- Marvin Bracy
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Marvin Bracy Personal information Nationality 
United StatesBorn December 15, 1993
Orlando, FloridaHeight 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Weight 165 lb (75 kg) Sport Sport Running Event(s) 100 metres, 200 metres Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 100 m: 10.28 s (Tallahassee 2011)
200 m: 21.39 s (Winter Park 2010)Medal recordMen's athletics Competitor for the United StatesPan American Junior Championships Gold 2011 Miramar 100 m Gold 2011 Miramar 4×100 m relay Marvin Bracy (born December 15, 1993) is an American sprinter who specializes in the 100 and 200 metres. He was the world's third fastest under 17-year old ("Youth" by IAAF standards) in 2010, behind David Bolarinwa and Miles Shuler-Foster.[1]
At the Florida High School Class 4A track and field meet in May 2010, Bracy swept the 100 meter and 200 meter dash. He won the 100 meter in 10.19 seconds, the fastest time in state meet history.[1][2][3] If it had not been for the wind assistance (+2.8 m/s), this also would have been a new World Youth Best (currently[update] held by Rynell Parson).
Easily the youngest in a race dominated by college runners, Bracy finished sixth in the 100-meter dash at the USA Track & Field Junior National Championships in Des Moines, Iowa.[4] In July, at the 2010 World Junior Championships in Athletics in Moncton, Canada, Bracy ran a relay leg for the U.S. squad in the 4×100 metres relay heat.[5]
He was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2010, and 2011.[6][7]
On March 26, 2011, Bracy won the men's open 100-meter dash title at FSU Relays in Tallahassee.[8] He clocked a 10.28-second time, a new career best. Bracy also tied for No. 4 on the Florida all-time list with 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Walter Dix, who clocked a 10.28 time as a Coral Springs High School senior in 2004.[8]
In June 2011, Bracy ran away with the 100-meter dash title at the 2011 USA Track and Field Junior Championships in Eugene, Oregon, clocking the second-fastest time in Florida high school history, 10.05 seconds.[9] Only Jeff Demps, co-holder of the junior world record (10.01 sec), sits atop of Bracy in the all-time list. If it had not been for the wind-assistance (+2.2 m/s), Bracy's time would be placed sixth on the IAAF all-time junior toplist, behind only Demps, Darrel Brown, Marcus Rowland, D'Angelo Cherry and Christophe Lemaitre.
Bracy attends William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida, where he also plays American football at the wide receiver position. In August 2010, the Orlando Sentinel ranked him as the No. 6 prospect from Central Florida in the class of 2012.[10] By October 2010, he had received at least six scholarship offers, including from Florida State University and the University of Miami.[11] In July 2011, Bracy committed to Florida State University for football and track.[12][13]
References
- ^ a b "100 Metres Youth 2010". IAAF.org. http://www.iaaf.org/statistics/toplists/inout=o/age=y/season=2010/sex=M/all=n/legal=A/disc=100/detail.html. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
- ^ "Bracy 10.19 *Unofficial State Record, 2010 Florida 4A". FloTrack. May, 8 2010. http://www.flotrack.org/videos/coverage/view_video/237029/332437.
- ^ Collings, Buddy (August 15, 2010). "Florida State tells Boone speedster Marvin Bracy he'll be getting an early fax on Sept. 1". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/recruiting/os-recruiting-florida-state-will-offer-marvin-bracy,0,7493098.story.
- ^ Collings, Buddy (June 24, 2010). "Boone’s Mavin Bracy places sixth in Jr. Nationals 100 dash". Orlando Sentinel. http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/sports_highschool_varsity/2010/06/24/boones-mavin-bracy-places-sixth-in-jr-nationals-100-dash/.
- ^ "4x100 Metres Relay Heats Results". IAAF.org. July 23, 2010. http://www.iaaf.org/wjc10/results/eventcode=4146/bydiscipline/disctype=4/sex=M/discCode=4X1/combCode=hash/roundCode=h/results.html#detM_4X1_hash_h.
- ^ "All-USA high school track and field teams". USA Today. July 22, 2010. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/track/2010-all-usa-track.htm.
- ^ "All-USA high school track and field teams". USA Today. August 11, 2011. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/preps/track/2011-08-10-all-usa-boys-track-and-field-team_n.htm.
- ^ a b Collings, Buddy (March 26, 2011). "Boone's Bracy blows away college runners". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/highschool/track/os-hs-marvin-bracy-wins-fsu-relays-co20110326,0,4080229.story.
- ^ Collings, Buddy (June 24, 2011). "Boone sprinter runs 2nd-fastest time ever for Florida high-schooler". Orlando Sentinel. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-hs-marvin-bracy-usatrack-20110624,0,4189773.story.
- ^ "Sentinel's 2012 Central Florida Super60". Orlando Sentinel. August 13, 2010. http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/os-recruiting-sentinel-central-fla-super60-2012,0,7239000.htmlstory.
- ^ "Want Speed?". Scout.com. October 26, 2010. http://notredame.scout.com/a.z?s=109&p=2&c=1015159&ssf=1.
- ^ Long, Corey (July 14, 2011). "Marvin Bracy picks Florida State". ESPN. http://espn.go.com/college-sports/recruiting/football/story/_/id/6770269/marvin-bracy-commits-florida-state-seminoles.
- ^ Krider, Dave (July 16, 2011). "Florida State lands nation's No. 1 sprinter Marvin Bracy in two sports". MaxPreps.com. http://www.maxpreps.com/news/F8Dbga_QEeCkhgAcxJSkrA/florida-state-lands-nations-no-1-sprinter-marvin-bracy-in-two-sports.htm.
External links
- IAAF profile for Marvin Bracy
- Recruiting Profile at Rivals.com
- Recruiting Profile at Scout.com
Categories:- 1993 births
- Living people
- People from Orlando, Florida
- American sprinters
- American sprinter stubs
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