Howell breaks Junior Pan Am Games record twice, secures historic gold

Davontè Howell continued his victorious summer, adding a historic gold medal to his achievements after twice breaking the Junior Pan American Games record in the 100-metre sprint in Asunción, Paraguay.

Howell, 19, blazed through his 100m semi-final on 18 Aug. in a time of 10.10 seconds, breaking the Junior Pan Am Games record of 10.13 set just minutes before in the other semi-final by Ronal Longa of Colombia. The previous record for that event was 10.33 seconds set by Erik Cardoso of Brazil in 2021.