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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 12:53 AM UTCPublished: Aug 4, 2021 3:45 AM UTC  Erriyon Knighton of Team United States competes in round one of the Men's 200m heats on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Erriyon Knighton of Team United States competes in round one of the Men's 200m heats on day eleven of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Olympic Stadium on August 3, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan.Patrick Smith—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Updated: Dec 12, 2023 12:53 AM UTCPublished: Aug 4, 2021 3:45 AM UTC At 17 years old, American sprinter Erriyon Knighton is [not the youngest](https://time.com/6083877/olympics-womens-skateboarding-stars/) competing athlete at this year’s 2020 Summer Olympics [in Tokyo](https://time.com/6086781/athing-mu-track-and-field-tokyo-olympics/). But the Florida native is the youngest man to compete for the U.S. track team in a Summer Olympics since 1964. And after an [impressive performance](https://www.nbcolympics.com/videos/erriyon-knighton-takes-200m-semi-heads-final) in the 200-m finals on Wednesday, he’s solidified his place as one to watch in the track and field world. While Knighton narrowly missed his goal of a medal—he finished fourth with a time of 19.93, just .19 shy of Noah Lyles, who took bronze—he did so after only running track for a few years. Knighton was initially recruited as a football wide receiver for Hillsborough High School in Tampa, Fla., but when he was a freshman, his coach asked him to join the track team, too. He decided to focus fully on track by the age of 16, going pro with an Adidas sponsorship and turning down offers from football programs at the University of Alabama, the University of Florida and Florida State University. “Even though I love football, after what I just ran, I have to give track 110%,” [he explained](https://www.dyestat.com/gprofile.php?mgroup%5Fid=44531&do=news&news%5Fid=611454-Prep-Sprinter-Erriyon-Knighton-Turning-Pro) after [taking gold](https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/2020/08/07/erriyon-knighton-aau-junior-olympics/3305887001/) at the 2019 AAU National Junior Olympics. “I think that is what’s best for me and what my future holds.” “I was a little fast, but I got faster,” he told [his high school newspaper](https://www.hhstoday.com/life/2021/02/25/erriyon-knighton-the-sprinter/) about his recent few years as a rising force in the track world. “I wanted to be better than everyone else,” he said. “Some people don’t know what’s going on—they think I dropped out of high school, but I be here everyday,” he added. “They’re looking from the outside in. At the end of the day, they really just help me. I feed off of stuff like that.” > [](https://twitter.com/NBCOlympics/status/1422718874450018307) In 2021, he added to that: “I know I can maximize to the next level,” [he told](https://trackandfieldnews.com/article/teen-sprint-sensation-erriyon-knighton-goes-pro/) Track and Field News. “I’ve got to see what I can do. I want to win against the top athletes, but I know they’re not going to take it easy on me, so I’m going to have to train real hard.” His training has apparently paid off: he is the current record holder of the world under-18 and under-20 titles in the 200-m; he set that new record during the U.S. Track and Field Olympic Trials in June of this year, with a time of 19.84 seconds. That means he bested legendary Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt’s under-20 record, too. Bolt has been a point of comparison since he first arrived on the scene “because he’s tall like me,” as Knighton [has said.](https://www.floridatoday.com/story/sports/2020/08/07/erriyon-knighton-aau-junior-olympics/3305887001/) (Bolt is 6’5″; Knighton is 6’3″.) Team USA’s Kenny Bednarek, who took silver in the event, said after the race, “He’s going to be dangerous in the future.” ### **Read more about the Tokyo Olympics:** * [Naomi Osaka: ‘It’s O.K. to Not Be O.K.’](https://time.com/6077128/naomi-osaka-essay-tokyo-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Motherhood Could Have Cost Olympian Allyson Felix. She Wouldn’t Let It](https://time.com/6077124/allyson-felix-tokyo-olympics?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Simone Biles’ Olympic Team Final Withdrawal Could Help Athletes Put Their Mental Health First](https://time.com/6084499/simone-biles-mental-health-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [‘Unapologetic and Unafraid.’ Sue Bird Stares Down Olympic Glory in Tokyo and Equity Off the Court](https://time.com/6077126/sue-bird-tokyo-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Meet 6 Heroes Who Helped Battle COVID-19 Before Competing in the Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics](https://time.com/6077122/tokyo-olympics-athletes-covid-19-frontlines/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [Here’s How Many Medals Every Country Has Won at the Tokyo Summer Olympics So Far](https://time.com/6083866/summer-olympics-medals-by-country-tokyo-2021/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [48 Athletes to Watch at the Tokyo Olympics](https://time.com/6077111/athletes-to-watch-toyko-olympics/?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) * [The Olympic Refugee Team Was Created to Offer Hope. Some Athletes Are Running Away From It](https://time.com/6077132/tokyo-olympics-refugee-team?utm%5Fsource=roundup&campaign=olympics) Meet Erriyon Knighton, the 17-Year-Old Who Finished 4th in the Olympics ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/6087202/erriyon-knighton-olympics/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/6087202/erriyon-knighton-olympics/"},"headline":"Meet Erriyon Knighton, the 17-Year-Old Sprinter Who Raced in an Olympic Final Before Graduating From High School","datePublished":"2021-08-04T03:45:57.000Z","dateModified":"2023-12-12T00:53:53.000Z","description":"The Florida native is the youngest man to compete for the U.S. in a Summer Olympics since 1964","url":"https://time.com/6087202/erriyon-knighton-olympics/","keywords":["olympics","2020 Tokyo Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb19a96c432956ada/698a1b9b8fd2ee2389362c54/erriyon-knighton-olympics.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"Sports","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb19a96c432956ada/698a1b9b8fd2ee2389362c54/erriyon-knighton-olympics.jpeg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Athletics - Olympics: Day 11","caption":"Athletics - Olympics: Day 11","creditText":"Patrick Smith—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/sports/","name":"Sports"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/olympics/","name":"olympics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/6087202/erriyon-knighton-olympics/","name":"Meet Erriyon Knighton, the 17-Year-Old Sprinter Who Raced in an Olympic Final Before Graduating From High School"}}]}] ```