Zandrion Barnes
Jamaican athlete (born 2001)
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Zandrion Barnes (born 17 August 2001) is a Jamaican track and field athlete who competes over 400 metres.[1]
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Zandrion Barnes in 2023 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Nationality | Jamaican | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 17 August 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Athletics | |||||||||||||||||
Event | Sprint | |||||||||||||||||
| College team | GC Foster College | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | SprinTec | |||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Maurice Wilson | |||||||||||||||||
| Achievements and titles | ||||||||||||||||||
| Personal bests | 400m: 44.90 (Kingston, 2023) | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life
Barnes attended Manchester High School in Manchester, Jamaica where he won the DaCosta Cup in the 400 metres. Then, he got an athletics scholarship to attend GC Foster College in St. Catherine, Jamaica.[2]
Career
Barnes reached final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican national championship in Kingston in 2023.[3] In June 2023, he ran a new personal best 400m time of 44.90 and followed this up by winning his first ever overseas event, in New York.[4] He also won the following month in Trinidad and Tobago.[5]
Barnes was selected for the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest in 2023, where he qualified for the semi-finals.[6][7]
In April 2024, he was selected as part of the Jamiacan team for the 2024 World Athletics Relays in Nassau, The Bahamas.[8] He competed in the mixed 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[9][10]
In April 2025, he won ahead of Khaleb McRae in the men’s 400m at the Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa in a time of 45.29 seconds.[11] He competed at the 2025 World Athletics Relays in China in the Men's 4 × 400 metres relay in May 2025.[12][13] He reached the final of the 400 metres at the Jamaican Athletics Championships in June 2025.[14] He was a gold medalist at the 2025 NACAC Championships in Freeport, The Bahamas in both the mixed 4x400 metres relay and men's 400 metres relay.[15][16] He was selected for the Jamaican relay team for the 2025 World Athletics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, running in the mixed 4 × 400 metres relay.[17][18]
Barnes was named in the Jamaica team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games.[19]
Statistics
| Grand Slam Track results[20] | |||||
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| Slam | Race group | Event | Pl. | Time | Prize money |
| 2025 Kingston Slam | Long sprints | 400 m | 8th | DQ | US$10,000 |
| 200 m | 21.59 | ||||
