Lattin a dual threat in the hurdles

In 2016, Amere Lattin qualified for the NCAA Outdoor Championships in both the 110m hurdles and 400m hurdles. He ended up placing fifth in the 100H final with a time of 13.80s.

His performance earned Lattin the chance to represent the United States at the IAAF World U20 Championships that summer. There he won a silver medal in the 110H, but once he came back to Houston his entire mindset has been on getting back to Oregon.

"It makes me keep my head down, keep grinding," Lattin said on his performance at the NCAA Championships. "Becuase I'm fifth I'm not first. And when I become first I still won't rest, I've got to keep it. It makes me keep shooting for what I want, which is to be an NCAA champion."

In his freshman season, Lattin used the success of winning the AAC Outdoor 110H and 400H championships to propel himself onto the national stage.

In his sophomore campaign, Lattin was coming off an indoor season where he earned a trip to the NCAA National Championship. There he only just missed out on the 60m hurdles final with the tenth fastest preliminary time.

Lattin nearly replicated his success at the outdoor conference meet from one year ago. The only difference was he did not run in the 4x400m relay this season. But Lattin did successfully defend his individual titles.

In the preliminaries he easily had the fastest times in both the 110H and 400H, 13.79s and 50.81s respectively. On the day of the final Lattin did not match his times, running 14.03s and 50.95s, but he was still almost two seconds faster than the next best runner in the 400H.

Now Lattin has moved his focus to the NCAA West Regional. He comes into the meet with the No. 10 mark in the 110H, 13.73s, and No. 14 in the 400H, 50.81s. Both times are personal bests for Lattin.

He had also qualified for the men's 200m but decided to focus on the hurdles. Regardless, Lattin has put himself in great position to qualify for the NCAA Championships for the second straight year and third straight season.

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