Mykel Chambers Season 2017-18

QUICK NOTES: Ranks sixth on UC’s all-time indoor 60m dash list after running 6.85 in the event at the American Athletic Conference Championships in 2016… member of the program’s seventh-ranked 4x200m relay that ran 1:26.14 in 2017.
 
2017-18 SEASONS
2018 OUT (SO*): Posted a trio of PRs in the 100m dash during the season, running a best of 10.60 at the AAC Championships where he placed 12^th overall… opened the year with a PR at the Jim Click Shootout by running 21.78 in the 200m… also ran a PR 52.51 in the 400m a the Nikoloff Open… helped the team add one point at the conference meet as the 4x100m relay finished eighth overall in a season-best 41.47.
2018 IN (JR): Improved his 60m PR to 6.85 in the preliminary round of the AAC Championships, taking the #6 position in program history… recorded a trio of season-best marks ahead of the PR improvement, running 6.93, 6.90 and 6.89 before the conference meet… also posted a trio of PRs in the 200m during the season, running a best of 22.23 at the Music City Challenge… ran a PR of 52.83 in the 400m at the Hoosier Open as well.
 
2016-17 SEASONS
2017 OUT (FR*): Competed in the 100m and 200m events throughout the season… placed 17^th in the 100m dash at the AAC Championships… ran a PR of 10.84 in the 100m dash at the Lyles/Wood Invitational… finished a season-best third overall in the 100m at the All-Ohio Championships (10.96)… raced three times in the 200m dash, turning in a season and career-best time of 22.14 at the All-Ohio meet to finish fourth… ran the third leg of the 4x200m relay that ran 1:26.14, the #7 time in UC history.
2017 IN (SO): Raced in the 60m dash at five meets… ran a season-best 6.90 at the Music City Challenge… finished sixth at the Buckeye Tune-Up for his best finals finish on the year.
 
2015-16 SEASONS
2016 OUT (FR): Redshirted… capped the year earning American Athletic Conference All-Academic honors.
2016 IN (FR): Competed in the 60m and 200m events in his rookie season… placed eighth and score one team point in the 60m dash at the American Athletic Conference Championships… ran a life-time best 6.86 in the preliminary round to qualify for the finals… that time stands as the fourth-best in school history… opened the year running 6.92 in back-to-back meets, a time that ranked 10^th in the program’s all-time chart… raced in the 200m dash three times, turning in a season-best 22.63 to open the year at the Indiana Relays.
 
PRIOR TO UC: Graduated from Lakota West High School (West Chester, Ohio) in 2015… competed in the short sprints… indoors, ran in the state meet and placed third in the 60m dash in a PR 6.89 before taking sixth in the 200m dash in a PR 22.41… 2014 Great Miami Conference 200m outdoor champion… three-time outdoor state qualifier, finishing 11^th in the 200m and 12^th in the 100m at the 2014 meet before taking 10^th in the 100m as a senior.
 
PERSONAL BEST MARKS
Indoor Track & Field
60m • 6.85 (AAC Championships • 2/23/18) • UC #6
200m • 22.23 (Music City Challenge • 2/9/18)
400m • 52.83 (Hoosier Opener • 12/8/17)
 
Outdoor Track & Field
100m • 10.60 (AAC Championships • 5/12/18)
200m • 21.78 (Jim Click Shootout • 4/7/18)
400m • 52.51 (Nikoloff Open • 3/31/18)