D'Angelo Cherry graduated from Mississippi State University in December 2012.
12 Facts About D'Angelo Cherry
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D'Angelo Cherry took part in the 2009 Pan American Junior Athletics Championships in Port-of-Spain, where he won a silver medal over 100 meters in 10.17 seconds, only behind Marcus Rowland.
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D'Angelo Cherry set the record in the 2008 National Scholastic Indoor Championship in the 60 m and holds the fastest time ever run for a high school athlete ENROUTE in the 55-meter dash which stands as the 55 m record at the national scholastic meet.
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In 2009, D'Angelo Cherry set the United States American junior record in the 60 m dash at the 2009 USA Boston Indoor Championships placing second.
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D'Angelo Cherry was one hundredth of a second off the world junior record.
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D'Angelo Cherry became a three-time All-American in the 100 m dash, 60 m dash and 4x1 which placed fifth.
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D'Angelo Cherry was the 2009 and 2011 USA indoor silver medalist.
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D'Angelo Cherry began college at Mississippi State University in 2009, and did not compete in the NCAA indoor championships until 2011 due to the title 9 rule which states men and women must have an equal amount of sports.
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D'Angelo Cherry made his name in collegiate history by being the first man in history technically to ever win the USA Indoor Championships and the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60 m in the same year since the metric system converted yards to meters.
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D'Angelo Cherry was the first to double in an event since the year of 1995.
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Still having another attempt to compete indoors for Mississippi State, D'Angelo Cherry signed with the Asics America in California shortly after his indoor season in June 2013.
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D'Angelo Cherry was the only American based Asics signed Professional sprinter since Tim Montgomery.