TONYALLEN 1986-1988 | 4x400 ANCHOR IN 1986 Tony Allen is one of several athletes who were both track and football greats at TCU. He had a smooth running style that helped him establish school records in the 200 meters (20.10) in 1987 and the indoor 400 meters (46.67) in 1988. Allen is forever etched in the Southwest Conference record books for his efforts in the indoor 400 meters.

Allen anchored the Frogs to a national collegiate dual-meet 4x400 meter relay mark when the team clocked a 3:02.74 at UCLA in 1986. He earned all-America honors on TCU’s 4x400 meter relay unit, which finished third at the NCAA Championships in 1988.

JOEBROWN 2004-2008 | 2008 ALL-AMERICAN Brown closed out his career as a Flyin’ Frog by being named the 2007-08 Mountain West Conference Male Student-Athlete of the Year.

A walk-on to the Horned Frogs’ team as a freshman in 2004- 05, Brown won the men’s javelin title at the 2008 MWC Outdoor Track and Field Championship, while also earning All-American honors with a 10th- place finish in the javelin at the 2008 NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

In recognition of his academic and athletic accomplishments, he was selected as the 2008 Dutch Meyer Male Scholar Athlete of the Year and was honored with the 2008 Chancellor’s Award, two of the highest academic accolades presented to a TCU student-athlete.

Overall, the Overland Park, Kan., native, had an outstanding senior season in the men’s javelin, collecting All-America honors by tossing the javelin 211 LEWISBANDA feet, 9 inches to place 10th overall. Brown became the first TCU athlete 2006 | FIVE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN ever to be named an All-American in the javelin. The finish by Brown was Despite being on the TCU campus for just one season after transferring also the best by a TCU javelin thrower at the NCAA Championships. from Arizona State, Lewis Banda did more in his time in one season than many do in their entire careers. At the Mountain West Conference Championships, Brown closed his MWC career in winning-fashion, taking the title on his last attempt in competition. Banda earned five All-America certificates and set the school record in the Overall, he blasted a throw of 221 feet, 7 inches to become only the second indoor and outdoor 400 meters. Horned Frog ever to win a conference crown in the javelin, and the first since Wes Ritchey won the Southwest Conference in 1954. A native of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Banda earned three of his five All-America honors during the outdoor season. At the Outdoor NCAA Championships, Banda finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 45.10. Healso MICHAELCANNON anchored the 4x400 relay team that placed second with a time of 3:02.12 1983-1986 | TWO-TIME ALL- and 4x100 team that finished fourth with a mark of 39.19. AMERICAN Michael Cannon established the school At the Indoor NCAA Championships, Banda earned All-America honors in record in the 400-meters (45.14), a record the 400 meters by placing third with a time of 45.85. Banda was also a that lasted from 1985 to 2004. member of the 4x400 relay team that placed eighth with a time of 3:08.82. Cannon was a two-time all-American and Banda set the school record in the indoor 400 with a time of 45.67 and the held four of the six swiftest 400-meter outdoor 400 with a time of 45.10. races ever by a Frog sprinter. He anchored the school-record indoor mile relay unit In addition to his All-America honors, Banda won conference titles in the and was a member of the second fastest indoor 400, indoor 4x400 relay and outdoor 400. 4x400 meter team at TCU.

In 2008, Banda qualified for the Olympics in , but had to pull out of Cannon helped the TCU indoor mile relay competition because of an injury. team to a Southwest Conference crown in 1984. He finished fifth in the 1985 NCAA Outdoor 400 meters, and then placed fourth the next year in the same race. Coach “Bubba” Thornton named him TCU’s Outstanding Track athlete for 1985. He was a quarterfinalist at the 1984 U.S. Olympic Trials in the 400 meters.

Cannon was a local product from Dallas South Oak Cliff High School. He was one of the most versatile runners in Texas with running times among the state’s leaders in the 100, 200 and 400 meters. He posted best times of 10.4 in the 100, 21.4 in the 200 and 46.2 in the 400.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats BILLCOLLINS 1972-1975 | USA MASTERS HALL OF FAME is recognized as one of TCU’s first great sprinters. The Mount Vernon, New York, native captured two Southwest Conference 100-yard KIMCOLLINS 2000-2001 | 2000 NCAA CHAMPION, 60m & 200m titles in 1974 and 1975. He also won the 60-yard dash crown at the SWC was able to establish himself as one of the top sprinters in TCU Indoor Championship in 1975. history in just two short years. The St. Kitts native took the long way to Fort Worth with a stop at Central Arizona College for two years before joining the The ‘Fleet Frog’ finished with career best marks of 9.3 seconds and 20.7 Horned Frog sprinting stable. seconds in the 100 and 200 events respectively. He gained all-America recognition in the 60-yard dash (indoors) in 1974, and on the 4x100 meter Collins received six All-America certificates during his stint at TCU and won relay team in 1975. three NCAA titles (the 2001 indoor 60 and 200 meters and the 2001 outdoor 4x100 meter relay). He joined Raymond Stewart as the only Horned Frog Collins played a key role on one of TCU’s early great relay quartets that ran athletes to capture two individual NCAA titles. He was a two-time recipient a conference record 3:18.9 in the 1975 indoor mile relay. He also aided the of the Outstanding Performer award at the Texas Relays. 1973 relay that set a then-school record of 40.9.

Collins’ defining moment as a Frog came in the finals of the 2001 NCAA Collins still has not given up running and has remained active in age-group 4x100 meter relay, where he took the final handoff trailing Leonard Scott by track and field and has held several national age-group sprint marks. In about two steps, but caught the Tennessee standout with about 50 meters 2006, Collins was named the USATF Masters Athlete of the Year. to go and pulled away to give TCU the victory in a Hayward Field record time of 38.58. The win was even more impressive given that Scott posted In 2003 he was inducted into the USA Track & Field Masters Hall of Fame. a 10.05 100 meters just a day earlier, the second fastest time in the world during the season. Collins owns more than 80 masters national titles, 17 world masters crowns and has set nearly 20 world records during his remarkable Masters career, Collins represented St. Kitts in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and placed and in November of 2006 he was recognized as the IAAF Male Masters sixth in the 100 meter final. He has also made appearances at the 1996, Athlete of the Year at the annual IAAF Gala in . 2000 and 2008 Olympics and in five World Track and Field Championships, including the 2003 meet held in Paris, France, where he captured the gold medal. He was a quarterfinalist in the 100 meters at the 1996 in Atlanta and finished seventh in the 100 meters at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He won the 100-meter dash at the 2002 .

Collins finished sixth overall in the men’s 200-meter finals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He also competed in the 100 meters in which he reached the quarterfinals.

In spite of reaching his mid-30’s in an area usually controlled by youth, Collins has continued to thrive. After announcing his retirement following the 2009 World Championships, Collins returned to the world stage in 2011 by winning silver at the Pan-American Games. The momentum continued JOHNNYCOLLINS to the World Championships, where Collins earned his fourth career medal 1997-2000 | 2000 NCAA CHAMPION IN 4X400 in the 100-meter dash with a third-place finish. Johnny L. Collins II made a name for himself as both an outstanding leader and as the Western Athletic Conference’s top quarter-miler. His duties Collins was the flag bearer for his home nation of St. Kitts and Nevis at the included the open quarter and as anchor leg for the prolific 4x400 meter 2012 Olympic Opening Ceremonies, and remains one of the most popular relay team during his four-year collegiate career. runners both in his home nation and in the track and field community.

Collins was an outstanding dual sport athlete before stepping foot on the TCU campus. He played football and ran track at Fort Worth’s Wyatt High School. He made an immediate impact for the Flyin’ Frogs when he ran the anchor leg on TCU’s 4x400 meter relay unit in both the indoor and outdoor seasons as a true freshman.

Collins was awarded many honors before his Horned Frog career was over. He won back-to-back WAC Outdoor 400-meter titles, was on seven WAC championship relay teams, earned all-America honors all four years and anchored the Frogs’ 4x400 relay unit to the 2000 NCAA Indoor Title. He also established the WAC 400-meter dash record with a time of 46.26.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats CLEAVONDILLON 2002-2005 | THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Cleavon Dillon earned three All-America honors and was TCU’s top long jumper and sprinter. Dillon earned All-America honors in 2003 and 2004 by JONDRUMMOND 1989-1991 | OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST running a leg on TCU’s 4x100 team. His first All-America certificate came in closed out the decade as a world-class force on the the in 2002. international track & field circuit. He set the then-school record in the long jump during the indoor season of Drummond is one of the better-known sprinters in U.S. track history. The 2002 with a leap of 7.86m (25-09.50). former TCU great was a standout at the 1997 World Championships before a recurrence of spinal meningitis sidelined him for much of the 1999 season. In addition to competing in the long jump and running relays, Dillon also ran He remarkably recovered to earn a spot on the gold medal winning 4x100 the 60 meters, 100 meters and 200 meters. meter relay at the 1999 World Championships and captured Gold at the 2000 Olympic games in the 4x100 meter relay. He was also an entry for the A native of St. Clair, Trinidad, Dillon earned All-America honors by placing USA in the 100 meters at the 1996 Olympic Games in addition to running a fourth in the long jump in 2002, sixth in the 4x100 relay in 2003 and fourth leg on the silver medallist 4x100-meter relay. in the 4x100 in 2004. A three-time all-American at TCU, Drummond still ranks as one of the fastest TCU sprinters ever. He posted a 10.03 clocking in the 100 meters in the 1991 NCAA Championships. He also blazed a 6.12 effort in the indoor 55 meters during his junior season of 1990, a time that still ranks third on TCU’s all-time list. Drummond not only captured Southwest Conference and 100-meter titles in 1991 and also finished second in the 100 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Eugene, Oregon. He anchored TCU’s 4x100 meter relay to another NCAA title.

Drummond fought recurring injuries while at TCU, but he ran a few times that pegged him as a real possibility. In 1990, he clocked a 10.10 100 meters, that mark put him in the top 10 in the world list that season.

In 2008, Horatio Porter along with Carey Johnson, Ralston Wright and Drummond were honored as part of the 2008 Wall of Fame class at the Penn Relays in Philadelphia.

DELWAYNEDELANEY At the 2012 Olympics, Drummond was coach of the U.S. relay squads. After 2005-2007 | 2005 NCAA RUNNER-UP, 4x400 much high-profile trouble in the recent past, the Americans were at their A Mountain West Conference Champion in both indoors and outdoors in peak in . Both men’s relays earned silver medals and broke national three seasons at TCU, Delaney had am impressive list of honors during his records, and both women’s squads won gold medals with the 4x100-meter Horned Frog career. team breaking the 32-year old world record in the event. Delaney, a St. Kitts native and All-American, earned the Male High-Point Award at the MWC Outdoor Championships after winning the 100 and 200 meters and running a leg on the 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams that also finished first in 2007. During indoor, Delaney was the only member of the men’s team to win a MWC Indoor title with a victory in the 60 meters.

Delaney was also a valuable member of the TCU relay teams in both the 4x100 and 4x400. In 2007, he was part of a 4x100 team that placed third at the Midwest Regional.

Delaney will be remembered though as being a member of a 4x400 team that placed second at the NCAA Championships with a time of 3:02.12 in 2005.

He was selected as a member of the St. Kitts & Nevis 4x100 relay pool at the 2012 Olympics.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats MICHAELFRATER 2001-2004 | 2008 & 2012 OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST AUNDREEDWARDS A seven-time All-American with a unique running style, 2001-2004 | FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN followed in the footsteps of his brother, Lindel, and left as one of the top A four-time All-American, Aundre Edwards was one of the nation’s top long sprinters in school history. jumpers during his four-year career, finishing in the top five in the nation in four NCAA events. Michael earned his first All-America certificate as a sophomore in the indoor 60-meter dash and placed fourth at nationals in the 100-meters during the A native of Kingston, , Edwards showed signs of good things to outdoor season. come as a sophomore. He jumped 8.00 meters at the TCU Invitational, took home the bronze medal at the C-USA outdoor Championship with a jump As a junior, Frater placed fifth at the NCAA Indoor meet in the 60, took the of 7.64 meters and earned all-America honors with a fifth place finish in the bronze medal in the 100 during the outdoor season and ran the anchor long jump at the NCAA Outdoor National Championships, recording a mark leg on the 4x1 relay unit that placed sixth. He posted a career-best time of of 7.85 meters. 10.05 seconds at the TCU Invitational.

As a junior, Edwards established the school indoor record with a leap of Frater earned the silver medal at the 2004 NCAA Championships in the 7.87 meters, a mark he would later shatter. He swept both the Conference 100 meter dash, missing the gold by just eight-thousandths of a second. USA indoor and outdoor titles, placed 11th at the NCAA Indoor meet and He anchored the Frogs’ 4x100 relay unit which finished fourth in the nation. fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the long jump competition. In 2008, Frater helped Jamaica break the world record and win gold in He returned for his senior campaign in 2004 and swept the Conference the men’s 4x100 at the 2008 Olympics. In 2009, Frater captured a goal USA long jump indoor and outdoor titles for the second straight year. He medal as a member of Jamaica’s 4x100 relay at the 2009 and 2011 World took a personal-best bronze medal at the national level in the 2004 NCAA Champonships. Indoor Championships with a school record jump of 7.97 meters, then took fourth place at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field meet in June. Frater, who ran the second leg of the relay, teamed with , and to win the gold medal at National Stadium.

Overall, the unit clocked a world record time of 37.10 seconds, which broke the United State’s previous record of 37.40 set at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.

Frater and the Jamaican relay team did it again at the 2012 Olympics in London. Running the second leg again, Frater, Carter, Yohan Blake and Bolt pulled off another astonishing world record completing the circut of the track in 36.84.

Of Jamaica’s combined four Olympic and World Championship gold medals, only two men were on all four relays. Michael Frater and Usain Bolt.

PHILLIPEPPS 1980-1983 | THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Phillip Epps came to TCU as a football player and performed eight years in the NFL for the Green Bay Packers and the Buffalo Bills as a wide receiver and return specialist before retiring from the sport in 1988.

Epps made a name for himself at TCU in the short indoor events and the outdoor 200 meters. His 20.19 effort in the 200 was retired as the sixth fastest ever in that event for a SWC athlete.

The Atlanta, Texas native raced to Southwest Conference 200-meter crowns in both 1982 and 1983, plus he claimed the 60-yard crown in 1983 (he recorded the six fastest times ever for a Horned Frog in that event). He ran the leadoff leg on the 1983 4x100 unit that won the SWC title. He was a three-time All-America honoree.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats JARMIENEHOLLOWAY 1998-1999 | 1998 NCAA RUNNER-UP, 100m Jarmiene Holloway only showed glimpses of his potential while in Fort Worth, he was relatively unheralded at TCU despite producing some of the JONATHANJACKSON 2004-2008 | TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN finest performances in school history during an injury-ridden two seasons Jackson ended his prestigious career as a two-time All-American, while also as a Horned Frog. recording multiple conference championships in both the long and triple jump. The nation’s No. 3 ranked jumper going into the NCAAs, Jackson Holloway finished second in the 100-meter dash at the 1998 NCAA Outdoor qualified for nationals by posting runner-up honors at the Midwest Regional. Championship. He followed that with an impressive leg on the Frogs’ record- shattering 4x100 meter relay. In 2008, Jackson had one of the most successful outings for an athlete in Penn Relays history. The senior crushed his own school record to win the Jarmiene captured the WAC title in the 200 in 1998 and placed third in the men’s triple jump after winning the long jump on his first day of competition same meet in the 100. He also participated on relay units which seven times in Philadelphia. By doing so he earned College Athlete of the Meet honors ran sub-39 4x100s. for individual events. The Grand Prairie, Texas, native, who’s mark of 54 feet, 3.75 inches in the triple jump was as high as No. 1 in the NCAA during Holloway continues to run on the professional circuit today and placed third the season recorded the 10th longest jump in Penn Relays history. He at the USA Indoor Championships at 60 meters during the 2002 season. became the first TCU track and field athlete ever to win both the men’s long and triple jump at the Penn Relays. He also became the first TCU male or female to win a title in the triple jump at Franklin Field.

Finally, Jackson, who earned his second All-America honor of his career during the indoor season in the triple jump, won the conference title in the triple jump, claiming his third career MWC outdoor crown with a winning leap of 51 feet, 2 ¼ inches.

During the indoor season, Jackson earned All-American honors by soaring 16.32m (53-06.50) to finish third overall in the men’s triple jump at nationals. Jackson’s mark broke his own school record.

He earned his first All-America honors of his career by placing third in the triple jump at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships, finished third with a leap of 52-09.50 (16.09m).

BRYANHOWARD 1998-1999 | COLLEGIATE 4x100 RECORD Few sprinters have entered TCU with the credentials Bryan Howard brought to the Flyin’ Frogs when he chose to transfer from Auburn during the winter of 1997. He was an NCAA indoor 55-meter champion for the Tigers. He came to TCU to be a part of the Horned Frogs’ stable of sprinters and immediately became one of the finest in school history.

Howard’s legacy at TCU does not include a bevy of individual victories, but he did leave a mark on the program. He is arguably one of the finest leadoff men in TCU’s incredibly rich history in the 4x100 meter relay. Howard led off TCU in seven different sub-39 second 4x100 performances over a two-year span, including the collegiate record setting 1998 NCAA Championship squad that exploded to a 38.04 performance in Buffalo, New York. He teamed up with Jermaine Holloway to lead TCU’s 1999 unit to some startling early-season performances and clocked the nation’s fastest time (38.64) by a collegiate team at the Texas Relays in April. Injuries nagged Howard during his final season and he pulled his hamstring during the final stretch of the 200 meters at the NCAA Championships in Boise, Idaho.

Howard’s times of 10.13 in the 100 and 19.1 in the 200 ranks as some of the best performances in Horned Frog history.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats JACKSONLANGAT 2003-2006 | 2006 NCAA CHAMPION, 800m A highly-decorated middle-distance runner, Jackson Langat was an NCAA indoor 800-meter champion for TCU and earned seven All-America certificates in three years for the Horned Frogs after transferring from Tarleton State after his freshman campaign. KIPKANGOGO Langat became TCU’s first indoor champion in the 800 meters in 2006 2005-2006 | MWC 10TH ANNIVERSARY CC TEAM when he set a TCU indoor record with a time 1:47.02. One of TCU’s most prolific distance runners, Kip Kangogo won seven conference titles in just two years after transferring from BYU. In addition to his NCAA title in the 800, Langat earned All-America in the event three additional times - 2004 indoor, 2003 outdoor and 2003 indoor. In addition to his six conference titles, the Kabarnet, Kenya, native owns the school record in the 3000 meters (9:39.09), outdoor 5000 meters (13:47.11) Langat earned his other All-America certificates as a member of TCU’s and was a member of the distance medley relay team that set the outdoor 4x400 relay team. In 2003, Langat was a member of the 4x400 team school record with a time of 9:36.14. that earned a silver medal at the NCAA Indoor Championships. In 2006, Langat helped the 4x400 team earn a silver medal at the NCAA Outdoor Kangogo’s first four conference titles came at one meet, as he was named Championships and finish eighth at the NCAA Indoor Championships. Athlete of the Meet at the 2005 Conference USA Indoor Championships. At the meet, he captured gold in the mile, 3000 meters, 5000 meters and as En route to earning a silver medal in the 4x400 relay in 2006, Langat and the anchor of the distance medley relay team. the Frogs posted a season-best time of 3:02.12 and came within 0.03 second of breaking the school’s 4x400 outdoor record that was set in 1983. After sitting out the 2004 cross country and track seasons due to NCAA transfer rules, Kangogo qualified for the 2005 NCAA Cross Country In addition to his NCAA title during his senior year, Langat was also the Championships where he finished 33rd - just 2.8 seconds shy of All- indoor and outdoor Mountain West Conference Champion in the 800 America status. meters. He also won the 2006 Mountain West Conference Indoor title in the 3000 CYLELAND meters and 2005 C-USA outdoor titles in the 1500 meters and 5000 meters. 1928-1930 | 100-YARD DASH IN 9.4 SECONDS The man who started TCU’s sprinting tradition long ago was Texas native In 2008, Kangogo was selected as part of the Mountain West Conference Cy Leland. Leland was a TCU immortal when he graduated in 1931 — 10th Anniversary Men’s Cross Country Team. largely because of his exploits on the football field. The anniversary team was selected by a combined panel of media, Leland was an all-Southwest Conference halfback on the Horned Frogs’ institutional and conference personnel and on-line fan poll. In order to 1929 unbeaten Southwest Conference championship team. His shining be eligible for consideration, candidates must have been a first team all- athletic moment probably came at the 1930 Kansas Relays when he tied Mountain West selection at least once in their careers. the world record in the 100-yard dash in 9.4 seconds. Some 70 years later, Leland’s record stands among the most successful in TCU records.

Leland’s 1930 track season was filled with record-breaking performances. He started the season by setting TCU marks in the 100 (9.6) and 220- yard dash (21.5) at the Fat Stock Show Meet at TCU on March 15. Leland then gained regional notoriety by winning the 100 at the Drake Relays. He capped the year by breaking the 220-yard dash conference record at the Southwest Conference Championships in 20.9. He closed the season with a fourth-place 100 finish at the NCAA meet.

In football, Cy rushed for 100 yards four times during his career and three times during the 1929 season. A 173-yard outing against Abilene Christian in 1930, setting a TCU single-game rushing mark at the time, highlighted his career. Leland’s 13 rushing touchdowns in 1929 stood as a TCU record for 26 years. His 17 career rushing touchdowns stood at the top of the TCU list until 1956. In 1929, Leland led the nation while averaging 7.2 yards per attempt. His 93-yard punt return for a touchdown against Baylor in 1929 remains a TCU record.

The most famous moment of his TCU athletic career came in Austin, Texas in 1929, when Leland took a kickoff and raced down the west sideline for a 95-yard touchdown that led to a 15-12 TCU win and the Frogs’ first SWC football championship.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats DONOVANPOWELL 1994-1995 | TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION In just two seasons at TCU, the powerful Donovan Powell made a monumental impact on TCU’s sprinting scene.

OTISMCDANIEL A junior college all-American, he was perfect four-for-four in SWC 2005-2009 | FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN championships, capturing the indoor 55 meter and outdoor 100 meter titles McDaniel closed out his senior season collecting All-America honors as a both his junior and senior years. His 10.07 clocking at the 1995 Southwest member of the men’s 4x100 that placed eighth overall in Fayetteville, Ark., Conference meet ranked No. 8 all-time among the swiftest efforts by with a time of 39.50 seconds. A multiple conference champion, McDaniel conference sprinters. earned four All-America honors while at TCU. He won gold in the 200 at the NACAC Under 23 Track & Field Championships with a meet-record time Powell anchored the Frogs’ to back-to-back 4x100 meter NCAA relay of 20.61. He was also the PanAm Junior Champion in the 200 meters and crowns in 1994 and 1995, and he finished third and second, respectively, 4x100 relay. in the 100- meter events at those national meets. Powell finished with five all-America awards at TCU. In 2008, he was part of the men’s 4x100 unit that earned All-America honors by crossing the finish line in seventh-place with a time of 39.60 seconds. Powell continued his track career by competing professionally. He captured McDaniel had a solid outing at the MWC Championships as he won the the gold medal at the U.S. Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash. He conference title in the 200 meters with a seasonal best time of 20.60, while also placed second in the same event at the World Indoors in 1999. also posting runner-up honors in the 100 meters. He was a key component on both the sprint medley and 4x100 units during his four years in Fort Worth that ranked in the top-10 of the world and national standings nearly every season.

During his sophomore campaign, McDaniel was named Outstanding Performer at the Mountain West Outdoor Championships. At the MWC, he won the 100 and 200 meters and was a member of the 4x100 relay team that won conference title He set the conference and meet record en route to winning the 200 meters at the MWC Championships with a time of 20.35.

In 2005, McDaniel earned a spot on the U.S. Junior National team where he captured gold in the 200 meters at the Pan American Junior Championships with a 20.67 clocking.

HORATIOPORTER 1989-1992 | TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION JORDANREYNOLDS Yet another local product from Fort Worth Polytechnic High School, Horatio 1988-1992 | TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Porter was a five-time all-America sprinter at TCU. En route, he ran A two-time All-American in the shot put, Jordan Reynolds solidified himself the leadoff carry on the fastest NCAA 4x100 relay to that point — 38.23 as TCU’s greatest male thrower despite competing at TCU when the seconds at the NCAA Championships in Indianapolis, Porter again handled program was largely just known for its sprints and relays. the leadoff leg as the Flyin’ Frogs won in 38.80 seconds. Reynolds owns the school record in the discus and both the indoor and A two-time NCAA Outdoor qualifier in the 200 meters (he had a career PR outdoor records in the shot put. A native of Houston, Texas, Reynolds set of 20.40 in that event), Horatio captured both the 55 meters and the 200 at the outdoor and indoor shot put record in 1992 with tosses of 64-9 3/4 the 1992 SWC Indoor meet. (19.75m) and 61-9 1/2 (18.83m), respectively. He set the discus record in 1990 with a toss of 190-8 (58.12m). In 2008, Porter along with Carey Johnson, Ralston Wright and Jon Drummond were honored as part of the 2008 Wall of Fame class at the Reynolds earned All-America honors in 1992 for placing second in the shot Penn Relays in Philadelphia. at the NCAA Outdoor Championships. His other All-America honor came in the shot at the 1990 NCAA Outdoor Championships. Johnson, Wright, Drummond and Porter were part of a 4x100 relay team in 1991 that set a 10-year Penn Relays record, winning the event in 38.80 He also won the outdoor title in the shot put at the Southwest Conference seconds. It was the first sub-39 college 4x100 at that time. The unit joins Championships in 1990 and 1992. At the Texas Relays, Reynolds was a TCU’s 1986 4x200 meter relay squad on the Wall of Fame. three-time champion in the shot put with titles. He also was a two-time champion in the shot put at the Penn Relays (1991, 1992).

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats GREGSHOLARS 1986-1989 | THREE-TIME NCAA CHAMPION One of the most intense competitors ever to don TCU’s track and field colors, Greg Sholars is best remembered as being only one of two Horned KHADEVISROBINSON Frogs to be a member of three NCAA 4x100-meter relay title units (1986,’87 1995-1998 | 1998 NCAA CHAMPION, 800m and ’89). A broken wrist his junior year of high school is what prompted Khadevis Robinson’s track career. Another local product from Fort Worth’s Southwest High School, Sholars anchored both the fastest 4x100-meter relay (38.23) and 4x200 relay He was a standout football player until the injury, but he felt he needed (1:20.20) combos in NCAA history. Along the way, he garnered five NCAA another sport to list on his college application-so he tried track. All-American honors.

Bothered by only making the NCAA Indoor meet once in college, he made Though he owned a career personal record of 10.12 seconds in the 100 the most of his outdoor NCAA opportunities as he won the 1998 NCAA meters, Sholars often was willing to unselfishly forego individual races in Outdoor 800 to close his college career. order for the Flyin’ Frogs to concentrate on the prowess in the short stick events. Robinson won the 1999 USA Indoor Championships and was a finalist at the World Championships, both indoors and outdoors. In July of 2002, Robinson ran the fourth fastest time in the world in the 800 meter in Finland, shattering his personal record with a time of 1:44.41. He continues to perform on the professional circuit and is one of the nation’s top 800-meter runners, earning a trip to Athens, Greece for the 2004 Summer Olympics. This past summer, he collected runner-up honors in the event with a time of 1:45.97 seconds at the 2009 USA Outdoor Championships,

In August of 2006, Robinson helped shatter the American and world record in the 4x800 meters at the meet with a time of 7:02.82. Despite shattering the previous world mark, the U.S. squad finished second to Kenya’s time of 7:02.43.

Robinson concluded 2006 ranked No. 1 in the U.S. and No. 7 in theworld in the 800 meters. He represented the Flyin’ Frogs at the 12th Annual IAAF World Championships In Athletics in , Germany

In 2008, Robison’s bid for a second-straight Olympics in the 800 meters fell short at Hayward Field. Robinson clocked a time of 1:45.53 to place fourth overall and just miss a qualifying spot on the Olympic team. Robinson led for most of the race until being passed by eventual winner Nicholas Symmonds with less then 100 meters to go. ANDREWSMITH 1986-1989 | THREE-TIME NCAA CHAMPION Robinson competed in the 2009 and 2011 World Championships before the Though he performed extensively in the shadows of TCU great Raymond Olympic cycle resumed. This time Hayward Field and the Olympic Trials Stewart through much of his career, Andrew Smith certainly earned a place were much more forgiving to Robinson in 2012. Symmonds finished ahead of his own in TCU’s sprinting hall of honor. of Robinson again, but this time Robinson was able to kick his way into second place and claim his second trip to the Olympics. Not only did the Kingston, Jamaica, native own a personal best of 10.10 seconds in the 100 meters, en route to garnering all-American honors four straight years — 1986 to 89 — the powerful Smith was a key member of the fastest collegiate 4x100 and 4x200-meter relay units in history to that point. In fact, Smith, a premier stick man — along with his purple-clad 4x100 mates — claimed gold at the 1986, 1987 and 1989 NCAA Championships in addition to many other major relay titles over that stretch. He was a major contributor to TCU’s incredible 25-race win streak on the sprint relay.

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RAYMONDSTEWART 1986-1989 | SEVEN-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Considered to be the greatest of TCU’s legion of sprinting stars, Raymond Stewart still holds the school record in the 100-meter dash of 9.89 seconds, in addition to anchoring the second-fastest relay unit in NCAA history JustynWARNER (bettered only by TCU’s 1998 unit) that ran 38.23 in 1990. 2006-2009 | THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Justyn Warner had a storied career at TCU, and continued it into his The first of many Jamaican sprinters to reach superstar status while at professional career. TCU, Stewart was a seven-time all-American. Stewart was at his best at the marquee events, winning 100-meter titles at the Penn Relays, Florida Warner came to TCU as a Pan American games silver medalist in the Relays, Texas Relays and SWC Championships. But it was at the NCAA 100-meter dash. Warner was a member of three 4x100-meter relay teams Championships of 1987 and 1989 where Stewart asserted himself as a that earned All-American honors at the NCAA Championships. Warner was force in collegiate track with victories in the 100 those two years, in addition also a five-time Mountain West Conference champion. to taking the 1989 NCAA Indoor Championships 55-meter title. Warner continued on to his professional career, representing Canada at the To cap it off, Stewart added NCAA titles as a member of the 4x100-meter 2011 World Championships. 2012 was a big year for Warner, as he earned relay units in 1987 and 1989. Stewart was a 100-meter fi nalist in the 1984, an invite to the Olympics in the 100-meter dash and 4x100-meter relay. He 1988 and 1992 Olympic games, placing sixth in 1984 as the youngest went on to finish 13th in the 100 and anchored for the 4x100 squad. man (age 19) to race in the finals. Stewart won a silver medal in the 1988 Olympics in the 4x1 relay. Stewart won three consecutive SWC 100-meter crowns, one of just six men to accomplish that feat in conference history.

RICARDOWILLIAMS 1999-2000 | ALL-AMERICAN Although he was only on the TCU campus for two short years, Ricardo ROSCOETATUM “Flash” Williams left an indelible mark on the program. 1985-1988 | TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION Roscoe Tatum a Carthage, Texas native, provided power-driven speed to One of the top junior sprinters in his native country of Jamaica, Williams the Horned Frog sprint units from 1985 through 1988. came to TCU after a two-year stint at Southwestern Christian Community College. “Flash’ earned Indoor All-America honors as a junior by placing Tatum’s track offerings included a 10.08-second clocking in the 100 meters eighth in the 200 meters and ran the anchor leg on TCU’s outdoor 4x100 in 1986 and a 6.15 effort in the 60-yard dash (indoor) in 1985. meter relay squad that qualified for the national meet.

Tatum was a member of TCU’s first two NCAA Championship 4x100-meter He came back as a senior to finish fifth in the outdoor open 200 and run on relay units (1986 and 1987), as well as the fastest 4x200 relay time ever the 4x100 meter relay team that produced the nation’s fastest time. He also by a collegiate squad (1:20.20 seconds) and was a five-time NCAA All- ran on the winning 4x100 and 4x200 relay teams at the Penn Relays and American. the winning 4x100 relay at the Texas Relays.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats ROYWILLIAMS 1998-2001 | 2000 NCAA CHAMPION, 4x400 One of the nation’s top quarter-milers, Roy Williams’ solid career was cut short by back problems during his senior campaign.

During his four-year tenure, Williams was a three-time NCAA all-American and a 10-time All-WAC performer.

Williams immediately carved a niche as a freshman, running the lead leg on TCU’s 4x400 meter relay unit. The quartet earned a second place fi nish at the NCAA Outdoor Meet. The unit, again with Williams running the first leg, captured the 2000 NCAA Indoor title, then placed fourth in the national outdoor meet.

Despite back ailments that limited his performances during his senior campaign, Williams had one last hurrah as he claimed victory in the 400-meter dash at the WAC Indoor Championships, defending his 2000 title.

SYANWILLIAMS 1997-1998 | 1998 NCAA CHAMPION, 4x100 A versatile performer both indoors and outdoors in two seasons at TCU was Syan Williams.

This Jamaican speedster — a transfer from Central Ohio University — burned up the indoor circuits in his two years.

The TCU record holder in the 55-meter dash indoors, Williams won WAC indoor titles in the 55 and 200 meters in 1998.

Williams was also a valuable member of the TCU relay teams in both the 4x100 and 4x400. Running the third leg in the 4x100-meter relay, Williams served a pivotal member of the TCU team that broke a collegiate record on the way to a national title at the 1998 NCAA Championships in Buffalo, New York, and paved the way to TCU’s third place team finish.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats REBECCAALLISON 1984-1988 | TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Rebecca Allison was a two-time All-American in the 1,500 meters, where she finished fourth at both the 1986 and 1987 NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Allison still owns school records in both the indoor and outdoor 800 as well as the 1,500 meters and mile run. In the 800, Allison set both the top indoor NEIDRACOVINGTON time of 2:10.69 and the top outdoor time of 2:05.48 in 1986. 2007-2010 | SIX-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Neidra Covington placed sixth overall in the women’s triple jump to collect All- In the 1,500 meters, Allison set the record in 1987 with a time of 4:14.85. In America honors on the final day of the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, the mile run, Allison posted a record time of 4:47.49 in 1986. leaping 43 feet, 8 ½ inches to post the program’s highest finish ever in the women’s triple jump at the NCAA Indoor Championships.

Covington put a close to her final season in Des Moines at the USA Championships, soaring to sixth-place accolades in the women’s triple jump with a personal-best leap of 44 feet, 2 inches. Her leap tied her own school record, which she set earlier in the year at the Mountain West Conference Outdoor Championships. Covington closed her TCU career soaring to seventh-place accolades in the women’s long jump at the 2010 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She also leaped 20 feet, 6 ¼ inches on her second triple jump attempt inside historic Hayward Field to collect her sixth All-America certificate of her career. A week after winning the women’s triple jump at the NCAA West Preliminary Round, Covington was honored as the South Central Region Field Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track & Field and Cross Country Coaches Association.

Overall, Covington was the No. 1 ranked triple jumper in both the West Region and Mountain West Conference in her senior season and was one of only six student-athletes to qualify for Eugene in both the long and triple jump. Earlier in the season, Covington became the first female student- athlete in TCU history to win the women’s triple jump at the historic Penn Relays. JESSICACLARKE 2008-2009 | SIX-TIME MOUNTAIN WEST CHAMPION For two seasons, Jessica Clarke was one of the linchpins of TCU’s relay success both indoors and outdoors.

A transfer from Central Arizona, Clarke’s first season at TCU produced conference championships in the indoor 4x400 relay and outdoor 4x100 and 4x400 relays. She also positioned herself well in the individual events, earning a tripto the NCAA Championships in the 400-meter dash with a time of 52.52, ranking fourth in Horned Frogs history. She also collected a Penn Relays title in the 4x400-meter relay.

Clarke’s senior season saw the relay squads continue to put up impressive performances. She finally earned an All-American honor at the 2009 NCAA Indoor Championships as part of the fourth-place finishing 4x400-meter relay team. During teh outdoor season, she earned MWC titles in the 4x100 and 4x400-meter relay and made another trip to the NCAA Outdoor Championships in the 4x400. Clarke was a member of 4x400-meter relay teams that posted times ranked third, fourth and sixth in TCU history as a senior.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats WHITNEYGIPSON 2009-2012 | TWO-TIME NCAA CHAMPION Whitney Gipson ended her career on top of the podium, the TCU record board and the NCAA record books.

Gipson was a seven-time All-American in the long jump and 4x100-meter DYWANNACRUDUP relay. She finished off her collection of honors the best way possible, with 1997-2000 | ALL-AMERICAN an NCAA title in the long jump at the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Championships The Flyin’ Frogs boasted a recruiting coup when Fort Worth native Dywana with a school record jump of 22-4 1/2. Gipson was dominant during her Crudup decided to stay close to home and attend TCU. The Dunbar High final outdoor season, winning four of the six long jump competitions she School product quickly earned the reputation as the top female quartermiler took part in, including the NCAA Championships, MWC Championships and in school history. Penn Relays. At the NCAA West Preliminaries, she finished second behind teammate Lorraine Ugen. Crudup showed her versatility by competing in sprint distances ranging from 60 to 400 meters. She earned All-America honors when she ran the Gipson went to the Olympic Trials the same month of her NCAA Outdoor second leg on the 1998 4x100 meter relay team that won the Western triumph and increased the school record to 22-10 1/2 en route to her fourth Athletic Conference championship and finished third in the nation. place finisih. She continued on to the beginning of her professional career in Europe. Crudup capped off her senior season by capturing the WAC indoor 60-meter and the WAC outdoor 400-meter titles. She left TCU as the school record At the 2012 NCAA Indoor Championships, Gipson tied the NCAA Indoor holder in the indoor 60 and 400 meters and in the outdoor 400, and was a record with a leap of 22-8 to earn her first national championship. Her long member of the record-setting outdoor 4x100 meter relay team. jump dominance was similar during the indoor season, with Gipson winning four of five competitions she entered.

Gipson was the dominant long jumper of the Mountain West Conference, winning the indoor and outdoor long jump titles as a junior and a senior. During her junior campaign, Gipson took fourth in the outdoor long jump at the NCAA Championships and sixth at the indoor national championships.

While Gipson thrived on the big stage of the NCAA Championships and Mountain West Championships, she also was a star at the Penn Relays. Gipson won the Penn Relays long jump title as a junior and senior, including breaking the Franklin Field and Penn Relays record in the event during her junior season.

A five-time Mountain West champion, Gipson was named 2012 MWC Female Athlete of the Year. She was also a semifinalist for the 2012 Bowerman Award. LISAFORD 1985-1988 | MULTIPLE TCU RECORD HOLDER Like many TCU stars, Lisa Ford was a local product who reached collegiate stardom without leaving her hometown.

A graduate of Fort Worth’s Polytechnic High School, Ford established the TCU women’s record in the indoor 55-meter dash with a time of 6.91 seconds.

Ford had garnered NCAA Qualifying marks over four consecutive seasons in both the 100-and 200-meter dashes before her TCU career was completed. Additionally, Ford consistently ranked among the best in the tough Southwest Conference as she garnered nine second place finishes in sprint races at SWC meets. Ford remained the school indoor 200-meter record holder 10 years after running with the purple and white and she held the TCU 200-meter outdoor record for a short time also.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats VIRGILHODGE DONITAHARMON 2004-2008 | SIX-TIME ALL-AMERICAN 2003-2005 | FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Virgil Hodge ended her prestegious career by being selected as part of the Donita Harmon was one of the most decorated runners on the women’s Mountain West Conference 10th Anniversary Indoor Track & Field Team. squad in her three years at TCU. The four-time All-American earned three certificates as part of both 4x100 and 4x400 relay teams, and garnered a Hodge, a six-time All-American, closed her career in style as she competed fourth honor with an eighth-place fi nish in the 200 meters at the 2003 NCAA in both the 100 and 200 meters at the 2008 outdoor NCAA Championships. Outdoor Championships. Simply put, the St. Kitts native is one of the most prolific runners ever at TCU and recently competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in both the 100 Harmon was a member of the first women’s 4x400 relay unit TCU sent to the and 200 meters. This summer, she represented TCU at the 12th Annual national meet in school history, placing eighth at the 2005 NCAA Outdoor IAAF World Championships In Athletics in Berlin, Germany. Championships. She was also a part of the 4x100 squad that placed sixth in 2003 and seventh in 2004 at the NCAA. In 2008, Hodge was selected as the Mountain West Conference Women’s Indoor Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year. She finished the indoor The native of Albuquerque, N.M., made a sweep of the 2004 Conference season earning All-America honors at the NCAA Championships by placing USA 200 meter titles in both indoor and outdoor, and almost accomplished seventh in the women’s 200 meters. In Fayetteville, she clocked a season- the feat in the 100 meters. She took gold in the C-USA indoor 60 meters. best time of 23.20 and by doing so became the only female in Horned Frog history to hold at least six such honors. Harmon, who owns a share of the school’s indoor record in the 200 meters, was named to the C-USA All-Decade Team in 2005. She was also a member Hodge, who captured five indoor crowns at the MWC Indoor Championships of the school record 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 relay teams. throughout her career, crossed the finish line ahead of the field in both the 60-meter and 200-meter dashes in 2008 for the second-consecutive year, earning herself the 2008 Women’s Outstanding Performance award to accompany her two all-conference performances.

Hodge won both events at the Mountain West Conference Championships in Fort Worth. At the MWC Championships, Hodge, who set a new St. Kitts national record in the 100, closed out her MWC career in style as she clocked a new personal best time of 11.21 seconds in the 100 meters to claim her third-straight conference outdoor title. She also won her third- straight 200-meter championship title. At the TCU Invitational, Hodge blazed to a first-place finish with then the third fastest time in the world. The senior clocked a time of 22.76, which was the fastest mark in the NCAA for two-straight weeks

In the summer of 2008, Hodge represented St. Kitts in both the 100 and 200 meters at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. At the 2008 Olympics, she finished fifth in heat No. 4 of the quarterfinals, clocking a time of23.17 seconds in the 200. Hodge, who carried St. Kitts & Nevis flag in the opening ceremonies, crossed the finish line in fourth-place in heat No. 1 in the 100 meters.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats NATHANDRAJOHN 2005-2007 | THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Nathandra John closed out her career at TCU rewriting the school record books in the Indoor 400 meters with a time of 53.80 at the MWC Indoor GIESELAJACKSON Championships. She also earned her third All-America honor of her career 1995-1998 | TWO-TIME NCAA QUALIFIER by running the anchor leg on the 4x400 relay team that placed sixth at As a member of TCU’s fastest women’s relay unit in history, Giesla Jackson the NCAA Indoor Championships. Their mark of 3:34.75 set a new school qualified twice for the NCAA Outdoor Championships on her own in the 100 record. and 200-meter dashes. A member of the All-MWC Indoor and Outdoor teams in the 400 meters and Teamed with Dywana Crudup, Catoshia Lewis and Tinesha Jackson- 4x400 relay, John holds the school record in the outdoor 400 meters with a Hackney, Jackson ran the lead leg of TCU’s record-setting 400-meter relay time of 52.31 at the MWC Outdoor Championships in 2006. at the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships and the quartet took TCU to a third-place finish. She also competed in the 100-meter dash and reached John, a St. Kitts native, returned in 2006 as an All-American from a 4x400 the semifinal round at that NCAA meet. relay team that placed seventh at the NCAA Outdoor Championships with a school record 3:30.00 and won the 400 meters and the 4x400 relay titles at Jackson collected numerous All-WAC accolades (both indoors and the indoor and outdoor Mountain West Conference Championships. outdoors) throughout her career at TCU. She earned her distinction by leading off 11 of TCU’s fastest 4x100 units in women’s history. After transferring to TCU from Paul Quinn College in Dallas, John became a key member on both the 4x400 meter relay and distance medley relay quartets by running the opening leg of the gold medal winning 4x400 unit and second leg of the third-place DMR squad at the conference indoor meet. She saved her best performance for the Conference USA Outdoor Championships where she set a new school record with a clocking of 52.92 seconds in the 400 and helped both relay units to gold medals. John later competed at the Midwest Regional where she finished sixth in the 400 and also anchored a 4x400 team which set a school record with a time of 3:31.49, enabling the foursome to advance to the NCAA Championships where they earned All-America honors as the 4x400 relay group placed eighth.

TINESHAJACKSON-HACKNEY 1995-1998 | TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN A Fort Worth native from Arlington Heights High School, Tinesha Jackson- Hackney blossomed into one of the nation’s finest sprinters during her four years at TCU.

Jackson-Hackney set the TCU women’s records for the indoor 55-meter dash (6.71) and the indoor 200 (23.57), both at altitude in Colorado Springs, Colorado, in 1998. That senior season was a fitting cap to a career in which she improved each year, culminating in the Western Athletic Conference Outdoor Championships 100-meter crown. That victory permanently etched her name in the TCU history books.

She went on to earn a pair of all-America honors at the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championships by placing seventh in the 100 with a time of 11.32 and running the anchor leg on TCU’s record-setting 400-meter relay (43.69) that placed third. Hackney ran on relay squads that posted the 11 fastest times in the 4x100 relay in TCU history.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats KristalJUAREZ 2008-2011 | THREE-TIME ALL-AMERICAN Kristal Juarez was one of TCU’s strongest competitors in the 200 and DEBORAHJONES 400-meters in the past decade. Juarez completed her career earning All- 2004-2007 | FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN America honors three times. Deborah Jones, a four-time All-American, was a versatile performer in both indoors and outdoors in four seasons at TCU. Juarez collected the six Mountain West championships in her career, being a lynchpin of TCU’s 4x400-meter relay teams both indoors and outdoors. Jones closed out her individual career by running 52.50 in the 400 meters to place first overall at the MWC Outdoor Championships. She also recorded a At the 2010 NCAA Indoor Championships, Juarez made her greatest personal best mark of 23.75 in the 200 meters at the MWC Championships. individual mark on the Horned Frogs program. She finished off her junior indoor season by finishing seventh in the 400-meter dash in a school-record During the indoor season in 2007, John posted a personal record of 53.92 time of 52.94. It was the first time that a TCU women’s runner earned All- in the 400 meters at the MWC Championships. America standing in the 400-meters.

A constant in the Flyin’ Frogs relay units as well, she ran the third leg on a Juarez closed out her indoor career with another school record-All-America 4x100 relay team that placed fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Championships double. At the 2011 Championships in College Station, Texas Juarez and and the opening leg on the 4x400 realy team that placed sixth at the NCAA the 4x400-meter relay team circuted the oval in a school record time of Indoor Championships with a school record time of 3:34.75 in 2007. 3:34.00 to finish fifth in the nation.

Jones was a member of a 4x200 relay team that set a school record with a time of 1:33.21 at the Penn Relays in 2007. She earned all-conference honors by being a member of the 4x100 and 4x400 team that won the MWC Outdoor title for a second consecutive year in 2007.

In 2005, she won gold at the C-USA Championships with the 4x400 realy team and later that season claimed fourth in the 400 and a pair of golds with the 4x100 and 4x400 relay units at the conference outdoor competition.

Jones ran the second leg on a 2005 mile relay team that placed third at the Midwest Regional with a school-record time of 3:31.49. That unit went on to advance to the NCAA Championships where they earned All-America honors.

GLADY’SKEITANY 1998-2001 | THREE-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPION Glady’s Keitany won back-to-back conference titles in cross country in 2000 and 2001. In 2000, Keitany won the Western Athletic Conference Championship and in 2001 she won the Conference USA Championship.

Keitany owns school records in the outdoor 3000 meters and as a member of the distance medley relay team. She set the school mark in the 3000 meters at the Penn Relays on April 28, 2001 with a time of 9:35.54.

A native of Iten, Kenya, Keitany’s distance medley relay team owns the school mark of 11:50.15, which was set on Feb. 10, 2001 in Fayetteville, Ark.

Keitany was also the 1998 WAC Cross Country Freshman of the Year.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats CANDISKELLEY BEVERLYMCDONALD 2006-2009 | SIX-TIME MWC CHAMPION, SHOT PUT 1992-1993 | 2000 OLYMPIC SILVER MEDALIST Kelley closed out her indoor career in style at the Mountain West In 1993, this former Jamaican Olympian raced to victories in both the 100 Conference Indoor Championships, winning the women’s shot put for the and 200-meter races at the Southwest Conference Championships. fourth-straight year with an NCAA provisional toss of 50 feet, 2 ¾ inches. Kelley, who dominated the Mountain West Conference during her stay in The engaging McDonald, holds the Frogs’ sprint mark in the 200-meter dash Fort Worth with six titles, helped TCU claim seven-consecutive Mountain in 22.67 seconds, respectively. McDonald became a two-time all-American West Conference shot put titles between the indoor and outdoor seasons. in 1993 when she placed runner-up in both the 100 and 200-meter events at By winning the conference title, Kelley became the first female student- the NCAA Outdoor Championships in New Orleans, Louisiana. athlete in MWC history to win the women’s shot put title four-straight years. McDonald has been one of Jamaica’s most consistent performers on the In 2008, she earned All-Region recognition after tossing the shot put 50 feet, international circuit since leaving TCU. She was ranked among the top 10 4 1/2 inches to finish in eighth-place in Lincoln at the Midwest Regional. sprinters in the world in the 200 in 1999 and took a silver medal in that Kelley captured the women’s shot put title with a throw of 51 feet, 3 ¾ event at the 1999 World Championships. She ran the qualifying leg of inches at the Penn Relays. With the win, Kelley won the first shot put title the Jamaican 4x100 team that won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, at the Penn Relays since 1992 and became only the third individual in TCU Greece. She also ran in the 100 and 200-meter individual races. McDonald history to win a shot put title in Philadelphia. also won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics as a member of the 4x100 relay team. She was also a member of the Jamaican national team at the 2003 World Championships.

MARYKINYANJUI 2003-2004 | 2003 SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONAL AOY One of the most prolific female distance runners at TCU, Kinyanjui was KISHELLEPAUL one of three cross country athletes to represent the Frogs on the 2005 2006-2009 | TWO-TIME REGIONAL CHAMPION, 400mH Conference USA All-Decade Team. A two-time C-USA and South Central Paul closed out her career as TCU’s most decorated hurdler in the history Region cross country champion, she joined Gladys Keitany as the only TCU of the program. She went into the 2009 National Championships having female runners to win two league cross country individual titles. claimed her second-consecutive Midwest Regional title in the 400-meter hurdles with a seasonal-best time of 58.00 seconds to automatically qualify Kinyanjui earned first team all-conference honors for winning the 2003 for nationals. By winning her second-consecutive regional title, Paul became C-USA Cross Country Championships. She was later named the 2003 the first TCU female student-athlete to win a regional in back-to-back years. South Central Region Female Athlete of the Year after winning the regional Paul, who won the Mountain West Conference 100-meter hurdles title with meet in 20:44, and earned a trip to the NCAA meet where she placed 45th a seasonal-best time of 13.38 seconds, also led off TCU’s No. 5 ranked at the NCAA Championships. 4x400, which clocked a seasonal-best time of 3:32.82 seconds.

The Kiambu, Kenya, native holds three school records on the track – the During the indoor season, Paul collected her third All-America award as a indoors 3000m and 5000m, and the 5000 meters outdoors. member of the the women’s 4x400 that placed fourth overall at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She also helped the women’s 4x400 set the indoor school record in the event with a time of 3:34.63 at the ISU NCAA Qualifier.

Overall, Paul who collected multiple conference championships and set the school record in the 400-meter hurdles in 2007, closed her career in Fort Worth earning All-America accolades in three out of the four years she was at TCU, while also claiming regional titles two straight years.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats MONICATWUM 2003-2004 | FOUR-TIME ALL-AMERICAN The top TCU female sprinter of the 21st century, Monica Twum was a four- time All-American during her three-year career at TCU.

A native of Tema, Ghana, Twum transferred to TCU after one year at Life University. She made an immediate impact, placing sixth in the 60-meters ELLASMITH during the 2001 indoor season and seventh in the 100-meter dash during 1984-1985 | MULTIPLE TCU RECORD HOLDER the outdoor season at the NCAA Championships as a sophomore. Ella Smith transferred from North Texas in 1984 and quickly established herself as one of the top women’s sprinters in the NCAA ranks. Twum ran the anchor leg on both TCU 4x100 meter relay units that earned All-America distinction in 2002 and again in 2003. She ran the final leg on At one point in her remarkable career, Smith held every women’s sprint the 2003 quartet that established a new school record with a time of 43.37 mark at TCU — the 60-yard dash (indoors), the 100 meters (11.31), the 200 seconds in the semifinal round of the NCAA Championships. meters (23.14) and the 400 meters (55.14) — plus she was a member of both school record relay units. In addition to her success on the national level, Twum won four individual conference indoor titles and three individual conference outdoor titles. In 1985, the ever-smiling Smith, a product of Groesbeck, Texas, earned All- American recognition for the Frogs when she placed sixth in the 100 meter at the NCAA Outdoor Championships in Austin, Texas.

STEVANIEWADSWORTH-FERGUSON 1992-1994 | ALL-AMERICAN When Stevanie Wadsworth decided to transfer back to a school in her DONNATHOMAS home state after an unfulfilled year at Ohio University, many track and fi eld 1984-1985 | TWO-TIME ALL-AMERICAN observers were skeptical of her choice to attend a school with no previous The former TCU record holder in the long jump (21-51/2) and the triple jump history in women’s throwing events. (42-4), Donna Thomas rewrote the Horned Frogs record book during the 1985 season. Three years later, Wadsworth, now Wadsworth-Ferguson, had clearly made the right choice. A Fort Worth native who transferred to TCU from North Texas State, Thomas was a graduate of Trimble Tech High School where she was a three-time By the time her collegiate career had ended, she owned every TCU throws state champion. With the start of NCAA-sanctioned women’s athletics at record, had won a pair of SWC shot put titles and had earned All-America TCU, Thomas transferred before the 1984 season and earned numerous honors in 1992 and 1993. All-American honors as a relay sprinter and in the jumps.

TCU’s 1985 Female Athlete of the Year, Donna was an all-American in the triple jump (seventh place finish) and the long jump (eighth place) at that year’s NCAA Outdoor Championships.

TCU Track & Field All-Time Greats JESSICAYOUNG 2009-2011 | SEVEN-TIME ALL-AMERICAN From the minute she stepped on to campus, Jessica Young became a star. After spending two years at Richmond University, the Columbia, S.C., native transferred to TCU and racked up six All-America honors and enjoyed a pair of runner-up finished at the national meet.

She capped off the 2011 indoor season with a second-place finish in the 60 meters, the highest finish by a Frog in the event in program history. As a junior in 2009, it took a photo finish to reveal that Young also earned silver- medal accolades at the NCAA outdoor meet.

Young claimed six Mountain West Conference gold medals in her senior season alone and garnered the Outstanding Female Performance and High Point Awards at the MWC indoor meet. She ended her TCU career as the MWC Outdoor Female Track Athlete of the Year.

Young walked away from the program with the indoor records in the 60 meters (7.17) and as a member of the 4x400 relay team that went 3:34.00. She also holds the outdoor benchmark in the 400 meters (52.27).

Young was chosen for the Team USA relay pool for the 2011 World Championships.

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