympic-medallist-arrested-again-in-miami/|website=Running Magazine|accessdate=3 May 2025|title= U.S. Olympic medallist arrested again in Miami|first=Anne|last=Francis|date=2 May 2025}}</ref>
He was named in the American team for the 2025 World Athletics Relays in Guangzhou, China in May 2025.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-relays/guangzhou25/news/news/usa-team-guangzhou-25 |title= Global medallists on US team for World Relays in Guangzhou |website=world athletics|accessdate=24 April 2025|date=24 April 2025}}</ref> He ran as part of the men's 4x100m relay team which won their heat and qualified a team for the World Championships before placing second overall. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6609/men-s-4x100-metres-relay-world-athletics-relays-championships-2025 | website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=13 May 2025|date=11 May 2025|title= Men's 4x100 Metres Relay - World Athletics Relays Championships 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://trackalerts.com/2025/05/jamaica-qualifies-two-of-six-teams-for-finals-at-world-relays-guangzhou-25/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=10 May 2025|title= Jamaica Qualifies Two of Six Teams for Finals at World Relays Guangzhou 25|first=Anthony|last=Foster|date=10 May 2025}}</ref> Later that month, he finished fifth in the 100 metres at the 2025 Meeting International Mohammed VI d'Athlétisme de Rabat, part of the 2025 Diamond League.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6666/results-rabat-diamond-league-2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=28 May 2025|title= Results - Rabat Diamond League 2025|date= 25 May 2025}}</ref> He finished fourth in 10.04 seconds in the 100 metres at the Diamond League event at the 2025 Golden Gala in Rome on 6 June 2025 and fourth in 9.98 seconds in the 100 metres at the 2025 Prefontaine Classic on 5 July.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6792/results-eugene-diamond-league-pre-classic-2025 |website=Watch Athletics Weekly|accessdate=6 July 2025|title= Results - Eugene Diamond League - Pre Classic 2025 |date=5 July 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6705/results-rome-diamond-league-golden-gala-2025#google_vignette |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=7 June 2025|title= Results - Rome Diamond League Golden Gala 2025 |date=6 June 2025}}</ref> He reached the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the 2025 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.<ref>{{cite web|title= Men's 100m Results - USATF Outdoor Championships 2025|website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=1 August 2025|url=https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6869/men-s-100m-results-usatf-outdoor-championships-2025#google_vignette}}</ref> He placed fifth in 10.09 seconds in the 100 metres at the Diamond League Final in Zurich on 28 August.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.watchathletics.com/page/6951/results-zurich-diamond-league-weltklasse-2025 |website=Watch Athletics|accessdate=29 August 2025|date=28 August 2025|first=Jasmine|last=Collett|title= Results - Weltklasse Zurich Diamond League 2025}}</ref>
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