Background
Medwood grew up in Los Angeles, attending Theodore Roosevelt High School, where he was a three time Los Angeles City Section Champion in the high jump.
Medwood grew up in Los Angeles, attending Theodore Roosevelt High School, where he was a three time Los Angeles City Section Champion in the high jump.
He competed in the 2011 IAAF World Championships in Athletics and was his nation"s flagbearer in the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics. He holds the Frosh/Soph division record. In both 2005 and 2006, he finished in a tie for 4th place at the CIF California State Meet.
He also played basketball and tennis.
Next he attended East Los Angeles College where he began to excel in the long hurdles. His next stop was Long Beach State University where he was runner up in the Big West Conference in both the 400 hurdles and long jump.
He set his personal record in the 400 hurdles at the 2012 Mountain. SAC Relays, running 49.54.
200 m: 21.49 s (wind: +10 m/s) – Norwalk, California, April 17, 2010
400 m: 47.83 s – Walnut, California, April 12, 2008
400 m hurdles: 49.54 s – Walnut, California, April 21, 2012
Long jump: 7.49 m (wind: -08 m/s) – Northridge, California, May 14, 2010.