David Pretrell "Trell" Kimmons (born July 13, 1985) is an American sprinter.

Career

At the 2004 World Junior Championships in Athletics, Kimmons was part of a Gold medal winning 4×100 meters relay squad that established a junior world record with 38.66 seconds. Kimmons attended

Hinds Community College Hinds Community College is a public community college with its main campus in Raymond, Mississippi and branches in Jackson and Vicksburg. The Hinds Community College District includes Hinds County, Claiborne County, part of Copiah County, Ra ...

, where he won three individual national championships (200 m outdoor in 2005, 60 m and 200 m indoor in 2006) and set national championship indoor meet records at 60 m and 200 m. He committed to Mississippi State University in November 2005, but chose to turn pro in March 2006. Kimmons finished fourth in the 60 meters at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships with 6.59 seconds. At the 2010 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, he won a silver medal behind

Walter Dix Walter Dix (born January 31, 1986) is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 100 meters and 200 meters. He is the sixth-fastest 200-meter runner ever with a best of 19.53 seconds, and has broken the 10-second barrier in the 10 ...

. At the 2010 Weltklasse Zürich meeting, he ran a new personal best of 9.95 seconds over 100 metres, becoming the 72nd person to break the 10-second barrier. Kimmons finished second at the 2014 USA Indoor Track and Field Championships in the 60 metres and thus qualified for the

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Also a football player in high school, Kimmons caught 13

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passes and made four

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s during his senior year. He was rated a two-star recruit by

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1985 births Living people American male sprinters People from Coldwater, Mississippi Track and field athletes from Mississippi Athletes (track and field) at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic track and field athletes of the United States Competitors stripped of Summer Olympics medals USA Indoor Track and Field Championships winners {{US-athletics-Olympic-medalist-stub