Dan Mitchell Competes at NCAA Track and Field Championships
Penn State Behrend freshman Dan Mitchell (Bloomsburg/Bloomsburg) competed at the 2004 NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The meet took place on May 27-29 in Decatur, Illinois, and featured the best Division III male and female track and field competitors in the nation.
Mitchell finished in fifteenth place in the javelin with his top throw of 177 feet, 1 inch, at the NCAA Division III National Championships. Mitchell is the first athlete to compete in the NCAA Track and Field Championships from Behrend. He competed against six seniors, five juniors, three sophomores, and another freshman. The rookie javelin thrower is one of fewer than 350 Division III men who qualified for the championships from a range of 21 events.
Earlier this spring, at the IUP Invitational, Mitchell had a throw of 196'7", which was good enough to qualify him provisionally for the NCAA meet and set a new school record. Mitchell also had excellent performances at Clarion and Baldwin Wallace, placing first at both meets.
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