KERLEY Fred

World Athletics Championships

Year	Location	400m	4 x 400m
2019	Doha, QAT	3rd (44.17)	1st (2:56.69)
2017	London, GBR	7th (45.23)	2nd (2:58.61)

World Relays

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2019	Yokohama, JPN	8th (DQ)

Diamond League overview - Three best ranks per season and event since 2017

Year	100m	200m	400m
2021	1 x 5th, 1 x 6th	-	1 x 3rd
2019	-	-	1 x 1st, 1 x 2nd, 1 x 3rd
2018	-	-	3 x 1st, 1 x 4th
2017	-	1 x 2nd, 1 x 4th	-

Diamond League - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
1	2019	400m	Shanghai, CHN	44.81
1	2018	400m	Zurich, SUI	44.80
1	2018	400m	Birmingham, GBR	45.54
1	2018	400m	Rome, ITA	44.33
2	2019	400m	Brussels, BEL	44.46
2	2017	200m	London, GBR	20.24
3	2021	400m	Doha, QAT	44.60
3	2019	400m	Stanford, CA, USA	45.33
4	2018	400m	Shanghai, CHN	44.71
4	2017	200m	Rabat, MAR	20.27

World Athletics Continental Tour - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
1	2021	100m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	9.96
1	2021	400m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Hengelo, NED	44.74
2	2021	200m	World Athletics Continental Tour	Ostrava, CZE	20.27

World Challenge - Ten best performances since 2020

Rank	Year	Event	Competition	Location	Result
3	2018	200m	World Challenge	Hengelo, NED	20.43
7	2018	200m	World Challenge	Zagreb, CRO	21.07

World Indoor Championships

Year	Location	4 x 400m
2018	Birmingham, GBR	2nd (3:01.97)

Legend
SF - Semifinal, QF - Quarterfinal, 1R - 1st Round, Qual. - Qualification, QR - Qualification Round, DNF - Did Not Finish, DNS - Did Not Start, DQ - Disqualified, NM - No Mark, [Relay athlete without time] - Did not run in final

Athlete

Agricultural Studies, History, Sport Management - Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, USA

One daughter

English

Alleyne Francique [personal], GRN

His cousin Jeremy Kerley has played as a wide receiver in the NFL for the Buffalo Bills and New York Jets. His younger brother Mylik has represented the United States of America in athletics and won gold in the 4 x 400m relay at the 2019 World Relays in Yokohama, Japan. (Mylik Kerley YouTube channel, 31 Mar 2019; fkerley.com, 27 Jul 2019; SportsDeskOnline, 05 Mar 2020)

He suffered a hamstring injury in 2018, causing him to miss two months of that season. (trackandfieldnews.com, Apr 2019)

He suffered a quad injury during his sophomore year [2014/15] at South Plains College in Levelland, TX, United States of America. (trackandfieldnews.com, Apr 2019)

He suffered a broken collarbone during his senior year of high school. (worldathletics.org, 23 Dec 2018)

He began practising athletics seriously in his senior year at Taylor High School in Texas, United States of America. (trackandfieldnews.com, Apr 2019; fkerley.com, 27 Jul 2019)

He was originally involved in American football and basketball before he decided to switch to athletics. "I probably would have been playing basketball elsewhere if it wasn't for a broken collarbone. Once I finished playing basketball in high school I focused on track in my senior year." (worldathletics.org, 23 Dec 2018)

To run the 400m in under 43 seconds. (trackandfieldnews.com, 01 Apr 2019)

Finishing seventh at the 2017 World Championships in London, England. (trackandfieldnews.com, 01 Apr 2019)

Coach Alleyne Francique. (trackandfieldnews.com, 01 Apr 2019)

"I am history." (Instagram profile, 12 Feb 2020)