Mookie Salaam
Rakieem " Mookie " Salaam ( born April 5, 1990 in Edmond, Oklahoma) is an American sprinter.
Life
He grew up with six siblings with his foster parents, Kevin and Lisa Peterson. Even in his time at the Edmond North High School, he stood out as talent and entered in the disciplines 100 meter ( 10.68 seconds ), 200 meters ( 21.39 seconds ), relay competition and also in the long jump. In college, he was able to improve on and so ran 2009 10.40 s in the 100 meters and 20.87 over 200 meters. In 2011 he tried his hand in the hall and over 400 meters and ran 47.64 s doing, but his focus remained on the two shorter distances. In the NCAA Track and Field Championships, he ran 9.97 s, making it the 79th sprinter who could run under 10 seconds.
He left in 2011, the University of Oklahoma, after he had signed a contract with Adidas to train as a professional athlete for the Olympic Trials.
On 21 May 2012, he graduated in Doha his first Diamond League race. He started on the 200-meter distance, but had to stop halfway through the track as he was injured. As a result of problems with the rear thigh muscles he had to cancel the Olympic Trials.
On February 3, 2013, opened its new season in the competition hall Russian Winter in Moscow. It came with 6.72 s to the final, where he was fifth in 6.74 s. Also in the other hall meetings he did not make it to his personal best of 6.54 s get hold. In Ghent he put his Saisonbestzeit on of 6.70 s. Outdoors he first started out with various IAAF World Challenge and Diamond League meetings, such as in Tokyo, Doha and New York. Apart from his victory in the B- run Doha - 10.06 s for a tail wind of 2.5 m / s - but he remained behind his top times and podium finishes. At the U.S. Championships, he missed fifth place with 10.01 s qualification for the single-start at the World Championships in Moscow, but was re-nominated by Public Will Tyson Gay's positive doping samples for the 4 x 100 - meter relay, he with the won silver in the finals.
Personal Best
- 60 meters: 6.54 s 11 February, 2011, Fayetteville, USA
- 100 meters: 9.97 s, June 10, 2011 Des Moines, United States
- 200 meters: 20.05 s 15 May, 2011, Norman, USA