Marvin Bracy

Marvin Bracy
Personal information
Nationality American
Born (1993-12-15) December 15, 1993
Orlando, Florida
Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight 172 lb (78 kg)
Sport
Sport Running
Event(s) Sprint
College team Florida State Seminoles
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the  United States
World Indoor Championships
2014 Sopot 60 m
World Junior Championships
2010 Moncton 4×100 m
Pan American Junior Championships
2011 Miramar 100 m
2011 Miramar 4×100 m relay
Updated on 18 February 2015.

Marvin Bracy (born December 15, 1993) is an American sprinter who lives and trains in Clermont, Florida. Also a former American football wide receiver for the Florida State Seminoles, Bracy left the Seminole football team just prior to their 2013 national championship season to pursue a professional career in track. He is also a competitive sprinter with personal bests of 9.93 s in the 100 m and 6.48 s in the 60 m. He has won three straight U.S. National Championships at 60 meters in 2014–16. In July 2016, Bracy came in third in the 100 metres at the U.S. Olympic Trials qualifying for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[1]

High school career

Bracy attended William R. Boone High School in Orlando, Florida, where he also played 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.[2] By October 2010 he had received at least six scholarship offers, including from Florida State University and the University of Miami.[3] In July 2011, Bracy committed to Florida State University for football and track.[4][5]

Bracy participated in the 2012 Under Armour All-America Game. He made ESPN SportsCenter’s top 10 plays of the night with an acrobatic one-handed, 32-yard touchdown reception in the first quarter.[6]

Track

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 a wind assisted 10.19 seconds, the fastest time in state meet history.[7][8][9] His fastest legal time of the season, 10.42, tied Damiere Byrd and Odane Skeen for third place among youth sprinters in 2010, behind David Bolarinwa and Miles Shuler.[7]

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.[10] 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.[11]

He was an All-USA high school track and field team selection by USA Today in 2010, and 2011.[12][13]

On March 26, 2011, Bracy won the men's open 100-meter dash title at FSU Relays in Tallahassee.[14] 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.[14]

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, in a wind assisted 10.05 seconds.[15] Only Jeff Demps.

Starting of the 2012 track season, Bracy ran a world leading 6.08 seconds in the 55 meters at the Jimmy Carnes Youth Invitational track and field meet in Gainesville.[16] He competed in the 2012 United States Olympic Trials.

On February 8, 2014, he won the 60 meters at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix.[17] Bracy, along with sprinter Trell Kimmons, will represent the United States at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships from Sopot, Poland.

On March 8, 2014, he placed 2nd in the 60m in the IAAF Indoor World Championships in Sopot, Poland.[18]

On August 10, 2014, Bracy was runner-up in the 100 meters to Asafa Powell who ran 10.02 to Bracy's 10.14[19] in Brazil.

On March 12, 2016, Bracy won 60 meters in 6.502 seconds at 2016 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships.

On March 18, 2016, Bracy was a finalist placing 7th in 60 meters at 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships.

In the 2016 U.S. Olympic Team Trials in Eugene, Oregon, Bracy finished 3rd in a time of 9.98 seconds, earning a spot on the U.S. team for the Olympics.

Personal bests

Event Time (seconds) Venue Date
60 meters 6.48 Albuquerque, New Mexico February 23, 2014
100 meters 9.93 Birmingham, United Kingdom June 7, 2015
200 meters 20.55 Clermont, Florida April 25, 2014

References

  1. ↑ http://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAIndoorTF/men/60m.aspx
  2. ↑ "Sentinel's 2012 Central Florida Super60". Orlando Sentinel. August 13, 2010.
  3. ↑ "Want Speed?". Scout.com. October 26, 2010.
  4. ↑ Long, Corey (July 14, 2011). "Marvin Bracy picks Florida State". ESPN.
  5. ↑ Krider, Dave (July 16, 2011). "Florida State lands nation's No. 1 sprinter Marvin Bracy in two sports". MaxPreps.com.
  6. ↑ Under Armour All-American Game: Marvin Bracy TD earns No. 3 spot on ESPN top 10 plays
  7. 1 2 "100 Metres Youth 2010". IAAF.org. Retrieved April 3, 2011.
  8. ↑ "Bracy 10.19 *Unofficial State Record, 2010 Florida 4A". FloTrack. May 8, 2010.
  9. ↑ Collings, Buddy (August 15, 2010). "Florida State tells Boone speedster Marvin Bracy he'll be getting an early fax on Sept. 1". Orlando Sentinel.
  10. ↑ Collings, Buddy (June 24, 2010). "Boone's Mavin Bracy places sixth in Jr. Nationals 100 dash". Orlando Sentinel.
  11. ↑ "4x100 Metres Relay Heats Results". IAAF.org. July 23, 2010.
  12. ↑ "All-USA high school track and field teams". USA Today. July 22, 2010.
  13. ↑ "All-USA high school track and field teams". USA Today. August 11, 2011.
  14. 1 2 Collings, Buddy (March 26, 2011). "Boone's Bracy blows away college runners". Orlando Sentinel.
  15. ↑ Collings, Buddy (June 24, 2011). "Boone sprinter runs second-fastest time ever for Florida high-schooler". Orlando Sentinel.
  16. ↑ Hays, Chris (January 29, 2012). "Orlando's Marvin Bracy runs world's fastest indoor 55 meters of season". Orlando Sentinel.
  17. ↑ http://www.nbindoorgrandprix.com/events-results/core-power-mens-60m-final/
  18. ↑ http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-indoor-championships/iaaf-world-indoor-championships-2014-4952/results/men/60-metres/final/result#resultheader
  19. ↑ https://sports.yahoo.com/news/powell-wins-100-meter-race-172608643--spt.html
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