Maurice Mitchell
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Born |
December 22, 1989 Kansas City, Missouri |
| Spouse(s) | Tiara Swanagan |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Running |
| Event(s) | Sprints |
| College team | Florida State Seminoles |
| Achievements and titles | |
| Personal best(s) |
100m: 10.00 (Des Moines 2011) 200m: 20.13 (Jacksonville 2012) |
| Updated on 1 February 2013. | |
Maurice Mitchell (born December 22, 1989) is an American track and field sprinter who specializes in the 200-meter dash. He has a personal record of 20.13 seconds in that event and has bests of 6.55 seconds for the 60-meter dash and 10 seconds for the 100-meter dash. He represented the United States in the relay at the 2011 World Championships and was selected to compete at the 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.
Born in Kansas City, Missouri, Mitchell was a standout athlete while attending Raytown South High School and won eight state titles and broke the state records for the 100-meter dash and the 200-meter dash. He received an athletic scholarship to study social science at Florida State University and began competing collegiately for the Florida State Seminoles in 2009. In his first championship outing he came second over 200 m and third in the 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.
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