Texas Longhorns women's track and field
American college track and field team
Texas Longhorns women's track and field University University of Texas at Austin Athletic director Chris Del Conte Head coach Edrick Floréal (5th season)Conference SEC Location Austin , TX Outdoor track Mike A. Myers Stadium Nickname Longhorns Colors Burnt Orange and White 1986 , 1988 , 1990 , 1998 , 1999 , 2006 1982 (AIAW) , 1986 , 1998 , 1999 , 2005 , 2023 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2021 , 2022 1983 , 1984 , 1985 , 1986 , 1987 , 1988 , 1989 , 1990 , 1991 , 1992 , 1993 , 1994 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 1999 , 2000 , 2001 , 2002 , 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2006 , 2007 , 2008 , 2009 , 2010 , 2011 , 2012 , 2013 , 2014 , 2015 , 2016 , 2017 , 2018 , 2019 , 2021 SWC 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Big 12 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022SWC 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996
Big 12 1997, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2019, 2021, 2022
The Texas Longhorns women's track and field program represents the University of Texas at Austin in NCAA Division I intercollegiate women's track and field competition. The Longhorns competed in the Big 12 Conference through the 2024 season and moved to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) on July 1, 2024.
The Longhorns are coached by Edrick Floréal . Other notable coaches have included Beverly Kearney , who has guided the Lady Longhorns to six NCAA Championships: Indoor Championships in 1998, 1999, and 2006, and Outdoor Championships in 1998, 1999, and 2005; and Terry Crawford, whose teams won Indoor Championships in 1986, 1988, and 1990, and Outdoor Championships in 1982 and 1986. Crawford's athletes also won the 1986 Women's Cross Country Championship . The program's first title was the 1982 AIAW outdoor track and field championship.
In the summer of 2013 the men's and women's programs were combined under one head coach.
The Longhorn track and field programs have produced numerous Olympians for various nations. Female Olympic medalists have included Michelle Carter (USA, shot put, 2016), Sanya Richards-Ross (2012: USA, gold, 400 meters and 4 x 400 meter relay; 2008, bronze, 400 meters and gold, 4 x 400 meter relay, 2008), Moushami Robinson (USA, gold, 4 × 400 meter relay, 2004), Sandie Richards (Jamaica , silver, 4 × 400 m relay, 2000 and 2004), Merlene Frazer (Jamaica, silver, 4 × 100 m relay, 2000), Nanceen Perry (USA, bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 2000), Carlette Guidry (USA, gold, 4 × 100 m relay, 1992 and 1996), Juliet Cuthbert (Jamaica, silver, 100m and 200m, 1992 and bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 1996), and Nikole Mitchell (Jamaica, bronze, 4 × 100 m relay, 1996).
Courtney Okolo became the first Longhorn to win The Bowerman ,[ 1] an award that honors collegiate track & field's most outstanding athlete of the year. In 2016, she became the first female collegian to run sub-50 seconds in the 400 meters , in turn lowering her own collegiate record to 49.71. Her senior season also included an undefeated record against collegians and four NCAA titles (two individual, two relay).
Head coaches
Source[ 2]
#
Coach
Years
Seasons
National Championships
Conference Championships
Indoor
Outdoor
Indoor
Outdoor
–1983
0
1
0
0
1
Terry Crawford
1984–1992
9
3
1
8
7
2
Beverly Kearney
1993–2013
21
3
3
9
11
3
Mario Sategna
2014–2017
4
0
0
3
3
4
Tonja Buford-Bailey
2018–2018
1
0
0
1
0
5
Edrick Floréal
2019–2023
5
0
1
4
3
Total
6
5
SWC: 12 Big 12: 13
SWC: 11 Big 12: 13
Yearly Record
Source[ 2]
Note: The 2020 season was canceled after the Big 12 Indoor Championships due to the Coronavirus Pandemic , the Big 12 Outdoor and NCAA Championships were not held.
NCAA Individual Event Champions
Source[ 3]
Indoor
Year
Name
Event
Time/Mark
1981
Etienne, Holmes, Sherfield, Coleman
4x100 Meter Relay
3:37.9
1982
Sherfield, Walker, Bean, Coleman
4x100 Meter Relay
3:44.7
1986
Karol Davidson
1,000 Meter
2:42.7
1988
Carlette Guidry
55 Meter
6.72
1988
Carlette Guidry
Long Jump
21' 0.75"
1988
Karol Davidson
800 Meter
2:08.2
1988
Angie Bradburn
High Jump
6' 2"
1988
Roberts, Bolden, Guidry, Flowers
4x400 Meter Relay
3:37.2
1990
Carlette Guidry
55 Meter
6.66
1990
Carlette Guidry
200 Meter
23.28
1990
Roberts, Guidry, Ates, Richards
4x400 Meter Relay
3:32
1991
Carlette Guidry
55 Meter
6.74
1991
Carlette Guidry
200 Meter
23.23
1993
Telisa Young
Triple Jump
43' 3.25"
1994
Telisa Young
Triple Jump
43' 3.75"
1994
Eileen Vanisi
Shot Put
58' 1.75"
1995
Merlene Frazer
200 Meter
23.14
1995
Davis, Howard, Brown, Frazer
4x400 Meter Relay
3:32.2
1997
Nanceen Perry
200 Meter
23.09
1998
Suziann Reid
400 Meter
52.57
1998
Erin Aldrich
High Jump
6' 4.25"
1998
Angie Vaughn
55m Hurdles
7.41
1998
LaKeisha Backus
200 Meter
23.18
1999
Suziann Reid
400 Meter
51.68
1999
Erin Aldrich
High Jump
6' 3.5"
1999
Patterson, Haddad, Jarrett, Reid
4x400 Meter Relay
3:31.5
2000
Johnson, Patterson, Robinson, Jarrett
4x400 Meter Relay
3:32.6
2003
Downer, McIntosh, Robinson, Richards
4x400 Meter Relay
3:27.7
2004
Aiken, McIntosh, Jones, Richards
4x400 Meter Relay
3:28.7
2004
Sanya Richards
400 Meter
50.82
2006
Michelle Carter
Shot Put
60' 10.75"
Marshevet Hooker
60 Meter
7.2
Marshevet Hooker
Long Jump
22' 0.25"
2008
Bianca Knight
200 Meter
22.4
2009
Destinee Hooker
High Jump
6' 6"
2014
Kaitlin Petrillose
Pole Vault
15' 1"
2015
Courtney Okolo
400 Meter
51.12
Akinosun, Spencer, Baisden, Okolo
4x400 Meter Relay
3:28.5
2016
Teahna Daniels
60 Meter
7.11
Courtney Okolo
400 Meter
50.69
Gordon, Jones, Akionsun, Okolo
4x400 Meter Relay
3:28.3
2021
Tara Davis
Long Jump
22' 9"
2022
Darja Sopova
Triple Jump
44' 2.5"
Kennedy Simon
400 Meter
51.54
Outdoor
Year
Name
Event
Time/Mark
1979
Kathy Devine
Shot Put
52' 7.75"
1982
Neugebauer, Coleman, Walker, Arnold
4x800 Meter Relay
8:39.7
1982
Denny, Sherfield, Bean, Shurr
4x100 Meter Relay
46.04
1982
Sherfield, Walker, Bean, Coleman
4x400 Meter Relay
3:37.7
1982
Denny, Sherfield, Shurr, Coleman
800 Meter Medley
1:39.9
1982
Lorri Kokkola
Javelin
170' 9"
1984
Terri Turner
Triple Jump
44' 2"
1985
Juliet Cuthbert
200 Meter
22.55
1986
Juliet Cuthbert
100 Meter
11.27
1986
Juliet Cuthbert
200 Meter
22.71
1986
Terri Turner
Triple Jump
44' 9.75"
1987
Annie Schweitzer
5,000 Meter
15:46
1989
Roberts, Saldana, Flowers, Guidry
4x400 Meter Relay
3:31.2
1990
Angie Bradburn
High Jump
6' 2.75"
1991
Carlette Guidry
100 Meter
10.91
1991
Carlette Guidry
200 Meter
22.44
1991
Eileen Vanisi
Shot Put
57' 9"
1991
Clack, Saldana, Williams, Guidry
4x100 Meter Relay
42.88
1994
Merlene Frazer
200 Meter
22.49
1994
Eileen Vanisi
Shot Put
58' 2.5"
1996
Suziann Reid
400 Meter
52.16
1996
Riley, Reid, Howard, Brown
4x400 Meter Relay
3:27.5
1997
Dana Riley
800 Meter
2:02.9
1997
Riley, Howard, Brown, Reid
4x400 Meter Relay
3:28.4
1998
Erin Aldrich
High Jump
6' 4"
1998
Suziann Reid
400 Meter
51.22
1998
Angie Vaughn
100 Meter Hurdles
12.82
1998
McGruder, Perry, Vaughn, Backus
4x100 Meter Relay
42.76
1998
Patterson, Brown, Haddad, Reid
4x400 Meter Relay
3:28.6
1999
Suziann Reid
400 Meter
51.08
1999
McGruder, Perry, White, Backus
4x100 Meter Relay
42.95
1999
Patterson, Haddad, Jarrett, Reid
4x400 Meter Relay
3:27.1
2000
Erin Aldrich
High Jump
6' 2.75"
2003
Sanya Richards
400 Meter
50.58
2003
Downer, Robinson, McIntosh, Richards
4x400 Meter Relay
3:26.8
2004
Nichole Denby
100 Meter Hurdles
12.62
2005
Marshevet Hooker
100 Meter
11.16
2005
Kerr, Walker, Chapple, Hooker
4x100 Meter Relay
42.87
2005
Jones, Walker, Kerr, Chapple
4x400 Meter Relay
3:27.1
2006
Destinee Hooker
High Jump
6' 2.25"
2006
Lee, Anderson, Kerr, Walker
4x100 Meter Relay
42.84
2007
Destinee Hooker
High Jump
6' 3.5"
2009
Destinee Hooker
High Jump
6' 4.7"
Alexandria Anderson
100 Meter
11.2
Nwosu, Cooper, Anderson, Malone
4x400 Meter Relay
3:28.5
2014
Courtney Okolo
400 Meter
50.23
Marielle Hall
5,000 Meter
15:35.1
Nelson, Baisden, Akinosun, Okolo
4x400 Meter Relay
3:42.2
2016
Courtney Okolo
400 Meter
50.36
Gordon, Akinosun, Golden, Okolo
4x400 Meter Relay
3:27.6
2017
Chrisann Gordon
400 Meter
50.51
2019
Ashtin Zamzow
Heptathlon
6,222
2021
Tara Davis
Long Jump
21’ 11.75”
2022
Alfred, Adeleke, Davis, Flannel
4x100 Meter Relay
42.42
Julien Alfred
100 Meter
11.02
Conference Individual Event Champions
Source[ 2] As of May 16, 2022
Indoor
Event
Titles
55-Meter Hurdles
4
60-Yard Hurdles
2
60-Meter Hurdles
10
55 Meters
8
60 Meters
11
60 Yards
2
200 Meters
17
400 Meters
18
440 Yards
1
600 Yards
13
800 Meters
12
880 Yards
1
1000 Meters
2
1000 Yards
3
Mile
8
Two-Mile
1
3000 Meters
3
5000 Meters
1
4x400-Meter Relay
16
4x800-Meter Relay
6
Distance Medley Relay
3
High Jump
12
Pole Vault
4
Long Jump
9
Triple Jump
9
Shot Put
4
Pentathlon
5
Outdoor
Event
Titles
100-Meter Hurdles
11
400-Meter Hurdles
17
100 Meters
25
200 Meters
22
400 Meters
22
800 Meters
12
1500 Meters
11
3000 Meters
5
5000 Meters
5
10000 Meters
2
4x100-Meter Relay
23
4x400-Meter Relay
21
High Jump
13
Pole Vault
5
Long Jump
7
Triple Jump
6
Shot Put
6
Discus
7
Javelin
10
Heptathlon
8
See also
References
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