• Ep. 2: Danyel Mitchell: Former LSU Track Star On Records, Olympics & Championship Mentality

  • Mar 28 2024
  • Length: 37 mins
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Ep. 2: Danyel Mitchell: Former LSU Track Star On Records, Olympics & Championship Mentality

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  • Danyel Mitchell was an integral part of the Tigers’ Track & Field team from 1991 to 1994, and she competed as one of the nation’s top shot put and discus throwers. During her time at LSU, she won nine SEC Championships, ranking her sixth in LSU’s history for most individual conference titles. She won three NCAA titles in the discus and indoor shot put during her collegiate career and later went on to represent the United States at the Outdoor World Championships in Gothenburg Sweden in 1995. In 1994, her hometown of Vallejo, California, awarded her with her first Hall of Fame induction into the city’s Sports Hall of Fame. the lasting impact she left on LSU’s track and field program earned her an induction into the university’s Athletics Hall of Fame in 2023. Thirty years after her collegiate career was completed, her legacy still reigns, as she continues to hold the LSU women’s discus record of 194’ 4” she set in 1994. She also remains ranked No. 2 in the Tigers’ record book in the shot put, both indoors and outdoors.
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