Maurice Mitchell

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Maurice Mitchell
Personal information
NationalityAmerican
Born (1989-12-22) December 22, 1989 (age 34)
Kansas City, Missouri
SpouseTiara Swanagan
Sport
SportRunning
EventSprints
College teamFlorida State Seminoles
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s)100m: 10.00 (Des Moines 2011)
200m: 20.13 (Jacksonville 2012)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's
athletics
NACAC U-23 Championships
Gold medal – first place 2010 Miramar
4 x 100 meters
Updated on 21 March 2022.

Maurice Mitchell (born December 22, 1989) is an American

2012 London Olympics
.

While competing for Florida State University he won three NCAA Outdoor Championship titles, taking 200 m titles in 2011 and 2012 as well as a relay title in 2011. He also won 13 Atlantic Coast Conference titles and was chosen as the ACC Outdoor Performer of the Year three years running.

Early life and college

Born in

60-meter dash at the Atlantic Coast Conference indoor meet (running a personal record of 6.60 seconds at the latter event). He came third at the ACC outdoor meet and ran a best of 20.64 seconds for the 200 m that season.[2]

In his sophomore year at Florida State he began by winning the ACC 60 m title and repeating as 200 m runner-up. He gained his first

2010 NACAC Under-23 Championships in Athletics in Miramar, Florida and he won the 100 m bronze medal with a personal best run of 10.14 seconds and won the relay for the United States, alongside Curtis Mitchell.[3]

NCAA titles

Mitchell's third year at Florida State was highly successful. He won both the 60 m and 200 m ACC Indoor Championship races. At the 2010 NCAA Indoors he ran a school record time of 6.55 seconds in the 60 m heats before taking third in that event,[2] then came close to the 200 m NCAA title – he had a personal record run of 20.41 seconds but was adjudged to have finished two thousandths of a second behind Mookie Salaam.[4] Outdoor bests followed at the ACC Outdoor Championships, where a run of 10.03 brought him second in the 100 m and he defended his 200 m title with 20.19 seconds (he also defended the relay title). The NCAA Outdoor meet saw him run ten seconds flat for third in the 100 m and a windy 19.99 seconds to win his first 200 m outdoor NCAA title. He also teamed up with Ngonidzashe Makusha and Brandon Byram to win the 4×100 m relay title.[2] In his first senior national event at the 2011 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he was a semi-finalist in the 100 m and fourth in the 200 m final. These performances led to his selection for the American relay team for the 2011 World Championships in Athletics. He was the alternate for the qualifiers and although he helped the United States top the qualifying round, the team failed to finish without Mitchell in the final.[5]

The fourth and final year of his collegiate eligibility he repeated as ACC Indoor champion in the 200 m, but was second over 60 m. He was less successful at the NCAA Indoors, taking third in the 200 m and sixth in the 60 m. He was again dominant at the ACC Outdoor Championship that year: he took a third straight 200 m title, was runner-up in the 100 m, won the 4×100 m relay title, and helped Florida's 4×400 m relay team to third place. A lifetime best of 20.13 seconds followed at the NCAA East Regional 200 m qualifiers. The 2012 NCAA Outdoors was the venue of his second straight 200 m title, and he also claimed third place in the 100 m and second in the short relay.[5]

2012 Olympics

At the end of his collegiate season, he chose to compete at the

2012 United States Olympic Trials to try to make the Olympic team. He was a semi-finalist in the 100 m, but ran a wind-assisted 20.14 to claim runner-up behind Wallace Spearmon over 200 m, earning him the chance to compete at the 2012 London Olympics.[6] At the 2012 Olympics, he reached the 200 m semifinals.[7]

Personal bests

  • 60-meter dash
    : 6.55 seconds (2011)
  • 100-meter dash
    : 10.00 seconds (2011)
  • 200-meter dash
    : 20.13 seconds (2012)
  • 200-meter dash (indoor): 20.41 seconds (2011)

References

  1. ^ Maurice Mitchell. USATF. Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  2. ^ a b c d Maurice Mitchell Profile Archived 2012-06-09 at the Wayback Machine. Florida State Seminoles. Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  3. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  4. ^ Full Results From 2011 NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships. Lets Run. Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  5. ^ a b Maurice Mitchell. Tilastopaja. Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  6. IAAF
    . Retrieved on 2012-07-07.
  7. ^ "Maurice Mitchell Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2018-12-22.

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