{"id":10240,"date":"2018-09-16T20:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-17T00:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=10240"},"modified":"2018-09-16T16:07:42","modified_gmt":"2018-09-16T20:07:42","slug":"remember-that-name-t-c-alumnus-noah-lyles-earns-double-gold","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=10240","title":{"rendered":"Remember that Name! T.C. Alumnus Noah Lyles Earns Double Gold"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p>Titan pride ran strong this week when T.C. Williams 2016 graduate Noah Lyles earned a gold medal in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iaaf.org\/competitions\/iaaf-continental-cup\/iaaf-continental-cup-ostrava-2018-6020\/news\/report\/men\/100-metres\/final\">men\u2019s 100-meter\u00a0dash IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Continental Cup Ostrava 2018<\/a> in Czech Republic, where he represented the Americas. Lyles also took gold as part of the men&#8217;s relay team, ending his break-out season on a high note.<\/p>\n<p>Lyles came from behind in the 100-meter race to edge ahead of Su Bingtian of China by .02 seconds as they edged towards the finish line. The week prior, Lyles won a second successive Diamond League 200-meter in Zurich at 19.67, one-hundredth of a second off world record holder Usain Bolt&#8217;s meet record.\u00a0This marks the fourth time in one season that Lyles has come in under 19.7, a feat matched only by Usain Bolt, described as the world&#8217;s\u00a0fastest man. Lyles is currently the 300-meter indoor world record holder with a time of 31.7 at the 2017 U.S. Indoor Championships.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LylesNoah?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@lylesnoah<\/a>. Remember the name.<\/p>\n<p>For the second year in a row, the American sprinting phenom is the IAAF Diamond League 200M champion. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ShKJP6PCjZ\">pic.twitter.com\/ShKJP6PCjZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NBCOlympics\/status\/1035256507879829506?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 30, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\nThe <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Track_and_field\">track and field<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sprint_(running)\">sprinter,<\/a>\u00a0along with his brother Josephus who is also a 2016 graduate, turned pro after graduating from T.C. and signed with Adidas. Lyles just missed a spot on the 2016 Olympic Track and Field team in 2016, placing fourth at 200 meters at 20.09, breaking the 31-year-old American high school record. But, midway to the summer Olympics of 2018, Lyles is seen as\u00a0the sprinter to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Since he left T.C., Lyles has continued to compete internationally holding personal bests of 9.88 seconds for the 100-meter dash and 19.65 seconds for the 200-meter dash. In June, Lyles earned his first national title at the USATF Outdoor Championships\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">\u00a0where he outran a sprinter who was previously undefeated in the 100 this year\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">\u2014<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1.4rem;\">\u00a0to win his first national title and became the youngest to win the 100 meters since 1984.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>View the historic win and celebratory dance.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YV5s4svaiDs\" width=\"1152\" height=\"648\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Read more about Noah Lyles and brother Josephus, who placed sixth at the U.S.A. Track and Field Nationals,\u00a0and their track and field legacy at T.C. Williams.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=5247\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">T.C. Grad Breaks World Track Record<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=2387\">Lyles Brothers Focus on the Olympics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.acpsk12.org\/news\/?p=617\">Noah Lyles Named 2015 Track and Field Athlete of the Year<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>T.C. Williams 2016 graduate Noah Lyles took first place in the men\u2019s 100 meter IAAF (International Association of Athletics Federations) Continental Cup Ostrava 2018 last Sunday. 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