Kelly Willie

Willie (foreground) being interviewed by Dwight Stones in 2006

Personal information

Full name

Kelly Jeromy Willie

Born

September 7, 1982 (age 34)
Houston, Texas, U.S.

Medal record

Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
	2004 Athens	4x400 m relay
World Indoor Championships
	2008 Valencia	4x400 m relay

Kelly Jeromy Willie (born September 7, 1982) is an American former track and field athlete who specialized in the 400-meter dash.

Born and raised in Houston, Texas, he attended Sterling High School and competed in track while there. Willie attended Louisiana State University and ran for their LSU Tigers team, being a three-time NCAA champion in the relay and the 400 m runner-up in 2004. He ran for the American 4×400-meter relay team at the 2004 Olympics, but only in the qualifying heats as Otis Harris and Jeremy Wariner were rested to be fully fit for the final.^[1]

With strong American 400 metre runners like Andrew Rock, Derrick Brew, Darold Williamson and Wariner (who constituted the gold-winning relay team at the 2005 World Championships), and even LaShawn Merritt, Jamel Ashley and Terry Gatson, Willie has faced extremely tough competition in terms of qualifying for major international events where only three participants from each state are allowed.^[2]

References

Kelly Willie profile at IAAF
"Kelly Willie". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.

2004 USA Olympic Track & Field Team

Qualification	2004 United States Olympic Trials (track and field)

Men's track & road athletes	Abdihakem Abdirahman Bennie Brazell Derrick Brew Tim Broe Dan Browne James Carter Curt Clausen Shawn Crawford Alan Culpepper Philip Dunn Kevin Eastler Anthony Famiglietti Robert Gary Justin Gatlin Maurice Greene Charlie Gruber Otis Harris Allen Johnson Jonathan Johnson Meb Keflezighi Daniel Lincoln Coby Miller John Nunn Darvis Patton Derrick Peterson Jonathon Riley Dathan Ritzenhein Grant Robison Khadevis Robinson Andrew Rock Duane Ross Tim Seaman Angelo Taylor Terrence Trammell Jeremy Wariner Alan Webb Bernard Williams Darold Williamson Kelly Willie

Men's field athletes	Kenta Bell Bryan Clay Walter Davis John Godina Breaux Greer Tora Harris Matt Hemingway Reese Hoffa A. G. Kruger Melvin Lister Timothy Mack Casey Malone Derek Miles John Moffitt Adam Nelson Jamie Nieto Tom Pappas James Parker Dwight Phillips Jarred Rome Toby Stevenson Paul Terek Ian Waltz

Women's track & road athletes	Hazel Clark Jearl Miles Clark LaTasha Colander Crystal Cox Shayne Culpepper Colleen De Reuck Lashinda Demus Gail Devers Elva Dryer Allyson Felix Shalane Flanagan Joanna Hayes Monique Henderson Monique Hennagan Sheena Johnson Marion Jones Deena Kastor Muna Lee LaShauntea Moore Melissa Morrison Kate O'Neill Jennifer Rhines Sanya Richards Moushaumi Robinson Marla Runyan Brenda Taylor Nicole Teter Carrie Tollefson DeeDee Trotter Teresa Vaill Angela Williams Lauryn Williams

Women's field athletes	Amy Acuff Stephanie Brown Shelia Burrell Stacy Dragila Laura Gerraughty Erin Gilreath Kristin Heaston Aretha Hill Chaunté Howard Tiombe Hurd Jackie Jeschelnig Marion Jones Kim Kreiner Tiffany Lott-Hogan Anna Mahon Yuliana Pérez Michelle Perry Rose Richmond Jillian Schwartz Seilala Sua Kellie Suttle Grace Upshaw Tisha Waller

Coaches	—

Olympic champions in men's 4×400 m relay

Medley	1908 Hamilton, Cartmell, Taylor, Sheppard (USA)

4 × 400 m	1912 Sheppard, Lindberg, Meredith, Reidpath (USA) 1920 Griffiths, Lindsay, Ainsworth-Davis, Butler (GBR) 1924 Cochran, Helffrich, MacDonald, Stevenson (USA) 1928 Baird, Spencer, Alderman, Barbuti (USA) 1932 Fuqua, Ablowich, Warner, Carr (USA) 1936 Wolff, Rampling, Roberts, Brown (GBR) 1948 Harnden, Bourland, Cochran, Whitfield (USA) 1952 Wint, Laing, McKenley, Rhoden (JAM) 1956 Jenkins, Jones, Mashburn, Courtney (USA) 1960 Yerman, Young, G. Davis, O. Davis (USA) 1964 Cassell, Larrabee, Williams, Carr (USA) 1968 Matthews, Freeman, James, Evans (USA) 1972 Asati, Nyamau, Ouko, Sang (KEN) 1976 Frazier, Brown, Newhouse, Parks (USA) 1980 Valiulis, Linge, Chernetskiy, Markin (URS) 1984 Nix, Armstead, Babers, McKay (USA) 1988 Everett, Lewis, Robinzine, Reynolds, McKay, Valmon (USA) 1992 Valmon, Watts, Johnson, Lewis, Hall, Jenkins (USA) 1996 Smith, Harrison, Mills, Maybank, Rouser (USA) 2000 Chukwu, Monye, Bada, Udo-Obong, Awazie, Gadzama (NGR) 2004 Harris, Brew, Wariner, Williamson, Rock, Willie (USA) 2008 Merritt, Taylor, Neville, Wariner, Clement, Witherspoon (USA) 2012 Brown, Pinder, Mathieu, Miller (BAH) 2016 Hall, McQuay, Roberts, Merritt, Clemons, Verburg (USA)

World Indoor Champions in Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

1991: Germany (Lieder, Carlowitz, Just, Schönlebe)
1993: USA (Hall, Irvin, Rouser, Everett)
1995: USA (Tolbert, Davis, Long, Atwater)
1997: USA (Rouser, Everett, Maye, Minor)
1999: USA (Morris, Johnson, Minor, Campbell)
2001: Poland (Rysiukiewicz, Haczek, Bocian, Maćkowiak)
2003: USA (Davis, Young, Campbell, Washington)
2004: Jamaica (Haughton, Colquhoun, McDonald, Clarke)
2006: USA (Washington, Merritt, Campbell, Spearmon)
2008: USA (Davis, Torrance, Nixon, Willie)
2010: USA (Torrance, Nixon, Tate, Jackson)
2012: USA (Wright, Smith Jr., Mitchell, Roberts)
2014: USA (Clemons, Verburg, Butler III, Smith Jr., Parros, Babineaux)
2016: USA (Clemons, Smith Jr., Giesting, Norwood)

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