Marcellus Moore
{{Short description|American sprinter}}
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| pb = 60m: 6.56 (New York, 2025)
100m: 10.05 (Eugene, 2024)
200m: 20.39 (Austin, 2022)
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Marcellus Moore (born 30 June 2002) is an American sprinter.{{cite web|url= https://worldathletics.org/athletes/united-states/marcellus-moore-14774741|title=Marcellus Moore|website=World Athletics|accessdate=8 February 2025}}
Early and personal life
From Illinois, he attended Plainfield North High School. He finished high school early in January 2020 to enter the collegiate system, only to have the start of his collegiate days hampered by an inability to compete due to the Covid-19 pandemic.{{cite web|url= https://www.milesplit.com/articles/277694/marcellus-moore-was-given-the-worst-beat-imaginable|website=Mile Split|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= Marcellus Moore Was Given The Worst Beat Imaginable|first=
Cory |last=Mull|date=Mar 26, 2020}}{{cite web|url= https://www.runnerspace.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=557622|website=Runnerpace|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= MARCELLUS MOORE, ATHING MU EARN PERFORMANCE OF THE WEEK HONORS|date=January 8, 2019}}
Career
As a 17 year-old, he ran 6.69 seconds for the 60 metres, and 21.01 seconds for the 200 metres indoors.{{cite web|url= https://www.hammerandrails.com/2020/7/22/21334196/freshman-football-spotlight-marcellus-moore|website=Hammerandrails|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= Freshman Football Spotlight: Marcellus Moore|date=12 July 2020}} The 60 metres time set a new under-18 world best.{{cite web|title=All time Top lists – 60 Metres Men|url=https://www.worldathletics.org/records/all-time-toplists/sprints/60-metres/indoor/men/u18?regionType=world&timing=electronic&page=1&bestResultsOnly=true&firstDay=1900-01-01&lastDay=2020-08-26|website=World Athletics|access-date=9 February 2025}} Alongside Arian Smith, Justin Ofotan, and Matthew Boling he won gold at the 2019 Pan American U20 Athletics Championships for the United States in the 4x100m relay.{{cite web|website=Runnerspace|accessdate=9 February 2025|url=https://www.runnerspace.com/news.php?news_id=581335|title= Americans Roll to World U-20 Men's 4x100 Relay Record at Pan American U-20 Championships|date=July 21, 2019}}
He was a dual-sport athlete at Purdue University, combining track and field with playing as a wide receiver in American Football for the Purdue Boilermakers. He later transferred to the University of Texas in December 2021 and concentrated on sprinting.{{cite web|url=https://thedailytexan.com/2023/02/20/marcellus-moores-decision-to-transfer-is-paying-off/|website=The Daily Texan|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= Marcellus Moore’s decision to transfer is paying off|date=20 February 2023}} He finished third at the Big 12 Championships over 100 metres in 2023, running 10.17 seconds behind Courtney Lindsey and Terrence Jones.{{cite web|url= https://sportsmax.tv/?view=article&id=119494&catid=2|website=SportsMax|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= Julien Alfred, Demisha Roswell defend 100m, 100m hurdles titles, respectively, at 2023 Big 12 Championships|first= Leighton|last= Levy|date=4 May 2023}}
He ran 10.05 seconds to place fifteenth overall in the semi-finals of the 100 metres at the US Olympic Trials in Eugene, Oregon in June 2024.{{cite web|url= https://www.ncaa.com/news/trackfield-outdoor-women/olympics-2024/2024-07-01/how-ncaa-track-and-field-student-athletes-performed-us-trials?amp|website=ncaa.com|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= How NCAA track and field student-athletes performed at U.S. Olympic trials|first=Stan|last=Becton|date=1 July 2024}}
He ran a personal best 6.56 seconds for the 60 metres to win the Millrose Games in New York City on 8 February 2025, finishing ahead of Trayvon Bromell.{{cite web|url= https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/articles/cj91gyly7e7o.amp|website=BBC Sport|title= Britain's Bell wins mile race at Millrose meeting|date=8 February 2025|accessdate=9 February 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.pulsesports.ng/athletics/story/jacious-sears-storms-to-60m-world-lead-as-marcellus-moore-stuns-travon-bromell-at-millrose-games-2025020822575334016|website=Pulse Sports|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= Jacious Sears storms to 60m World Lead as Marcellus Moore stuns Travon Bromell at Millrose Games|date=8 February 2025}}{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcsports.com/watch/olympics/marcellus-moore-holds-off-trayvon-bromell-to-win-mens-60m-at-millrose|website=nbcsports|accessdate=9 February 2025|title= Moore holds off Bromell in men's 60m at Millrose|date=February 8, 2025}} He finished fourth in 6.59 seconds the 2025 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.{{cite web|url= https://www.letsrun.com/news/2025/02/2025-usa-indoors-mens-recap-josh-hoey-rips-143-24-ar-to-move-to-2-all-time-hobbs-kessler-doubles-up/|website=Lets Run|accessdate=24 Feb 2025|title= 2025 USA Indoors Men’s Recap: Josh Hoey Rips 1:43.24 AR to Move to #2 All-Time, Hobbs Kessler Doubles Up|date=23 Feb 2025|first=Jonathan|last=Gault}} On 29 March 2025 at the Texas Relays, he ran a wind assisted 9.97 in the men's 100 meters (+3.6).{{Cite web |title=DyeStat.com - News - Brynn King, Arkansas Women's 4x800 Break Collegiate Records at Texas Relays |url=https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup_id=44531&do=news&news_id=671400 |access-date=2025-03-30 |website=www.runnerspace.com}}
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