Seminole track stars Mance and Newbold suspended after early morning shooting

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FILE - In this Aug. 11, 2012 file photo, United States\' men\'s 4x400-meter relay team member Joshua Mance poses with a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Two of the nation\'s top sprinters were suspended by Florida State officials Thursday, March 21, 2013, hours after the athletes were arrested following an early morning poolside shooting incident. A police report stated that Ronell J. Mance, who turned 21 Thursday and often goes by his middle name Joshua, and Stephen Newbold, the MVP at the recent Atlantic Coast Conference indoor track and field championships, were arrested moments after Tallahassee police were alerted that the shots were being fired at an off-campus student apartment complex at about 3:30 a.m. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State has suspended two of the nation’s top sprinters after an early morning poolside shooting incident.

Ronell Mance, who won a silver medal in the 2012 Olympic Games in London, and Stephen Newbold, the MVP at the recent Atlantic Coast Conference indoor track and field championships, were arrested shortly before 4 a.m. Thursday near a student apartment complex. No one was injured.

A probable cause affidavit says Newbold was arrested for discharging a firearm in public and resisting without violence. Mance was arrested for unauthorized use of an ID and resisting without violence.

Thursday was Mance’s 21st birthday.

Florida State athletic director Randy Spetman says both sprinters were immediately suspended and that their future as student-athletes will be determined by the university’s discipline policy and legal proceedings.

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