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Austin Peay State University Athletics

2022-23 Track and Field Roster

Colby Wilson, APSU Athletics
Colby Wilson, APSU Athletics
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Mikaela Smith

  • Position Distance
  • Class Graduate Student
  • Highschool Station Camp (Tenn.) HS
  • Hometown Saint Croix, Virgin Islands

Biography

Honors
• OVC Outdoor 4x400-Meter Relay Champion (2022)
• OVC Indoor 4x400-Meter Relay Champion (2022)

2022: Competed in seven meets during the indoor season and six during outdoor … a part of the Govs OVC Title winning Indoor and Outdoor 4x400-meter relay team … claimed three individual event victories and seven relay event victories … began the indoor season, claiming a career-best time of 59.85 in the 400-meter dash at the Ed Temple Invitational … finished third at the OVC Indoor Championships in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:12.62 … won the 800-meter dash during the outdoor season at the WKU Hilltopper Relays with a time of 2:15.67 … placed second at the OVC Outdoor Championships in the 800-meter dash with a time of 2:11.49

2021: Just keeps getting better during her Austin Peay tenure… in lone cross-country appearance, placed 69th at the OVC Cross-Country Championships… took runner-up in the 800-meter run (2:16.14) at the Bill Cornell Invite, and helped the Govs to a victory in the 4x400-meter relay… personal-best 1:00.57 mark in the 400-meter run at the Margaret Simmons Invitational… took fifth in the 400-meter hurdles at the Hilltopper Relays (1:04.18)… personal-best 2:11.89 mark in the 800-meter run at the Kentucky Open; she placed sixth overall… finished just off the podium at the Ohio Valley Conference Outdoor Championships with a 2:13.34 mark in the 800-meter run, putting her fourth overall… did make the podium in the 4x400-meter relays, helping the Govs to a second-place finish.

2020: Broke out in a big way in her second campaign… won the 800m in her season’s first appearance, the Ed Temple Classic, with a 2:23.35 mark… took third in the 800m at 2:17.76 at the Thundering Herd Invitational while also running a leg of the fifth-place 13:05.21 distance medley relay… at the 2020 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships, her 2:15.73 mark qualified her seventh, but in the final her 2:15.46 run was good enough to get her on the podium with a bronze-medal finish for the champions.

2019: Opened her Austin Peay career with an 800m win (2:23.75) at the Saluki Fast Start… ran a 4x400m leg in Carbondale that helped the Govs to a third-place finish… back-to-back fourth-place finishes in the 800m at the Thundering Herd Invitational (2:17.96) and Fred Wilt Open (2:22.02)… helped the Austin Peay distance-medley unit earn a point at the 2019 Ohio Valley Conference Indoor Championships with an eighth place finish… took third in the 800m in her first outdoor attempt at the Coastal Carolina Invitational while also helping the 4x400m quartet to runner-up honors… ran her first 400m hurdles at the Hilltopper Relays, finishing sixth; she would not finish outside the top eight for the rest of the season, posting fourth (APSU Invitational), seventh (Memphis Tiger Invitational) and eighth (2019 OVC Outdoor Championships), saving her best for last with a personal-best 1:03.50 mark in the prelims of the championships… runner-up in the 800m at her first home event… responsible for even more points at the OVC Outdoor Championships, placing fifth at 2:15.95; her 2:13.95 mark in the prelims was a career-best.

High School: Ran long distance and XC for Station Camp High School... Personal bests; 800m (2:17), 400mH (1:04), 5k (24:34)... Three year V.I. National champion in XC, 800m, and 400m... V.I. National junior record holder in the 400m hurdles.

Personal: Born on July 1... Daughter of Keith and Mireille Smith... Has four siblings; Malique, Michelle, Shakir, and Keith Jr... Mother, Father and Malique all played collegiate sports... Majoring in computer science.

Historical Player Information

  • 2018-19Freshman

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  • 2019-20Sophomore

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  • 2020-21Junior

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  • 2021-22Senior

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  • 2022-23Graduate Student

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