Kenny Mitchell

Kenny Mitchell

Player Profile

Class:
Junior

Hometown:
Atlanta, Ga.

High School:
Westlake

Event:
Sprints

GU PR's
55m: 6.47
60m: 6.85
100m: 10.70
200m: 21.39

2005-06 - Indoor ... Set a personal best with a provisional mark in the 200m (21.39) at the IC4A Indoor Championship, fi nishing 10th in the fi nals ... The only freshman to make both the fi nals in the 60m (6.87) dash and 200m (21.95) at the BIG EAST Indoor Championships, fi nishing fi fth and eighth respectively ... Earned runner-up honors in the Yale Giegengack Invitational in the 200m (22.06) and was also the top collegiate fi nisher at this event in the 60m (6.97) ... Fourth in the 60m dash at 6.98 at the Maryland Invitational ... Opened the indoor season running 6.47 in the 55 dash at the Navy Invite to fi nish fourth ... Outdoor ... Ran 21.74 in the 200m to fi nish 18th overall in the preliminary rounds at the USA Junior National meet ... Ran 10.75 in the 100 meter trials at the BIG EAST Outdoor Championships and fi nished sixth in the fi nals ... Finished ninth in the qualifying rounds of the 200m (21.70) at the BIG EAST ... Runner-up in the 200m (21.59) at the Long Beach Invitational ... 10th among collegians at the Diet Pepsi Invitational with an outdoor season best in the 100m (10.70) ... Also fi nished seventh in the 200m (21.85) at the event.

High School - A standout at Westlake High School in football, basketball, baseball and track and fi eld ... Lettered three times in football and track, twice in baseball and once in basketball ... On the track, Mitchell was a three-time state champion in the 4x100-meter relay, a fi ve-time USATF All- American ... Competed in the 4x400-meter relay at the 2005 USATF Junior Olympic National Championships ... On the gridiron, named the football team's Offensive Player of the Year as a senior ... Named to the Atlanta All-City Team, while also earning all-county honors and was named Honorable Mention All-State ... Helped lead Westlake to 2002 and 2003 region championship, respectively, and to a runner-up showing in 2004 ... President of the National Honor Society and Vice President of the Student Government Association, and was in the National Honor Roll.