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Ato Modibo Season 2011-12

PositionPlayer
Weight155 lbs
Height6-2
ClassJunior
HometownBeltsville, MD

Honors 2000 Olympian (400m, 4x400m relay outdoor) 2000 NCAA Qualifier (400m indoor) 2000 All-ACC (200m, 400m indoor) 2000 All-ACC (400m outdoor) 1999 ACC Freshman of the Year (indoor and outdoor) 1999 National Champion (400m indoor) 1999 National Champion (4x400m relay indoor) 1999 NCAA All-American (400m, 4x400m relay indoor) 1999 ACC Champion and All-ACC (400m, 4x400m relay indoor) 1999 NCAA All-American (400m, 4x400m relay outdoor) 1999 ACC Champion and All-ACC (400m outdoor) High School All-American

1999-2000: Led the Tigers in the 400m and 500m indoors…recorded an automatic qualifying time of 46.31 at the Virginia Tech Invitational…finished 15th at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 47.33…finished ninth at the Georgia Tech Invitational in an outdoor provisional qualifying time of 45.90… earned All-ACC honors with a third place finish (47.03) at the ACC Outdoor Championships…recorded best 400m outdoor time of 46.42 at the Orange and Purple Meet…member of the 4x200m relay team that finished second at the Penn Relays in 1:22.52…2000 Olympian from Trinidad who competed in the 400m dash and was a member of the 4x400m relay team.

1998-99: Won the indoor national championship in the 400m with a time of 46.11, becoming the Tigers’ youngest national champion…also a member of Clemson’s 4x400m relay team that won the indoor national championship with a time of 3:07.80…won the ACC Championship in the 400m indoors (46.00) and placed third in the 200m (21.25)… also a member of the 4x400m relay team that won the conference championship indoors …set the school record in the 300m (33.42) and 500m (1:01.80) indoors …named Freshman of the Year for the ACC Indoors and Outdoors …earned All-America honors outdoors after placing fifth in the 400m with a time of 45.37…also ran on the 4x400m relay team that placed eighth nationally …won the ACC Championship in the 400m (45.51) outdoors and placed fourth in the 200m (20.79)…a member of the 4x200m relay team (1:21.96) and 4x400m relay team (3:03.67) that set the Tiger record.

High Point High School Coached by Scott Smith…was the 1997 Indoor National Scholastic champion in the 400m with a time of 48.09 and the 1998 champion with a time of 47.80…..holds the Maryland state record in the 400m (45.86)…was undefeated in the 200m and 400m his senior year…ranked first nationally in the 400m as a prep…won the 1998 Outdoor National Scholastic championship in the 200m (21.22) and 400m (45.86).

Personal Born 6/19/79…majoring in psychology.