Texas high school track champions, 1905-2012 Updated, April 22, 2012 by Dr. William (Billy) Wilbanks Self-Published by Dr. Wilbanks on Computer Disc in 2005 & 2006 Placed on Internet website in May

Jeremy Wariner, 2002
Jeremy Wariner won the 200 & 400 meter dashes at the 2002 state track meet and as a Baylor soph in 2004 won gold medals in the 400-meters at both the NCAA and the 2004 Olympics. He also won Olympic gold medals in the 400 meters and in the 1600-meter relay in 2004.

Jeremy was born on Jan. 31, 1984, in Irving TX to Danny & Linda Wariner. His father is a landscaper and his mother is a paralegal. Jeremy was raised with two siblings, Jennifer and Josh, and had attention deficit disorder as a child which required the taking of Ritalin.

Jeremy participated in baseball, football and track at Arlington Lamar. As a junior he was 4^th in the 5A 200-meter dash (21.33) and 3^rd in the 400-meter dash (47.08) at the 2001 state meet. As a senior in 2002 Wariner won both the 5A 200-meter dash (20.48) and 400-meter dash (46.52) at the state track meet and set regional records in both the 200 & 400. He clocked the nation’s best H.S. time in the 200 in 20.41 and had the 2^nd best 400 in the nation at 45.57. His 20.41 in the 200 meters in 2002 still ranked 5^th all-time in U.S. (high school) history in 2005 while his 45.57 400 meters still ranks 7^th all-time in U.S. history. He was a member of the USA World Junior Team in 2002 and was a 3-time junior All-American in the 400. He won 3^rd as a junior and 2^nd as a senior in the 400 at the Golden West national meet in CA.

As a freshman at Baylor in 2003 Wariner earned All-American honors by finishing seventh in the NCAA indoor at 46.21 and by leading off on the Baylor 1600-meter relay that finished 5^th at the NCAA outdoor in 3:03.70. He was 2^nd in the Big 12 400-meters at 46.33 and had a season best of 45.13 in the 400 and 20.78 in the 200.

Wariner, at 6’ 0” & 165 lbs., won the NCAA Indoor (45.39) and Outdoors (44.71) 400-meters in 2004 as a soph and ran on Baylor’s two NCAA championship 1600-meter relay teams at the outdoor (3:01.03) and indoor (3:03.96) national meets. In June of 2004 Wariner was named the Mondo Outdoor Track Athlete of the Year by the U.S. Track Coaches Association.

Jeremy won the 400-meters at the 2004 Olympic Trials in a personal best of 44.37 (the fastest time in the world in 2004) and won the Olympic 400-meter dash in 44.00 to lead a 1-2-3 U.S. sweep as Otis Harris was 2^nd at 44.16 and Derrick Brew 3^rd at 44.42. Wariner ran the first 200-meters in 21.3 and shot into the lead coming out of the last turn and held off Harris and Brew down the stretch. He received considerable publicity by breaking the racial stereotype that suggests only African-Americans can win the sprints as he became the first white male to win a gold medal in a sprint since Mike Larabee in 1964.

Wariner ran the 3^rd leg on the U.S. 1600-meter relay team (Otis Harris, Jr.; Derrick Brew; Jeremy Wariner; and Darold Williamson) which won the gold medal in 2:55.91 (5 seconds faster than the runner-up, Australia, at 3:00.60).
The 20-year-old Wariner announced that he would turn pro after the 2004 Olympics and forego his last two seasons at Baylor. He planned to continue his pro career (running for Adidas) under the tutelage of Coach Hart.

Darold Williamson, 2001
In 2004 Darold Williamson ran the anchor leg on Baylor’s NCAA championship outdoor and indoor 1600-meter relay and on the U.S. Olympic gold medal 1600-meter relay team. He finished 2^nd to Baylor teammate Jeremy Wariner in the NCAA 400-meters and was named Big 12 Outdoor Athlete of the Year.
Darold Williamson was born on Feb. 19, 1983, in San Antonio TX to Dorothy A. Williams. He attended San Antonio Holmes H.S. where he ran track and played football. As a soph in 1999 Williamson was a member of Holmes’ 5A state championship 1600-meter relay team that included anchor, Robbie Quiroga, who also later ran at Baylor. As a junior in 2000 he was 3^rd in the 5A 400-meters (47.17) and as a senior in 2001 won both the 5A 400 (46.12) and 200 (20.91) meters. Also, while in H.S. Darold won the U.S. and world junior 400-meter titles.
Williamson ran at Baylor in 2002-2005. As a freshman in 2002 he anchored the NCAA indoor championship 1600-meter relay team at 3:05.54 and anchored the Baylor 1600-meter relay team (3:02.21) that was runner-up at the NCAA outdoor meet in 2002. Darold also was 5^th in the NCAA outdoor 400-meters (45.34). He also won the Big 12 outdoor and indoor 400-meters titles and had a season best 45.23. As a soph in 2003 Darold won the Big 12 outdoor 400 (45.76) and was 9^th in the NCAA 400 to repeat as an All-American.
As a junior in 2004 Darold finished 2^nd in the NCAA outdoor 400-meters to Wariner and anchored Baylor’s two NCAA championship 1600-meter relay teams at the outdoor (3:01.03) and indoor (3:03.96) national meets. Williamson won the Big 12 outdoor 400-meters and was named the Big 12 Outdoor Athlete of the Year (over teammate Jeremy Wariner). He was the only runner to defeat Wariner in 2004 and had the 2^nd fastest collegiate time in the U.S. at 44.51. Both runners were coached by Baylor’s Clyde Hart who also coached Michael Johnson, a 2-time Olympic champion in the 400-meters. Wariner and Williamson were only beaten by each other in 16 meets in 2004 and both ran on Baylor’s 1600-meter relay team which was undefeated in 2004.
Williamson finished 4^th in the 400-meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials at 44.70 missing 3^rd by 0.3 seconds and thus won a place on the U.S. 1600-meter relay team which won the gold medal at 2:55.91 (5 seconds faster than the runner-up, Australia, at 3:00.60).. Williamson ran the anchor leg for the U.S. team of Otis Harris, Jr.; Derrick Brew; Jeremy Wariner; and Darold Williamson. Darold continued to run for Baylor in the 2005 season under Coach Hart and won his 4^th straight Big 12 outdoor 400 meter final in 2005.

Kelly Willie, 2001
Klein Forest’s Kelly Willie won the 4A 400 meters at the 2001 & 2002 state track meets and won national high school titles in the 100, 200 and 400 meters while being named the Nike H.S. Track Athlete of the Year in 2002. Willie was an All-American at LSU before he won Olympic gold in the 1600-meter relay for Team USA at the 2004 Olympics.
Kelly Willie was born on Sept. 7, 1982. He graduated from Houston’s Klein Forest H.S. in 2002 after being named the national high school track athlete of the year. Willie won the 4A 400 meters at the 2001 state meet in 46.13—the best time in the U.S. in 2002--and again won the 4A 400 in 2002 at 45.96. He also won four cross country letters while at Sterling H.S. In 2002 Kelly won the 400 (45.52) and was 2^nd in the 200 (20.3) at the Golden West Invitational in CA and won the 100 (10.35) and 200 (20.83) at the AOC National in NC. His 100 & 200 times at the Adidas Championships in NC ranked 9^th all-time among high school runners.
Willie ran for LSU in 2003 & 2004 and as a freshman was 5^th (45.28) at the NCAA outdoors and was a member of three LSU relay teams that won national titles. The LSU 1600 relay team won the NCAA indoor title at 3:04.79 and the outdoor title at 3:02.01. The LSU 400-meter relay team won the NCAA outdoor championship at 38.65. In the open 400 meters, Willie was 6^th in the NCAA indoors and 5^th at the NCAA outdoor at 45.28 with a PB of 45.13 in semifinal round. He also had a PB of 20.81 in the 200 meters.
As a soph in 2004, Willie was 2^nd in the NCAA outdoor at 44.85 behind (later) Olympic gold medalist Jeremy Wariner of Baylor. H earned 4 All-American awards during the 2004 collegiate season with top finishes in the 400 and 400 and 1600 relays. He was 7^th in the 400 meters at the U.S. Olympic Trials and made the 1600 relay “pool” for the Athens Olympics. He ran the lead leg (at 44.6) in the opening round for the U.S. which won the gold medal in the final earning a gold medal for Willie and all members of the “pool.” In 2005 Willie was still running for LSU.

Fay (Mule) Wilson, 1922
Fay (Mule) Wilson of Honey Grove won the 100 and 200 yard dashes at the 1A state track meet in 1922 and later ran track and played football at Texas A&M. He became the first Texas state high school track champion (and the first Aggie) to play in the NFL and is a member of the Texas A&M Hall of Fame and the Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame.
Fay Wilson was born on Sept. 10, 1901, to Mr. and Mrs. T.F. Wilson. His older brother, T. Fred (Puny) Wilson, also played football at Honey Grove and at A&M (1920-23) and was captain of the 1922 Aggie team. Puny is also in the A&M and Fannin County Halls of Fame and coached at Lon Morris, Allen Academy and Sam Houston State (where he is a member of the SHSU Hall of Fame). Fay grew up in Honey Grove where he graduated from H.S. in 1922.
As a senior at the 1922 state track meet “Mule” Wilson won the 100-yd dash in 10.2 (a conference 1A record in 1922-24) and 220-yd dash in 23.0 (a conference 1A record from 1922-23) leading his team to a 2^nd place finish in the team competition. There were only two divisions (B and 1A) in the state track meet in 1922 and thus the Honey Grove team competed against all of the larger schools in the state and finished 2^nd to Austin H.S. Honey Grove’s Hulen Newberry won the 1A shot put in 1922 at 45' 05" and the two-man “team” of Wilson & Newberry scored 15 points to finish second in the 1A team competition to Austin H.S. (led by hurdler Mack Keeble with 13 points) which scored 16 points. The three gold medals by Wilson/Newberry remain in 2004 the only gold medals won by Honey Grove H.S. from 1905-2004.
Fay was a track (1924-26) and football (1923-1925) star at A&M and was captain of the A&M football team in 1925 that won the conference championship under Coach Dana X. Bible who considered Mule one of the four greatest backs he ever coached. Wilson was an All-SWC fullback in both 1924 and 1925 and “was noted for his great speed and power and his exceptional punting ability.” He was considered the best punter in the SWC.
Mule also ran track at A&M on the freshman (1923) and varsity (1924-26) teams. He finished 2^nd in the 100-yd dash at the SWC meet on May 9, 1925, and was 4^th in the same event at the 1924 SWC meet. He and Jacob Poth were the top Aggie sprinters and finished 1-2 in several dual meets. The Aggie Yearbook indicated that Wilson majored in special agriculture and graduated in 1926. Mule and his brother, Puny, are the only brothers in the Texas A&M Hall of Fame (Mule was inducted in 1980) and the Fannin County Sports Hall of Fame (Mule was inducted in 1992) in Bonham TX.

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Wilson became the first (of over 100) Texas H.S. state track champions to play in the NFL as he played in the NFL from 1926-1933 playing for Buffalo (1926), the New York Giants (1926-32), Green Bay, and Portsmouth (1933). Mule, at 5' 11" and 192 lbs., played wing back during his 8-year pro career and scored 14 TD’s though he was primarily a blocking back. He played on the 1927 Giant team (11-1-1) with Jim Thorpe that won the world’s championship. He became the first Texas Aggie to play in the NFL.

Fay Wilson died on July 18, 1937. There are two reports as to cause of death with one being that he died of ptomaine poisoning after eating lunch at a roadside auto stand. His obituaries in Texas newspapers indicated that he died of a heart attack. Mule was only 36 at death and was honored by a huge funeral that “would have been a proper recognition for a Texas Congressman “as Aevery college in Texas was represented” at the service.
Fay Wilson was living in Austin at the time of his death and was working for an oil company. He is buried in the middle of section C in the Oakwood Cemetery in Honey Grove under a marker that reads: “FAY (Mule) WILSON, SEPT. 10, 1901-JULY 18, 1937". A marble football with the inscription ANew York Giants, World Champions, 1927" was placed on top of the grave monument but was later stolen. Fay did not marry and had no children as his obituaries indicated that he was survived in 1937 by his parents and brother. Puny died on May 24, 1969, in Tyler TX.

Fred Wolcott, 1934
Fred Wolcott was voted by the AP as the Greatest Track and Field Athlete of the first 50 years of the 20^th century. His 3-year career at Rice Institute included seven world’s records outdoors and indoors, seven national AAU championships, five NCAA titles and 10 SWC gold medals. He held the world record in the high and low hurdles at the same time and lost only two hurdles races in his college career (when he hit a hurdle and fell down once at the NCAA and once at the AAU). His legacy was diminished in the minds of some because he was not an Olympic Champion. He was named to the 1940 & 1944 USA Olympic teams but did not compete because the 1940 & 1944 Olympics were canceled because of World War II . However, Wolcott was undefeated in the hurdles in an international career that included races in 18 countries.
Wolcott’s career began relatively modestly as the 220-yd low hurdles champion (24.6) of Texas while running for Snyder in 1934. He got a late start in track as he was a baseball and football star at Snyder H.S. before he took up track in his senior year. He ran for Tarleton Jr. College in 1935-36 before he was recruited by Rice Coach Emmett Brunson. At Rice he won the NCAA 120-yd hurdles in 1938 (14.1) and 1939 (14.2) and the 220-yd low hurdles in 1938 (23.3), 1939 (23.0) and 1940 (23.1). His record in the SWC meets of 1938-40 are remarkable in that he won a “triple” in all three years winning the 100-yd dash (9.8, 9.8 & 9.9), the 120-yd hurdles (14.1, 14.1, 13.9) and 220-yd hurdles (23.0, 23.0, 23.5). His versatility was indicated in that he also broad jumped over 24 feet the only times he entered that event. Wolcott was the U.S. Men’s Outdoor Champion in the 220-yd low hurdles in 1938 (23.3), 1939 (23.0) and 1940 (23.1) and won the 120-yd hurdles at the same event in 1938 (14.1) and 1939 (14.2).
Wolcott set the world’s record in the 110-meter hurdles at 13.7 in Austin on May 3, 1940, and tied that mark at the national AAU in Philadelphia on June 29, 1941. Wolcott’s world record mark of 13.7 held until 1948 when Harrison Dillard of the USA ran 13.6. At the time of his death 31 years later his mark of 13.7 in the highs had been bettered by only two TX collegians and only one TX runner had bettered his 22.5 for the low hurdles. He broke the world record in the low hurdles at the Princeton Invitational in 1940 breaking the record held by the great Jesse Owens. Fred once set four world’s indoor records in the high hurdles in the period of one month and held or tied six world records at one time. He held the world records for the high and low hurdles in both meters and yards.
Fred had an undefeated career record over Boyce Gatewood, UT’s “world champion” who always ran second to AFlyin’ Freddie” or the “Blond Blur.” He clearly was the world’s best hurdler in 1940-41 and would have been the prohibitive favorite for an Olympic gold medal in 1940 & 1944 had the games been held. Baylor Coach Jack Patterson, who ran against Wolcott in college, declared that the greatest track athletes in TX during his lifetime were Fred Wolcott, Bobby Morrow and Randy Matson. He was elected to both the Rice Hall of Fame and the Texas Sports Hall of Fame in Waco.
Fred A. Wolcott, Sr., was born on Nov. 28, 1915. He grew up in Snyder and served in the Navy during WW II as a fighter pilot and as an instructor in flight training and physical education. He entered the insurance business after the war. Fred Wolcott died of cancer at the age of 55 on Jan 26, 1972, and was buried in Houston where he lived his last 36 years. He was survived by his wife, Margaret Darby Wolcott; his mother, Mrs. Giles Bowers of Snyder; two children, Mrs. Darby Wolcott Hopson of Houston, and a son, Fred A. (Cotton) Wolcott; both of Houston; and one grandchild.
NARRATIVES OF 17 SELECTED FEMALE CHAMPIONS
Narratives on 17 female state champions are listed in the following pages. Again, the length of article is not indicative of the relative importance of the athlete’s career but only the amount of information available.
Acuff, Amy--1990-93, Corp-Chr Calallen; 4 g in HJ; 3-time NCAA & USA champ; 2-time Olympian

Adams, Jenny--1996, Tomball, 2 g in 100h & 300h; won NCAA & USA LJ; 11-time All-Amer at Baylor

Aldrich, Erin--C1995-96, Richardson Lake Highlands; 2 g in HJ; 4-time NCAA champ; USA volleyball team

Baker, JimAnne--2000-2003, Cisco, 13 gold in 100, 200, 400, TJ, LJ & 800 & 1600 relay; TCU BB & Track

Bowers, Stacy--C1993-95, Waco LaVega, 5 g in TJ,LJ & 1600 relay; won NCAA & USA TJ; Baylor All-Am

Carter, Michelle--2000-2004, Red Oak; 8 g in shot & disc, nat rec in shot; UT; D of Michael Carter

Cavanaugh, Regina--1982, Killeen; won shot & disc; 3-time NCAA (Rice) champ; NCAA fem Ath of Decade

Gaines, Chryste--1985-87, Dallas S. Oak Cliff; 3 g in 200/relay; won USA 100; Stanford All-Am; Oly G in relay

Guidry, Carlette--1985-86, Houston Sterling; 7 g; UT-17 conf & 4 NCAA titles 2 Olym relay gold

Jones, Chandi--1997-2000, Bay City; 8 gold in TJ & LJ; all-state BB; Leading scorer in US at UH in 2003

Jones, Jolanda--1982-84, Alief Elsik; 7 g in 400,800 & HJ; 3-time NCAA heptathalon champ at U. Houston

McIntosh, Raasin--1999-2000, Houston Westbury; 3 g in 300h & 400rel; UT All-Amer; USA 400h champion

Myers, Mindy--1987-1990, Munday; 10 g in 800 & 1600 meters & relays; Basketball at Midwestern

Perry, Nanceen--1992-95, Fairfield; 9 g in 100, 200 & LJ; UT All-Am, 8 cf-ch, 60,200,relays; won NCAA 200

Ritter, Louise--1973-75, Red Oak; 5 g in TJ, LJ & HJ; 3 nat titles at TX Women’s U; 1988 Olym champs

Snider, Suzanne--1972-73, Waco Robinson; 4 g in shot/disc (nat HS rec in shot/discus); BB All-Am at Baylor

Spears, Ychlindria--1999-02, Luling; 14 gold in LJ,TJ, 100m & 200m, nat rec in TJ; TR-UT
Amy Acuff, 1990-1993
Amy Acuff won the state 4A High Jump title for four straight years from 1990-1993 and set a national record in 1992 that still stood in 2005. She went on to U.C.L.A. where from 1994-1997 she was a 3-time NCAA Indoor and 2-time NCAA Outdoor champion. Her college and post-college track career included 4 USA Outdoor championships. Amy made the 1996, 2000 & 2004 U.S. Olympic Teams and was 4^th in the 2004 Olympics.

Amy Acuff did not have a high jump coach in H.S. but was self-taught by using instructional books and videos. She won the state 4A high jump championships in 1990 (5' 10"); 1991 (6' 2.2"); 1992 (6' 0") and 1993 (6' 2") for Corpus Christi Calallen H.S. She set the national record in the HJ at the freshman, soph, junior and senior levels and her 1992 mark of 6" 3" still stood in 2006. She has 3 of the top 6 national HJ marks of all-time as her 6’3” in 1992 is #1; her 6’ 2.5 in 1991 is #3 and her 6’ 2” in 1993 is #6.

Amy was the National Scholastic Champion in 1991 (6' 2") and 1993 (6' 2") and was a 3-time high school All-American. Her jump of 6 '4" in Innnsbruck, Austria, in the summer of 1993 was recognized by Track &Field News as the national high school record. Also, she was voted national H.S. Athlete of the Year in 1993 after winning the Pan Am Juniors, the U.S. Olympic Festival, the National Scholastic Indoors, the Texas state meet, an International Prep Invitational and the U.S. Juniors. She also won an international meet in Insbruck in August over an elite international field with a H.S. record of 6' 4".
Acuff competed at U.C.L.A. from 1994-1997 where she won four PAC-10 HJ titles (only the 2^nd time a woman had won 4 titles). As a freshman in 1994 she won the NCAA Indoors (6' 3.25") and was 2^nd at the NCAA Outdoor. As a soph in 1995 she won the NCAA Indoors (6' 5.5") and NCAA Outdoors (6' 5") and the US Outdoors and finished the year #1 in the U.S. and #10 in the world (she was 8^th at the World Championships). As a junior in 1996 she won the NCAA Outdoors (6' 4.25") and was 3^rd in the Olympic Trials. As a senior in 1997 she won the NCAA Indoors (6' 3.25") and US Outdoors (6' 5") and was ranked #5 in the world and #1 in the U.S.
Amy made the 1996 U.S. Olympic team but blew her ankle out in the qualifying round and did not place. After her collegiate career ended she continued to compete and in 1998 was 3^rd at the USA Indoor and 2^nd at the USA Championships finishing the year #2 in the U.S. and #5 in the world. In 1999 she was runner-up in the HJ at the U.S. Indoor and Outdoor Championships and at the TFA Championships and the Millrose Games. In 2000 she won the San Diego Invitational and the L.A. Invitational. In 2001 Amy was USA indoor & outdoor champion, was 4^th at the world indoor championships in Lisbon, Portugal, and was ranked 6^th in the world. In 2003 Acuff was the USA Outdoor champion (6' 4.75") and 10^th at the World Indoors. She has been on 5 world outdoor championship teams (held in odd years of 1995, 1997, 1999, 2001 & 2003) and has a PB is 6' 7" in 2003.

Amy was 3^rd at the U.S. Olympic Trials in 2004 at 6’ 4.7” and was 4^th at the Olympic Games at 6’ 6.5”. She was ranked 5^th in the world in 2004 as she also won the USATF indoor championship at 6’ 4.7” and was 2^nd or 3^rd at several international meets. She competes for the Asics track club and is coached by Dan Pfaff.

Amy modeled for several years (until 2001) in her spare time for the Click Agency and had national exposure in TV commercials and features in Rolling Stone, Vogue, Glamour and Sports Illustrated.
Amy Lynn Acuff was born on July 14, 1975, in Port Arthur TX to Richard & Jacqueline Acuff (Country music legend Roy Acuff was a second cousin of her grandfather). She and her brother, Bryan, grew up in Corpus Christi where Amy graduated from Corpus Christi Calallen H.S. in 1993. She graduated from U.C.L.A. in 1997 with a degree in biology and currently is enrolled at the Academy for Oriental Medicine in Austin. After graduation in 2005 she plans to work as a licensed acupuncturist. In 2004 Amy was engaged to Tye Harvey, a pole vaulter from Sonora, CA, who won a silver medal at the world indoor in 2001. More on Amy can be obtained at her website: www.amyacuff.org

Jenny Adams, 1996
Jenny Adams won the 5A 100-meter hurdles and 300-meter hurdles as a senior at Tomball in 1996. She competed at the University of Houston from 1997-2000 where she was an 11-time NCAA All-American in the LJ, 60-meter hurdles and 100-meter hurdles. She was a 2-time NCAA LJ champion and won the USA Outdoor LJ in 2001. She was ranked #6 in the world in the 100-meter hurdles in 2002.
As a senior in 1996, Jenny Adams of Tomball won both the 100-meter hurdles (14.01) and the 300-meter hurdles (42.37Ba Conference 5A record) at the state track meet. She competed at the University of Houston from 1998-2001 where she was an 11-time NCAA All-American. As a freshman in 1998 she was 4^th in the LJ (20' 10") at the NCAA Indoors; 3^rd in the LJ (20' 8.5") at the NCAA Outdoors; and 4^th in the 100-meter hurdles (13.35) at the NCAA Outdoors. As a soph in 1999 she was 4^th in the LJ (20' 8.5") and 6^th in the 100-meter hurdles (12.98) at the NCAA Outdoors. As a junior in 2000 she was 5^th in the 60-meter hurdles (8.12) and 5^th in the LJ (20' 10") at the NCAA Indoors and was 1^st in the LJ (21' 5.5") And 2^nd in the 100-meter hurdles (12.91) at the NCAA Outdoors. She also set a UT stadium record in the long jump at 21’ 9.5” in 2000. As a senior in 2001 she was 1^st in the LJ (21' 11") and 3^rd in the 60-meter hurdles (8.16) at the NCAA Indoors. She was voted the University of Houston’s “Athlete of the Year” in 1998, 2000 & 2001.
After college Jenny continued her track career winning 1^st in the LJ (22' 0.25") and 2^nd in the 100-meter hurdles (13.11) at the 2001 USA Outdoors. She was 5^th in the 100-meter hurdles at the World Outdoor Championships in 2001 with a PB of 12.63. At the 2001 Goodwill Games she was 2^nd in the 100-meter hurdles (12.87) and ran on the US 400-meter relay team (42.98) which finished 2^nd. On the European circuit in 2001 she won the hurdles at IAAF Grand Prix meets in Zagreb, Lausanne, Paris, Nice and Stockholm and finished the year ranked #3 in the world & US in the 100 hurdles & #2 in LJ in the US by T&FN. She was ranked #6 in the world & #4 in the U.S. at the end of the 2002 season. During 2002 & 2003 her top performances included third places at the USA outdoors. Adams placed 5^th (at 12.74) in the 100-meter hurdles at the 2004 Olympic Trials but continued to run on the international circuit as she finished 3^rd at meets in Brussels and Moscow shortly after the Trials.
Jenny Adams was born on July 8, 1978, in Tomball TX. She graduated from the U. of Houston in 2000 with a degree in corporate communications and a minor in advertising. In 2004 Jenny lived in Champaign IL where she trained under U. of Illinois coach Gary Winckler and competed for the Nike track club.