Cravont Charleston \u201920, a five-time ACC champion as a sprinter for NC State, shocked the track world in July when he won the 100-meter race at the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charleston edged out Christian Coleman, the 2019 world champion, in a time of 9.95 seconds to claim his first national title. Charleston had never reached the finals in previous national and NCAA competitions. \u201cMy goodness, the 25-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, is a national champion and has rocked the sprinting world,\u201d an announcer from NBC Sports said during the broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the race, Charleston told reporters that his training had prepared him for the moment. \u201cIt feels great,\u201d he said. \u201cIt took a while. . . it\u2019s about time. It\u2019s God\u2019s timing, right, but I kind of knew I could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false,"raw":"\n\n\n\n\n
Cravont Charleston \u201920, a five-time ACC champion as a sprinter for NC State, shocked the track world in July when he won the 100-meter race at the USA Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Ore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Charleston edged out Christian Coleman, the 2019 world champion, in a time of 9.95 seconds to claim his first national title. Charleston had never reached the finals in previous national and NCAA competitions. \u201cMy goodness, the 25-year-old from Charlotte, North Carolina, is a national champion and has rocked the sprinting world,\u201d an announcer from NBC Sports said during the broadcast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the race, Charleston told reporters that his training had prepared him for the moment. \u201cIt feels great,\u201d he said. \u201cIt took a while. . . it\u2019s about time. It\u2019s God\u2019s timing, right, but I kind of knew I could do it.\u201d<\/p>\n"},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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