FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TEXAS TRACK & FIELD COACHES ASSOCIATION 2014 HALL OF FAME CLASS
Wylie, TX (August 11, 2013):
The TTFCA will induct 7 into its Hall of Fame on January 10, 2014 at 6 p.m. The 5th Annual Hall of Fame ceremony will take place at the Crowne Plaza-Addison and honor the following track & field greats:
Chester Bradley
A graduate of Dallas Highland Park and the University of Texas, Chester Bradley has been involved in track & field for most of his life. Privileged to have run for Clyde Littlefield at UT, Bradley has returned to his alma mater as a Texas Relays official for the past 57 years and has also worked the UIL State Championships for the past 20.
Leroy Burrell
In the 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games, Burrell, Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, and Dennis Mitchell set a world record in the 4x1 with a gold-winning time of 37.40. While at the University of Houston, Burrell broke the freshman long jump record held by Lewis when he “leaped 26’ 9” at a dual meet against UCLA in 1986.” In 1989, he “won the NCAA Indoor Long Jump Championships with a leap of 26’ 5.50” and set the “NCAA outdoor meet record with a personal best jump of 27’ 5.50.” At the USA Outdoor Championships, he won the 100 in 9.94, then the fastest time ever by a collegian.
Jon Drummond
Dubbed the Clown Prince of Track & Field, Drummond guided the 2012 US Olympic Relays teams to spectacular success. The men's 4x100 relay team equaled the existing world while the women's team won and crushed the world record, knocking more than a half a second off the record that had stood for more than a quarter of a century.
Carlette Guidry
One of the all-time great athletes in University of Texas sports history, Guidry-White, a Houston native, earned All-America honors 23 times during her collegiate career from 1987 through 1991. She was a 12-time NCAA Champion and a 17-time Southwest Conference Champion in sprints and relays for the Longhorns. As a senior, she earned the Honda Award as National Track & Field Athlete of the Year and received the Babe Zaharias Award as the nation’s top female athlete.
Fred Newhouse
A graduate of Gaililee High School in Hallsville and current resident of Houston, Newhouse was a three-time All-American and NAIA Champion at Prairie View A&M University.
In the 1976 Montreal Olympics, Newhouse captured silver and gold medals – 44.40 in the 400 and as part of the 4x400 respectively.
Sammy Walker
According to the Sammy Walker’s BBQ homepage, “A born Texan, Sammy Walker lives large in everything he does. His athletic feats include a history as an Olympian and title as one of the strongest men in the world in the 1970's. An All-American athlete during his tenure at Southern Methodist University, Sammy was also a record-holding shot-putter in high school. His professional life as an athlete over the course of a decade was derailed when the Olympics were boycotted in 1980.”
Randy Yarbrough
Randy Yarbrough, who along with his identical twin brother Rick, attended the University of Texas on track scholarships from 1969-1973, lettering in 1971, 72 and 73. Both ran on the 4x1 school record-setting relay team at the 1973 Kansas Relays.
Full Biographies can be found here: Hall of Fame Bios
Current Hall of Fame members can be found here: http://www.ttfca.com/TETFCCCA_Hall_of_Fame.html
For more information, contact Stuart Kantor / Co-Executive Director of the TTFCA – ttfca@hotmail.com
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