Amber Mitchell - 2012-13 Women's Track & Field/Cross Country - LIU Brooklyn


 Amber Mitchell

Class: Senior
Event: Sprints/Jumps
Hometown: Chesapeake, Va.
Previous School: Western Branch
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Personal Bests: 60-meter dash – 7.68; 100-meter dash – 11.95; 200-meter dash – 25.11; 400-meter dash – 59.86; Long jump – 5.46.

2011-2012: Raced to a 12.28 finish in the 100-meters at the Northeast  Conference Championship… Leapt to a mark of 5.46 in the Long Jump at the Morgan State Legacy Track Meet. Indoor: Crossed the line in 7.77 in the 60-meter dash at the ECAC DI Indoor Track and Field Championships… Turned in a time of 25.52 in the 200-meter dash at the 2012 Great Dane Classic… Completed the 4 x 400 meter Relay in 3:49.57 at the Great Dane Classic.

2010-11: Outdoor: Set a new school record in the 200-meter dash at the Metropolitan Outdoor Championships with a time of 23.08… Clocked in at 12.19 in the 100-meter dash at the Texas Relays… Recorded a mark of 5.45 meters in the long jump at the Northeast Conference Championships. Indoor: Sprinted to a time of 7.7 in the 60-meter dash at the NEC Championships… Ran a 25.62 in the 200-meter dash at the New Balance Collegiate Invitational… Leapt to a mark of 5.42 meters in the long jump at the Metro Coaches Invite… Member of the NEC Academic Honor Roll.

2009-10: Outdoor: Ran an 11.96 in the 100-meter dash and a 25.60 in the 200-meter dash at the Metropolitan Championships… In the long jump, hit the 5.30 meter mark at the NEC Championships. Indoor: Clocked a 7.7 in the 60-meter dash at the NEC Championships… Raced to a 25.65 in the 200-meter dash at the Great Dane Classic… Jumped 5.34 meters in the long jump at the NEC Championships.

Background: A four-year member of the track and field teams at Western Branch… Regional champion in the 55-meter dash in 2008… Finished second in the state in the 100-meter dash in 2009… Was part of six district championship teams in indoor and outdoor track… Was a member of the fifth-place sprint medley relay team in 2008.

Personal: Born on Dec. 14, 1990… Daughter of Arlice Mitchell and Troy Heath… Majoring in exercise science.

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