Dillon Mitchell (sprinter)

Dillon Mitchell (born 4 December 2009) is an American sprinter. Competing as a 16 year-old at the senior 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships, Mitchell qualified for the final of the 60 metres, running an under-18 world best time of 6.59 seconds.^[1]

From Houston, Texas, his mother Karen was a high school track athlete and his father Billy played at the colleague level for Texas A&M Aggies football and was on the roster of the Carolina Panthers. His older brother Willie plays football at Texas State University.^[2] Mitchell was coached in sprinting by his father Billy from the age of four years-old. Mitchell attends C.E. King High School in Harris County, Texas.^[3]

A duel football and track athlete and a member of Track Houston Youth TC, in 2025 he ran a championship record 10.41 for the 100 metres in the 15-16 age-group at the USATF Junior Olympics. As a 15-year-old Mitchell ran a wind-assisted 10.07 seconds for the 100 metres at the Region 3-6A Track Meet, and placed second to Brayden Williams at the 2025 USA U20 Championships 100 metres final in Eugene, Oregon in 10.28 seconds (+0.5 m/ps).^[4][5][6][7]

Competing over 60 metres at the 2026 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in New York in February 2026, Mitchell finished second in his heat behind Trayvon Bromell, in an under-18 world record of 6.59 seconds, breaking the record by 0.05 seconds from previous record holder Tate Taylor, before placing seventh in the final in 6.60 seconds.^[8][4][9] A few days later, competing at the Texas A&M Bluebonnet Invitational, Mitchell ran a wind-aided 9.88 seconds over 100 metres.^[10]