2017-18 Track and Field Roster
Roster
Mario Burke
- Position:
- Sprints
- Height:
- 6-0
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Bridgetown, Barbados
- Prev School:
- Harrison College
2019 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2019 All-American Athletic Conference Indoor (60-meter,200-meter,4x400-meter relay)
2019 All-American Athletic Conference Outdoor (100-meter,200-meter, 4x100-meter relay)
2019 American Outdoor Champion - 100-meter
2019 American Outdoor Champion - 4x100-meter Relay
2019 NCAA Outdoor All-American (100-meter,200-meter)
2019 Barbados National Champion - 100-meter
NCAA Record Holder – 4x100-meter Relay (38.17)
2018 NACAC Championships Silver Medalist – 4x100-meter Relay (Barbados)
2018 NCAA Outdoor Champion – 4x100-meter Relay
2018 NCAA First Team All-American – 100m, 4x100-meter Relay, 4x400-meter Relay
2018 American Outdoor Champion – 100-meter Dash
2018 American Outdoor Champion – 200-meter Dash
2018 American Outdoor Champion – 4x100-meter Relay
2018 First Team All-American Athletic Conference – Outdoor 100m, 200m, 4x100m Relay
2017-18 American Athletic Conference All-Academic Team
2018 Barbadian National Champion – 100-meter Dash
2017 Barbadian National Champion – 100-meter Dash
2017 NCAA Outdoor Champion - 4x100-meter Relay
2017 NCAA All-American - 4x100-meter Relay, 100m (Outdoor)
2017 NCAA All-American - 60m (Indoor)
2017 Barbados National Champion - 100m
2017 IAAF World Championship Qualifier - 100m, 4x100-meter Relay
2017 IAAF World Relays Silver Medalist - 4x100-meter Relay (Barbados)
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion - 4x100- and 4x400-meter Relay Outdoor)
2017 American Athletic Conference Champion - 60m (Indoor)
2017 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - 4x100- and 4x400-meter Relay
2017 First Team All-American Athletic Conference - 60m (Indoor)
2017 Second Team All-American Athletic Conference - 200m (Outdoor)
2017 Second Team All-American Athletic Conference - 200m (Indoor)
2017 Third Team All-American Athletic Conference - 100m (Outdoor)
The American Conference Track Athlete of the Week - March 22, 2016
2018-19 (Senior)
Indoor: Won gold in the 60-meter dash at the Reveille Invitational with a time of 6.75 ... Won gold in the 60-meter dash at the Red Raider Invitational with a time of 6.56 ... Won gold in the 60-meter dash at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with a time of 6.69 ... Took silver in the 200-meter dash at the Houston Invitational with a time of 21.08 ... Won gold in the 60-meter dash at American Athletic Conference Indoor T&F Championship with a time of 6.62 ... Took silver in 200-meter dash at American Indoor Championships with a time of 21.05 ... Helped Houston win gold in 4x400-meter relay at American Indoor Championship with a time of 3:09.99... took silver at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash at 6.55.
Outdoor: Helped Houston take first-place in the 4x100-meter relay and the 4x400-meter relay at the Houston Spring Break Invitational... a member of the second-place 4x100-meter relay squad and the winning 4x200-meter relay squad at the Texas Relays... won the 100-meter relay at the Houston Alumni Invitational at 10.07w... won both the 100-meter and 200-meter at the Texas A&M Invitational.... finished fourth-place in the 100-meter dash at Mt.Sac with a time of 10.33... Helped the Cougars sweep the spring relays at Penn, winning the 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400-meter relays... won the 100-meter dash at the American Outdoor Championships at 9.95w, took second-place in the 200-meter dash at 20.41w and helped Houston win the 4x100-meter relay... posted a pair of lifetime best at the NCAA Championships with a 9.98 in the 100-meter dash prelims, finishing in sixth-place with a time of 10.06 in the finals... ran a collegiate best 20.08 in the 200-meter dash prelims at the NCAA Championships and finished fourth-place in the finals of the event.
2017-18 (Junior)
Indoor: Ran the third leg of the record-setting 4x400-meter relay, where they Cougars broke the school mark in 3:04.18 at the Tyson Invitational...Also posted a season-best at the Tyson, when he ran 6.67 in the preliminary round of the 60-meter dash...Began his season with a victory in the 60-meter dash at the Reveille Invitational in 6.66.
Outdoor: Was a member of Houston’s 4x100-meter Relay squad that broke the NCAA, championship meet and school records en route to winning its second-consecutive NCAA title, when they ran 38.17 in Eugene, Ore…Garnered NCAA First Team All-America honors for his role in the 4x1 as well as finishing eighth in the 100-meter dash (personal-best 10.10) and as a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that finish fifth…Won three gold medals at The American Outdoor Championships, claiming titles in the 100m, 200m (personal-best 20.48) and 4x100-meter relays…Helped the Cougars claim a pair of Penn Wheels at the Penn Relays, when the 4x100-meter relay team ran 38.95 to take the title, and the 4x400-meter relay squad broke the school record in 3:01.82 to win its first Penn championship in the event.
2016-17 (Sophomore)
Indoor: Earned NCAA All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the 60-meter dash at the NCAA Championships in 6.66...Won the American Athletic Conference Championship after running a personal-best 6.59 in the 60-meter dash...Took silver in the 200-meter dash at The American Championships after posting a personal-best 21.14 in the finals.
Outdoor: Helped the Cougars win the NCAA Championship in the 4x100-meter relay en route to setting a school record in 38.34...Won the Barbados National Championships in the 100-meter dash, punching his ticket to the IAAF World Championships...Was a member of Barbados' 4x100-meter relay squad which took the silver medal at the IAAF World Relay Championships...Helped the Cougars win American Athletic Conference Championships in the 4x100- and 4x400-meter relays while taking silver in the 200-meter dash and bronze in the 100-meter dash...Was a member of the 4x200-meter relay team which won the Penn Wheel at the 2017 Penn Relays, earning Houston its first sprint-relay championship at the meet since 1989...Set personal bests of 10.19 in the 100 and 20.83 in the 200.
2015-16 (Freshman)
Indoor: Competed in seven meets, running multiple events in four...Finished fourth in the 60m dash at the American Indoor Championships where he ran a 6.74...Was a member of the 4x400m Relay team that took first at the Arkansas Qualifier in 3:13.91...Clocked a personal best 6.69 in the semifinal round of the 60m ash at the Howie Ryan Invitational...Won the 60m dash in front of the home fans at the Houston Invitaitonal and Multi's where he ran 6.72...Started his career with a seventh place finish in the 60m dash after running 6.83 at the Texas A&M Reveille Invitational
Outdoor: Took second in the 100-meter dash, while running a 10.29 at the CARIFTA Games...Was named American Athletic Conference Track Athlete of the Week after winning the 100m dash at the UTSA Invitational in a wind-aided 10.34, and was also a member of the 4x100m relay team that finished first in 39.86.
HIGH SCHOOL
Three time national champion in Barbados while running for the Dalton Outlaws, Kolij Lions and the High Performance Program...multiple time Barbados National Primary School Athletic Champion and Record holder...Barbados secondary school record holder in the 100m U20 (10.35)...Barbados Junior Sportsman of the Year in 2014...three-time CARIFTA Games Champion (100m, 2013 and 2015; 200m, 2015)...eight-time CARIFTA Games Medalistfrom 2012-2015...World Youth Finalist in 2013 after finishing fifth in the 100m...Also played Cricket and Hockey in high school.
PERSONAL
Full name is Mario Omar Burke...son of Vincent and Marvo Burke...was a high school prefect in Barbados and won the Prize for Excellence in Academics and Sports...aspires to become a professional athlete and Olympian after which he would like to retire and work in the areas of accounting and entrepreneurship...enjoys playing video games, dominoes, relaking with friends, playing sports and listening to music in his free time.
