Mario Burke

Mario Burke

Mario Burke at the 2020 Gyulai Memorial in Szekesfehervar, Hungary
Personal information
Full name	Mario Omar Burke
Born	(1997-03-18) 18 March 1997 (age 27) Bridgetown, Barbados
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sport
Sport	Track and field
Event	Sprints
College team	Houston Cougars[1][2]
Coached by	Leroy Burrell and Carl Lewis[1][2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests	60 m: 6.55 (Birmingham, 2019) 100 m: 9.95* (Austin, 2019) 200 m: 20.08 (Austin, 2019)
Medal record Men's athletics Representing  Barbados World Relays 2017 Nassau 4×100 m relay NACAC Championships 2018 Toronto 4×100 m relay CAC Games 2018 Barranquilla 4×100 m relay NACAC U23 Championships 2019 Querétaro 100 m World U20 Championships 2016 Bydgoszcz 100 m CARIFTA Games (U20) 2015 Basseterre 100 m 2015 Basseterre 200 m 2016 St. George's 100 m 2016 St. George's 4×100 m relay CACAC Junior Championships (U18) 2012 San Salvador 4×400 m relay CARIFTA Games (U17) 2013 Nassau 100 m 2013 Nassau 200 m 2012 Devonshire 200 m

Mario Omar Burke (born 18 March 1997) is a Barbadian sprinter. He currently attends the University of Houston.[1] Burke won a bronze medal in the 100 metres at 2016 World Junior Championships in Athletics.[3][4] On June 24, 2017, Burke won the 100 metres race at the Barbados National Championships.[2][5]

He opened his 2019 season with a world-leading time of 6.56 seconds in the 60 meters at the Red Raider Invite meet.[6][7] He went on to place second over the same distance at the NCAA Division I Indoor Championships with a new personal best time of 6.55 s.

On June 5, 2019, at the NCAA Division I Championships, he became the second Barbadian to break the 10-second barrier with a legal time of 9.98 s.[8] He had previously broken the 10-second barrier with a 9.95 s clocking at the American Athletic Conference Championships a few weeks earlier, but the race was wind-assisted.

Statistics

Information from IAAF profile or Track & Field Results Reporting System unless otherwise noted.[9][10]

Personal bests

Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Competition	Venue	Date	Notes
60 m	6.55	n/a	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	March 9, 2019
100 m	9.98	+1.3	NCAA Division I Championships	Austin, Texas, U.S.	5 June 2019
	9.95 w	+3.2	AAC Championships	Wichita, Kansas, U.S.	12 May 2019	Wind-assisted
200 m	20.08	+0.7	NCAA Division I Championships	Austin, Texas, U.S.	5 June 2019
4×100 m relay	38.17	n/a	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	8 June 2018	Former NCAAR[note 1][11]

100 m seasonal bests

Year	Time	Wind (m/s)	Venue	Date
2012	10.65	+0.4	San Salvador, El Salvador	29 June
2013	10.49	+0.3	Donetsk, Ukraine	11 July
	10.47 w	+3.5	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	2 March
2014	10.50	0.0	St. Michael, Barbados	9 March
2015	10.21	+1.5	Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis	4 April
2016	10.26	+0.2	Bydgoszcz, Poland	20 July
2017	10.17	+0.2	St. Michael, Barbados	24 June
	10.14 w	+4.2	Austin, Texas, U.S.	25 May
2018	10.03	+0.5	Barranquilla, Colombia	29 July
2019	9.95 w	+3.2	Wichita, Kansas, U.S.	12 May
	9.98	+1.3	Austin, Texas, U.S.	5 June
2020	10.32	+0.3	Prairie View, Texas, U.S.	30 July
2021	10.32	+2.0	Miramar, Florida, U.S.	10 April
2022	10.54	+1.1	Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago	24 June

International championship results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Notes
Representing  Barbados
2012	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Devonshire, Bermuda	4th	100 m	10.71 w	+3.6	Wind-assisted
			3rd	200 m	22.23	−0.5
	CACAC Junior Championships (U18)	San Salvador, El Salvador	7th	100 m	10.87	−0.6
			5th (semi 1)	200 m	23.08	+0.4
			2nd	4×400 m relay	3:14.31	n/a	PB
2013	CARIFTA Games (U17)	Nassau, Bahamas	1st	100 m	10.61	+0.5
			2nd	200 m	21.42 w	+2.2	Wind-assisted
	World Youth Championships	Donetsk, Ukraine	5th	100 m	10.51	−0.4
2014	CARIFTA Games (U18)	Fort-de-France, Martinique	DQ	100 m	—	—	False start[12]
2015	CARIFTA Games (U20)	Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis	1st	100 m	10.21	+1.5	PB
			1st	200 m	21.51	−0.6	SB
	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd (final 2)	4×100 m relay	38.70	n/a	NR, PB
2016	CARIFTA Games (U20)	St. George's, Grenada	2nd	100 m	10.29	+1.4	SB
			4th	200 m	21.14 w	+4.5	Wind-assisted
			3rd	4×100 m relay	40.97	n/a
	World U20 Championships	Bydgoszcz, Poland	3rd	100 m	10.26	−0.2	SB
			4th (semi 3)	4×100 m relay	40.14	n/a	NU20R
2017	World Relays	Nassau, Bahamas	2nd	4×100 m relay	39.18	n/a	SB
	World Championships	London, England	6th (quarter 3)	100 m	10.42	0.0
			8th (semi 1)	4×100 m relay	39.19	n/a
2018	CAC Games	Barranquilla, Columba	4th	100 m	10.17	+1.7
			1st	4×100 m relay	38.41	n/a	NR
	NACAC Championships	Toronto, Ontario, Canada	4th (semi 2)	100 m	10.29	+1.5
			2nd	4×100 m relay	38.69	n/a
2019	NACAC U23 Championships	Querétaro, Mexico	3rd	100 m	10.01	+1.1	10.010 s CR[note 2]
			DQ	200 m	—	—	False start [14]
	Pan American Games	Lima, Peru	14th	100 m	10.46	−0.3
	World Championships	Doha, Qatar	31st	100 m	10.31	+0.1
2021	Olympic Games	Tokyo, Japan	59th (h)	100 m	15.81	+0.8
2022	World Indoor Championships	Belgrade, Serbia	16th (sf)	60 m	6.67	n/a
2024	World Indoor Championships	Glasgow, United Kingdom	9th (sf)	60 m	6.57	n/a

National championship results

Year	Competition	Venue	Position	Event	Time	Wind (m/s)	Notes
2012	Barbados Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	2nd	100 m	10.81	−0.9	PB
			5th	200 m	21.77	−0.5	PB
2013	Barbados Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	7th	100 m	10.62	+0.1
2015	Barbados Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	4th	100 m	10.39	+1.7
Representing the Houston Cougars
2016	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	2nd	4×100 m relay	38.44	n/a	PB
2017	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	College Town, Texas, U.S.	7th	60 m	6.66	n/a
	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	15th	100 m	10.19	+1.3	PB
			1st	4×100 m relay	38.34	n/a	PB
	Barbados Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	10.17	+0.2	PB
			3rd	200 m	20.60	+1.3	PB
2018	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	College Station, Texas, U.S.	13th	4×400 m relay	3:08.86	n/a
	NCAA Division I Championships	Eugene, Oregon, U.S.	8th	100 m	10.41	−0.9
			1st	4×100 m relay	38.17	n/a	NCAAR, PB[11]
			5th	4×400 m relay	3:04.03	n/a	PB
	Barbados Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	10.27	−0.2
			2nd	200 m	20.68	+0.4
2019	NCAA Division I Indoor Championships	Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.	2nd	60 m	6.55	n/a	PB
	NCAA Division I Championships	Austin, Texas, U.S.	6th	100 m	10.06	+0.8
			4th	200 m	20.11	+0.8
	Barbados Championships	Bridgetown, Barbados	1st	100 m	10.24	+0.2

Notes

1. Shared with John Lewis III, Elijah Hall, and Cameron Burrell for the Houston Cougars.[11]
2. The top three finishers, including Mario Burke, finished with a rounded up time of 10.01 s; Waseem Williams (10.002 s) placed ahead of Samson Colebrooke (10.004 s) who placed ahead of Mario Burke (10.010 s) as determined by the thousandths of a second measurements.[13]

References

1. Peter Scamardo (21 October 2015). "Freshman preparing for greatness in new country". thedailycougar.com. The Daily Cougar. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
2. Ezra Stuart (25 June 2017). "Burke and Bailey faster than the rest". nationnews.com. NationNews Barbados. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
3. "Houston freshman Burke sprints to bronze medal at IAAF World U20 Championships". chron.com. Houston Chronicle. 20 July 2016. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
4. Cathal Dennehy (20 July 2016). "Report: men's 100m – IAAF World U20 Championships Bydgoszcz 2016". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
5. Joseph Duarte (24 June 2017). "UH's Mario Burke wins 100 meters at Barbados National Championships". chron.com. Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 25 June 2017.
6. "The Weekend Results Roundup — January 21". trackandfieldnews.com. Track & Field News. 21 January 2019. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
7. Jermaine Wright (18 January 2019). "Mario Burke clocks fastest 60m in NCAA, second fastest in Houston University's history". sayfcarib.com. Sports At Your Fingertips. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
8. Sherrylyn Toppin (5 June 2019). "Burke, Jones in NCAA finals". nationnews.com. NationNews. Retrieved 6 June 2019.
9. "MARIO BURKE ATHLETE PROFILE". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
10. "MARIO BURKE HOUSTON". tfrrs.org. Track & Field Results Reporting System. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
11. William Grundy (9 June 2018). "Houston Repeats NCAA 4x100 Title In 38.17 Collegiate Record!". milesplit.com. MileSplit. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
12. "Defending champs enter last day of Carifta games with 47 medals". jamaicaobserver.com. The Jamaica Observer. 20 April 2014. Retrieved 19 February 2019.
13. "Campeonato NACAC Sub18 y Sub23 2019 - 05/07/2019 to 07/07/2019" (PDF). fmaa.mx. Fed Mx de Asoc Atletismo Athletic Club. 5 July 2019. p. 10. Retrieved 6 July 2019.
14. "Campeonato NACAC Sub18 y Sub23 2019 - 05/07/2019 to 07/07/2019" (PDF). fmaa.mx. Fed Mx de Asoc Atletismo Athletic Club. 7 July 2019. p. 22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 1 November 2019. Retrieved 9 July 2019.

External links

• Mario Burke on Twitter
• Mario Burke at World Athletics
• Mario Burke profile at TFRRS
• Mario Burke bio at Houston Cougars