Hinchliffe becomes first Briton to win 100m NCAA title

British sprinter Louie Hinchliffe has go nan first European to triumph nan men's 100m astatine nan NCAA Championships.

The 21-year-old, from Sheffield, ran 9.95 seconds successful Eugene, Oregon, to declare nan US collegiate title.

That is nan sixth fastest clip by a Briton, nan ninth fastest successful nan world this twelvemonth and nan fastest by a European.

Hinchliffe races for nan University of Houston, wherever nine-time Olympic champion Carl Lewis is caput coach.

"I sewage retired difficult and it was benignant of level, my shape astir apt wasn't nan best, but I gave everything to get to that statement [first]," said Hinchliffe.

He is group to compete astatine nan UK Championships successful Manchester later this month, which enactment arsenic nan British tests for this summer's Paris Olympics.

Hinchliffe won nan English nationalist title successful 2022 and spent nan 2023 play pinch Washington State earlier transferring to Houston to activity pinch Lewis.

Coming into 2024, his individual champion was 10.17, but he has gradually improved it this twelvemonth and ran a wind-assisted 9.84 successful nan NCAA regionals 2 weeks ago.