Donald Douglas Scott (born February 23, 1992) is an American

track and field Track and field (or athletics in British English) is a sport that includes Competition#Sports, athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name used in North America is derived from where the sport takes place, a ru ...

athlete who competes in the

triple jump The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field event, similar to long jump. As a group, the two events are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". The competitor runs down the tr ...

. Scott earned bronze medal in triple jump at 2022 World Indoor Championships. He holds a wind-aided personal best of , set in 2019. He equalled that mark, to win the

2019 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2019 USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships were held at Drake Stadium on the campus of Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa. Organized by USA Track & Field, the four-day competition took place from July 25–28 and served as the national ch ...

. He is a 2017 and 2019 U.S. Indoor Triple Jump Champion and a 2018 U.S. Outdoor Champion. Scott is a third-year volunteer coach (since 2015) at

Eastern Michigan University Eastern Michigan University (EMU, EMich, Eastern Michigan or simply Eastern) is a public university, public research university in Ypsilanti, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1849 as the Michigan State Normal School, it was the fourth normal ...

Prep

Scott graduated from

Apopka High School Apopka High School is in Apopka in northwest Orange County, Florida, United States. The school has been named a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence. The school serves grades 9 through 12, and has a preschool with a main teacher and student teacher ...

Apopka, Florida Apopka is a city in Orange County, Florida. The city's population was 54,873 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Orlando–Kissimmee–Sanford Metropolitan Statistical Area. ''Apopka'' comes from Seminole word ''Ahapopka'' for "potato-eating ...

, 15 miles northwest of Orlando, in 2010. He was an outstanding wide receiver and was introduced to field and track.

Career

In his first season as a professional, Scott earned eighth place at the 2015 USATF Outdoor Championships and a fourth place at the USA Indoor Championships. In 2017, Scott took third at the Outdoor USA Championships, securing his spot on

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for the

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in London. In 2018, Scott placed second in triple jump at the

2018 Athletics World Cup The 2018 Athletics World Cup was held in London, United Kingdom, from 14 to 15 July 2018. This was the first and only edition of this competition. Each team entered one athlete per event, and points were gained on the basis of finishing position. ...

and third at the

2018 IAAF Diamond League The 2018 Diamond League was the ninth season of the annual series of outdoor track and field meetings, organised by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF). It is the second edition to feature the new championship-style syst ...

Final.

NCAA Coaching

Coach Donald Scott worked with Eastern Michigan University until 2019 under the direction of John Goodridge.

NCAA

Scott attended

(EMU), where he earned a degree in criminal justice. Scott set many records at EMU in track and field. While competing for the Eagles, Scott brought home nine

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region (North America), Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Its members co ...

(MAC) titles and two

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n honors, and set the MAC and school record for the triple jump. He also came away his senior year with a

2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships The 2014 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships were the 93rd NCAA Men's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships and the 33rd NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships held for the second consecutive yea ...

, a third-place finish for the triple jump, and a runner-up finish indoors.

References

External links

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Donald Scott at Eastern Michigan University
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Donald Scott at athletebiz.us
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Paris 2024 Summer Olympics The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scott, Donald Living people 1992 births Sportspeople from Apopka, Florida Track and field athletes from Florida American male triple jumpers African-American track and field athletes Eastern Michigan Eagles men's track and field athletes Eastern Michigan University alumni World Athletics Championships athletes for the United States USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships winners Athletes (track and field) at the 2020 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes for the United States 21st-century African-American sportsmen World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists Athletes (track and field) at the 2024 Summer Olympics 21st-century American sportsmen