{{Short description|Jamaican athlete (born 1995)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Tyler Mason | birth_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = Jamaican | sport = Athletics | event = Hurdles | club = Elite Performance | coach = Reynaldo Walcott | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1995|11|15|df=yes}} | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | height = | weight = | pb = '''60m hurdles''': 7.65 (Fayetteville, 2024)<br>'''110m hurdles''': 13.12 (Kingston, 2023) <br> '''100m''': 10.15 (Kingston, 2026) | medaltemplates= {{Medal|Sport|Men's athletics}} {{Medal|Country|{{Flagu|Jamaica}}}} {{Medal|Competition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Bronze|2025 Tokyo|110 m hurdles}} {{Medal|Competition|World Junior Championships}} {{Medal|Silver|2014 Oregon|110 m hurdles}} {{MedalCompetition | NACAC U23 Championships}} {{MedalBronze | 2016 San Salvador|100 m hurdles}} }}
'''Tyler Mason''' (born 15 November 1995) is a Jamaican sprinter who specialises in the 110m and 60m hurdles. He was the bronze medalist over 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/jamaica/tyler-mason-14413634 |title=Tyler Mason|accessdate=24 February 2024|website=worldathletics.org}}</ref>
==Career== ===Junior career=== At the 2014 ISSA Boys and Girls Championships, he finished second behind Jaheel Hyde in the Class one 110 metres hurdles. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.teamja.org/archives/7769|title= 2014 ISSA Boys & Girls Champs FINAL DAY round up admin March 30, 2014|accessdate= 2026-05-19}}</ref>
Mason was a silver medalist at the 2014 World Junior Championships in Athletics in the 110 metres hurdles in Eugene, Oregon. His time of 13.05 seconds beat the Jamaican national junior record of Omar McLeod set the previous year. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://radiojamaicanewsonline.com/sports/silver-medal-to-tyler-mason-in-110m-hurdles-at-world-junior-championships|website=Radio Jamaica News Online|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Silver medal to Tyler Mason in 110m hurdles at World Junior Championships|date=July 24, 2014}}</ref>
In 2016, Mason won the bronze medal at the 2016 NACAC U23 Championships in Athletics in the 110 m hurdles, running 13.67 seconds to finish fourth on the day, later upgraded to a bronze medal after Puerto Rican race winner Will Barnes was disqualified due to a antidoping rules violation.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.trackalerts.com/2016/07/gordon-breaks-one-of-six-records-on-day-2-nacacu23-champs/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Gordon breaks one of six records on Day 2 #NACACU23 Champs|date=July 17, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://eu.record-courier.com/story/news/2016/09/01/ex-ksu-track-star-disqualified/19960256007/|website=Record Courier|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Ex-KSU track star disqualified from 2016 Olympics|first=Allen|last=Moff |date=1 September 2016}}</ref>
===Senior career=== '''2017 - 2022'''
For most of his senior career thus far, he was beset with injuries that made him unable to perform or stalled his performance at competitions. However, both him and his coach continued to work on different training programs to attain maximum execution. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.jamaicaobserver.com/2025/02/14/mason-focused-making-jamaicas-world-championships-team/|title= Mason focused on making Jamaica's world Championship team|accessdate= 2026-05-19}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20250917/decade-long-wait-was-worth-it-mason|title= Decade long wait was worth it Mason Updated December 9 2025|accessdate= 2026-05-19}}</ref>
'''2023'''
In July 2023, Mason finished fourth at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston in the 110 metres hurdles in 13.22 seconds. Shortly afterwards, he finished third at the Diamond League event in Silesia in 13.29 seconds.<ref> {{cite web| website=Sportsmax|accessdate=24 February 2024|url=https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-international/item/124028-tyler-mason-takes-third-in-110m-hurdles-in-silesia|title= Tyler Mason takes third in 110m hurdles in Silesia|first=Leighton|last=Levy |date=July 16, 2023}}</ref>
The following month, competing in Bern, Switzerland he ran a meet record 13.22 seconds to win the 110m hurdles event at the Citrus meeting at the Wankdorf Stadium.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20230807/mason-clocks-meet-record-1322-110m-hurdles-win|date=7 August 2023|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Mason clocks meet record 13.22 in 110m hurdles win|website=Jamaica Gleaner}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.trackalerts.com/2023/08/tyler-mason-sets-new-mark-amoi-brown-achieves-pb-rasheen-mcdonald-takes-2nd-in-400m-at-citius-meeting/|website=Track Alerts|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Tyler Mason Sets New Mark, Amoi Brown Achieves PB, Rasheen McDonald Takes 2nd in 400m at Citius Meeting|first=Anthony|last=Foster|date=August 4, 2023}}</ref> He was named as an alternate for the Jamaican team which competed at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://athleticsja.org/jamaicas-team-for-the-2023-world-championships-in-budapest-hungary/|website=Athleticsja.org|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Jamaica’s Team for the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary|date=3 August 2023}}</ref>
'''2024'''
In February 2024, he ran a new personal best 60m hurdles time of 7.65 seconds as he finished runner-up to compatriot Rasheed Broadbell in Fayetteville, Arkansas.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/item/140107-broadbell-clayton-pryce-among-winners-at-tyson-invitational-in-fayetteville|website=SportsMax|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Broadbell, Clayton, Pryce among winners at Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville|date=10 February 2024}}</ref> He was subsequently selected to run for Jamaica at the 2024 World Athletics Indoor Championships in Glasgow where he did not qualify to the semifinals running 7.86 in the heats for 6th place. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competitions/world-athletics-indoor-championships/world-athletics-indoor-championships-7180312/results/men/60-metres-hurdles/round-1/result|title= 60 metres hurdles men 02 march 2024 results|accessdate= 2026-05-19}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/141224-ackeem-blake-shashalee-forbes-lead-jamaica-s-19-member-team-to-world-indoors|website=Sportsmax|accessdate=24 February 2024|title= Ackeem Blake, Shashalee Forbes lead Jamaica's 19-member team to World Indoors|date= February 23, 2024}}</ref> In July 2024, he was officially selected as a reserve for the Jamaican team at the 2024 Paris Olympics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sportsmax.tv/athletics/athletics-regional/item/149220-jaaa-announces-star-studded-team-for-2024-paris-olympic-games|website=Sportsmax.tv|accessdate=8 July 2024|title= JAAA announces star-studded team for 2024 Paris Olympic Games|first=Leighton|last=Levy|date=July 7, 2024}}</ref>
'''2025'''
Mason ran 13.22 seconds for the 100m hurdles to finish third overall at the 2025 Jamaican Athletics Championships in Kingston on 29 June 2025.<ref>{{cite web|accessdate=30 June 2025|url= https://sportsmax.tv/athletics/mixed-emotions-for-bennett-on-winning-national-title-after-broadbells-injury-blow |title= Mixed Emotions for Bennett On Winning National Title After Broadbell’s Injury Blow |first=Leighton |last=Levy|date=30 June 2025}}</ref> After being selected for the Jamaican team he won the bronze medal over 110 metres hurdles at the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, having equalled his personal best time of 13.12 seconds in both the semi-final and the final.<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><ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/competition/calendar-results/results/7190593?eventId=10229611&gender=M |website=World Athletics|accessdate=16 September 2025|title= World Athletics Championships, Tokyo 2025|date=16 Sep 2025 }}</ref>
'''2026'''
At the Velocity Fest 19 in Kingston on April 19, he clocked a personal best 10.15s (+1.4) in the 100 metres improving from 10.71s in 2023. <ref>{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/-/14413634|title= athlete profile personal bests progression|accessdate= 2026-05-19}}</ref>
==Personal life== Mason grew up in Kingston, and he attended Jamaica College in Kingston.<ref>{{cite web|website=Jamaica Gleaner|accessdate=24 February 2024|date=24 July 2014|url=https://jamaica-gleaner.com/power/54417|title= ATHLETICS: Tyler Mason goes in search of Jamaica's first medal at World Junior}}</ref>
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mason, Tyler}} Category:1995 births Category:Living people Category:Jamaican men hurdlers Category:21st-century Jamaican sportsmen Category:Athletes (track and field) at the 2015 Pan American Games Category:World Athletics Championships medalists Category:World Athletics Championships athletes for Jamaica