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

Erin Aldrich, 1995-1996
Erin Aldrich won the 5A high jump state championship in 1995 & 1996 and was a 4-time NCAA champion for UT in 1998-2000. She is a two-sport All-American and just missed making both the US Olympic teams in volleyball and track in 2004. She was a member of the 2000 Olympic track team and has twice been ranked #2 in the U.S.
Erin was born on Dec. 27, 1977, in Dallas TX to John and Susan Aldrich. She is one of two children (Steve & Erin) and her grandfather, Ki Aldrich, was a professional football player for the Chicago Cardinals (1939-40) and the Washington Redskins (1941-42 & 1945-47).
Erin was a high jump “phenom” as a young girl as she jumped 5' 6" as a 7^th grader in 1991 and 5' 8" as a 8^th grader in 1992. In 1993 as a high school freshman she won the Texas Relays at 5' 6" and repeated in 1994 as a soph at 5' 10". After finishing 2^nd in the 5A high jump as a soph in 1994 at 5' 10" she won the 1995 Texas 5A high jump title at 6' 0" as a junior for Richardson Lake Highlands and went on to win the Golden West Invitational (a national H.S. meet) at 6' 0". She was a repeat champion at the state meet in 1996 at 6' 01" and went on to win the Golden West Invitational (6' 2.25"Bstill a meet record) and the USA Juniors (6' 2.75"). Also in 1996 as a senior she was 8^th in the US Olympic Trials, was 4^th in the World Junior Championships and was ranked #8 in the U.S. by T&FN with a PB of 6' 2.75". She also won the Texas Relays for the 3^rd time with a jump of 6' 0".
Aldrich jumped for Arizona as a freshman in 1997 under Coach John Rembao and then transferred to Texas in 1998 when Rembao was hired by UT. As a freshman at Arizona she won the NCAA Indoor Championships and set an NCAA indoor record at 6' 5.5". She finished the year ranked #3 in the U.S. by T&FN after finishing 3^rd (6' 1.5") in the NCAA Outdoors and 3^rd (6' 4") at the USA Outdoors. As a soph in 1998 for UT she won the NCAA Outdoor (6' 4") and NCAA Indoor (6' 4.25") and set an NCAA indoor record at 6' 5.5". She was 3^rd in the US Outdoors and was ranked #3 in US by T&FN in 1998. She helped the Lady Longhorns to an NCAA team title in 1998 (and a 2^nd place team finish in 1997).
As a UT junior in 1999 Aldrich was injured much of the year but still won the NCAA Indoors (6' 3.5") and was ranked #6 in the US by T&FN. As a senior in 2000, she was NCAA Outdoor champion (6' 2.75") and was ranked #3 in the US. She was 2^nd in the US Olympic Trials in 2000 but failed to qualify for the Olympic finals. She was named the Most Outstanding Performer of the Texas Relays in 2000 after winning the high jump at 6' 4.75" (she also won the Texas Relays HJ in 1998 & 1999). She was a 4-time NCAA champion during her college career and has held the collegiate indoor high jump record at 6' 5.5" since 1998. Erin was voted the Big-12 Female Athlete of the Year in 1999-2000. She graduated from UT in 2001 with a degree in journalism and continued to compete in the high jump after graduation. She was 2^nd at the USA Outdoors (6' 0.5") in 2001. Erin’s top US rankings in the high jump were 2^nd in 2000 & 200; 3^rd in 1998 & 1997; 6^th in 1999; and 8^th in 1996. Thus she was ranked in the top ten in the US in the high jump for 7 years from 1996-2001. She was 4^th in the HJ at the 2004 U.S. Olympic Trials and thus was an alternate for the team. She plans to compete again for the 2008 Olympic team.
Aldrich also was named a 1^st team All-American in volleyball by the American Volleyball Coaches Association as a senior in 1999. The Longhorn volleyball team was ranked #16 in the nation in 1999 and Erin led the team in hitting percentage at .325 and kills with 470 and became only the second player in Longhorn history to record at least 450 kills and 150 blocks in a season. Erin has been a member of the USA national volleyball team since 2002 and moved to Colorado to train with the national team. She missed the final cut for the 2004 U.S. Olympic volleyball team and in 2004 & 2005 played in the Italian A1 Professional Volleyball League. She plans to compete in international volleyball through 2012. See: www.erinaldrich.com

JimAnne Baker, 2000-2003
Cisco’s JimAnne Baker won her 13^th gold medal in track and field at the 2003 state track meet to rank second all-time in number of gold medals won in a high school career. She is the only female (or male) to ever win seven different events at the state track meet. In 2003 she enrolled at TCU on a basketball and track scholarship.
There have been a total of 7,868 individual and relay state champions at the state track meet by Texas boys and girls since 1905. Ychlindria Spears of Luling holds the record for most career gold medals (14 from 1999-2002) while Jim Ann Baker is tied for 2^nd with 13 with Toya Jones of Refugio (who tops the male career list) in 1992-95.
JimAnne began her career at the state track meet in 2000 as a freshman by winning the 2A triple jump at 38' 09". As a soph in 2001 she led Cisco to the state 2A team championship by winning first in the triple jump at 40' 09" (the 7^th best in the U.S.) and the 200-meter dash at 24.5. She also anchored Cisco’s 1600-meter relay team to victory in 3:56.4 and finished 2^nd in the long jump at 18' 01". As a junior in 2002 she again led Cisco to the state 2A team championship by winning 5 gold medalsCthe triple jump at 41' 08", the 200-meter dash at 24.25, the long jump at 19' 08", the 800-meter relay (1:42.7) and the 1600-meter relay (3:54.3). She won 4 more gold in 2003 as a senior leading Cisco to a 2^nd place team finish by winning the triple jump at 40' 07" (her 4^th straight title in this event), the long jump at 19' 02", the 100-meter dash at 12.08 and the 400-meter dash at 56.71. She ran a 55.4 anchor leg on Cisco’s 1600-meter relay team for 2^nd place to winner and state team champion, Alto, narrowly missing a 14^th career gold medal and a 3^rd straight team championship. Her 41' 08" TJ in 2002 and 19' 08" LJ in 2002 set state 2A conference records which held thru 2006.
Baker is one of only 2 girls (with Ginger Dickerson of Refugio in 1999) to ever win 5 gold medals at one state meet in the 35-year history of the girls’ state meet (1972-2006. Also, her 45 points in 2002 and 44 points in 2003 remain 3^rd and 4^th among the top individual point totals in the history of the girls state meet and the most points ever scored in the 2A meet. JimAnne won seven different events (100, 200, 400, long jump, triple jump, 800-relay, & 1600 relay) during her 4-year career---a state record for males and females for the 101 year history of the state meet.

JimAnne also excelled at basketball in high school. As a senior 5' 10" post player in 2002-03 she averaged 24.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 5.4 assists, 4.3 steals and 1.53 blocked shots per game and shot 56.3% from the field and 76.1% from the free throw line. Her Cisco team was the area champion in her freshman and soph years, district champ in her junior year and regional semi-finalists in her senior year. JimAnne was named the State 2A player of the year in Texas in both 2002 and 2003 and was named to the BCJ All-American team and the AAU All-American team in the summer of 2002. She played in both the TGCA all-star game and the TX-OK Oil Bowl game as a senior. She was team MVP for 4 years and for her 4-year career averaged 20 points, 10 rebounds, 5 assists, 4 steals and 3 blocks per game.

JimAnne was a varsity cheerleader for 3 years and also competed in rodeos throughout her youth and qualified for the Texas H.S. State Rodeo Finals held in Abilene in 2001 & 2002. She also was involved in FFA in high school and “showed” lambs since the age of nine. She placed at the Houston Livestock Show the Rodeo Stock Show and the San Antonio Livestock Show.
Jim Ann Baker was born in Brownwood, TX, on March 1, 1985, to Jim and Debbie Baker. She and two siblings (Sunnie and Jay) were raised in Cisco where JimAnne graduated in 2003. Jim Ann signed with TCU for basketball and track for 2004. She “redshirted” in basketball for the 2003-04 season but did compete in track in 2004 making the NCAA meet in the LJ & as an alternate on the TCU 4 X 100 relay team. She had career bests in the LJ (20’ 05.5”) and TJ (41’ 3”). She was a part-time starter in basketball for TCU in the 2004-5 season as a freshman. JimAnne Baker Hejny is majoring in education and plans to be an elementary school teacher.

Stacey Bowers, 1993-1995
Stacey Bowers won 5 career gold medals at the state track meet from 1993-95. She was a 7-time All-American at Baylor from 1996-1999 and won the NCAA & USA Outdoor championships in the TJ in 1999.
Stacey L. Bowers was born on Aug. 22, 1977, in Waco TX to Rev. (Robert) and Dorothy Paul.

She was a great all-around athlete at Waco LaVega as she starred for four years in three sports--track, volleyball and basketballBand was named the Super Centex Player of the Year in all three sports in her senior year by the Waco Times Herald. She won the state 3A triple jump championship in 1993 (38' 09"), 1994 (39' 09"), and 1995 (40' 07") and the long jump title as a senior in 1995 at 19' 02". She also anchored the LaVega 1600-meter relay team to a gold medal in 1995 and her three gold in 1995 led her LaVega team to its only state championship. Her mark of 40' 07" in the TJ in 1995 broke a conference 3A record of 40' 05" set in 1992 by Carla Spears of Luling. That record was broken in 1999 by Ychlindria Spears (the younger sister of Carla Spears).

Stacy improved markedly in the TJ thru her career at Baylor University. As a freshman in 1996 Stacey was 3^rd in the SWC Outdoors and 14^th at the NCAA Outdoors in the triple jump with a PB of 41' 8.7". As a soph in 1997 she was 4^th at the NCAA Outdoors with a PB of 44' 4.7" and was ranked #7 in the U.S. by T&FN. As a junior in 1998 she was 2^nd in the NCAA Outdoors and 4^th at the USA Outdoors with a PB of 44' 8.2" and was ranked #4 in the U.S. by T&FN. As a senior in 1999 Stacey was the Big 12 TJ indoor (45'1") and outdoor (46'1") champion in the TJ and won the NCAA Outdoor (45' 10") and USA Outdoor (44' 9.7"). She was also 3^rd at the U.S. Indoors (45'2"), 4^th at the Pan American Games (45'10"), and was a member of the 1999 world championship team. She was a force within the Big 12 sweeping the indoor and outdoor triple jump titles in 1998 and again in 1999. Her versatility as a track athlete was seen in that she also ran a leg on Baylor’s 1997 1600-meter relay team which finished 6^th at the NCAA Indoors and on Baylor’s 1996 1600-meter relay team which finished 5^th in the NCAA Outdoors. Stacey was earned All-American honors 8 times.
After graduation from Baylor in 1999 Stacey continued her track career finishing 4^th at the 2000 USA Olympic Trials at 45' 4"and was 2^nd at the U.S. indoor ending the 2000 season ranked #1 in the US in the TJ by T&FN. In 2001 she finished 6^th at the USA Outdoors in the TJ and was ranked #6 in the U.S. at the end of that year. She was also ranked 6^th in the U.S. in 2002 after finishing 5^th at the US outdoor and 4^th at the U.S. indoor. Stacey did not compete in 2002 because of a knee injury. She finished 7^th in the TJ at the 2004 Olympic Trials.
Stacey graduated from Baylor in 1999 with a degree in education and earned her master’s degree in sport management from Baylor in 2002. She became an assistant track coach at Baylor in 2003. In 2004 Stacey L. Bowers-Smith lived in Robinson TX with her husband, Rodney Smith, and continued to train under Coach Danny Brabham.

Michelle Carter, 2000-2004
Michelle Carter won 8 gold medals at the state track meet from 2000-2003 setting state records in both the shot put and discus as a junior and senior. She set national records in both the shot put and discus as a senior following in the footsteps of her father who has held the national H.S. record in the shot put since 1979. She continues her track career with UT where she was the world junior champ and the USA Junior champ in 2004.
As a freshman for Red Oak H.S. in 2000, Michelle won the 4A shot put at 48' 05" (a 4A record) and the discus at 144' 0" and repeated in 2001 as a soph at 49' 08" (a 4A record) and 151' 00. As a junior in 2002 she set a state record in the shot put at 53' 3.75" (beating the old record by more than 2 feet & coming within 5 inches of the national record) and in the discus at 157' 3.75". Michelle won the shot put (51' 07.5") and discus (169' 03") at the Texas Relays in 2002 and was named the 2002 Most Outstanding Performer. She had previously won the Texas Relays shot put in 2000 at 42' 9.75" and in 2001 at 48' 2.75". Carter went on to win the Golden West Invitational (a national meet) in June at 53'; the NCAOL National at 51' 1"; and was 3^rd in the USA Jr. Nationals in CA at 53' 3.5". She was named the Nike Track H.S. Athlete of the Year in 2002 as a junior.
As a senior in 2003 Michelle broke her own state records in the shot put and discus and set national marks at 54' 10.75" and 157' 11". In 2003 Michelle won the Nike Indoor National Meet at 54' 9.5" winning the event by 7 ft. She set several shot put records at the USATF Junior Olympics in 2000-2003.
As a soph at UT in 2004 Michelle won the Big 12 in the discus (164’ 8”) and was the NCAA regional champ in the shot put (56’ 7.5”). She was also the World Junior Champ in 2004 at 57’ 7” and the USA Junior champ at 53’ 7”. In 2005 Michelle was runner-up in the NCAA shot put at 58’ 7.25”.
Michelle Denee Carter was born on Oct. 12, 1985, in San Jose CA to Michael and Sandra Carter. She is the oldest of three children (Michelle, D’Andra, and Michael, Jr.). Her younger sister, D’Andra, finished 2^nd in the 4A discus in 2003.
Michelle’s father, Michael, has held the national high school record in the shot put since 1979 and is the only schoolboy to ever throw over 80 ft (81' 3.5"). She and her father, Michael, are the first parent/child “team” to hold national high school track records at the same time. Michael was an all-pro nose guard for San Francisco in the NFL. Michael and Michelle hope to become only the third parent-child combo to make US Olympic track teams (after Alice Arden in 1936 & her son, Russ Hodge in 1964 and Charlie Jenkins in 1956 and his son Chip Jenkins in 2000).


Regina Cavanaugh, 1982
Regina Cavanaugh won the shot put and discus at the state track meet in 1982. She was a 6-time NCAA champion in the shot put and was named the NCAA Female Athlete of the Decade (the 1980's).
Regina Kristine Cavanaugh was born on Dec. 6, 1964, in Ft. Rucker AL to LTC E.W. and Lorraine Cavanaugh. She is one of five children (with Angela Rose, Bill, Michael and Kevin) and moved to the Killeen TX area in 1975. At Killeen H.S. she played volleyball and basketball and tenor saxophone in the band as a freshman but gave those up for academics and track and field as a soph. She graduated from Killeen H.S. in 1982. Regina won the 5A shot put at 45' 04" and the discus at 146' 0" at the state track meet as a senior in 1982.
Regina competed for Rice Institute in 1983-87 under Coach Victor Lopez. She is the all-time 5^th ranked woman in performances in the shot put by U.S. Juniors with a 56' 1.2" throw as a freshman on June 26, 1983. She redshirted as a soph to compete in the 1984 Olympic Trials. She was a 3-time NCAA outdoor champion in the shot put winning in 1985 (56' 07.5"), 1986 (56' 09") and 1987 (56' 10.7") and a 3-time NCAA indoor champion winning in 1984 (54' 08"), 1985 (54' 01") and 1986 (57' 11.7). She was an 8-time SWC shot put champion and is the SWC record holder both outdoors (57' 11.7") and indoors (57' 11"). She was named an NCAA All-American 9 times. She remains the Rice record holder in the shot put (58' 01") by 7 ft. and in the discus (172' 07") by 6 ft. She was a four-time SWC outdoor discus champion.
Cavanaugh won the shot put at the Texas Relays while in college (in 1985 at 53' 2" and in 1987 at 54' 9") and after college (in 1988 at 57' 2"). She narrowly missed qualifying for the 1984 and 1988 U.S. Olympic Teams as she was an alternate for the 1984 team and finished 5^th in the women’s shot put in the 1988 Olympic Trials. She represented the U.S. in international competition at the 1984 Chinese-Taiwan Invitational Meet, at the 1983 & 1985 World University Games, and at the 1983, 1985, & 1986 Olympic Sports Festival. She was ranked among the top ten US women in the shot put for 6 years (#5 in 1983, #4 in 1984, #4 in 1985, #6 in 1986, #6 in 1987 & #5 in 1988).
In 1991 Cavanaugh was named the NCAA Athlete of the Decade for the 1980's in women’s track and was selected on the NCAA All-Decade Team.. In 1992 she was elected to the Rice Athletic Hall of Fame.
Cavanaugh graduated from Rice in 1987 with a degree in human physiology and was a 2-time Academic All-American in 1986-87as named by the College Sports Information Directors. She received multiple postgraduate scholarships (including the first Walter Byers scholarship from the NCAA) and was a Rhodes Scholar candidate. She graduated from the U. of Houston medical school in 1992 and became a child psychiatrist. Dr. Cavanaugh practiced in Houston and PA before her current position as medical director at Cedar Crest Hospital in Belton TX. She serves several community groups and often speaks to young athletes. In 2004 Regina Cavanaugh-Murphy lived in the Belton/Killeen area with her husband, James, and three children.

Chryste Gaines, 1985-87
Chryste Gaines won 3 career gold medals at the state track meet in 1985-87 and continued her career at Stanford where she was an 8-time All-American from 1988-92 winning the NCAA Indoor & Outdoor 100-meters in 1992. She continued to compete and improve after college and won an Olympic gold medal in 1996 as part of the U.S.A. 400-meter relay team and an Olympic bronze medal in the same event in 2000. She was ranked #4 in the world in the 100 in 2002.
Gaines won her first gold at the state track meet in 1985 as a freshman for Dallas S. Oak Cliff when she won the 5A 200-meters in 23.7 (3^rd best in the U.S.) beating runner-up Carlette Guidry of Houston Sterling who won 4 gold medals in 1985 (the 200 was her only defeat) and later was an Olympic gold medalist. In 1986 as a soph she anchored her Dallas South Oak Cliff 400-meter relay team (that included her sister, Charletta) to the 5A state championship in 45.4Ca state record from 1986-1998Band defeated Houston Sterling anchored by Guidry (who scored 48 points--a state record--at that meet). Gaines also was 4^th in the LJ at 18' 11" and 3^rd in the 200 in 1986. As a junior in 1987 she won the 5A 200-meters at 23.3 (2^nd best in the U.S.) at the state track meet and won the 100-meters at the Texas Relays. She did not compete in the state track meet as a senior in 1988 due to injuries but was named the national Gatorade Track Athlete of Year in 1988 when she won the 100-meters at the Texas Relays at 11.50 and was voted the Most Outstanding Performer at the Meet. She became the first Texas woman to win this award (the 2^nd was Ychlindria Spears of Luling in 2001). Her 23.13 200-meters in 1988 is ranked 2^nd all-time in the history of TX. Also, her 11.50 100-meters in 1987 is ranked 7^th all-time in the history of TX.
Chryste ran for Stanford from 1988-92 and gradually improved her times in the 100 and 200 meters as her 100-meter mark improved from 11.44 as a freshman to 11.16 (a school record & 6^th best all-time in the PAC-10) as a senior and her 200-meter mark improved from 24.24 as a freshman to 23.00 (a school record) as a senior. She won the 100 at the USA Juniors in 1989 and was a three-time winner of the PAC-10 100 meters in 1990-1992. She was voted the Pac-10's Women’s Track and Field Athlete of the Year in 1992 and was 3^rd in the NCAA 100 in 1991 before reaching her peak as a senior in 1992 when she won two national titles--the NCAA Indoor 55 meters (6.68) and the NCAA Outdoor 100 (11.05w). In 1992 Chryste Gaines of Stanford won the Texas Relays 100-meters at 11.23.
Gaines continued to compete after college and gradually improved her U.S. and world ranking in the sprints. She improved her college PB in 1992 to a career PB in 2003 from 11.16 to 10.86 in the 100-meters and from 23.0 to 22.67 in the 200-meters. By 2001 she was ranked by T&FN as #5 in the world and in 2002 was ranked #4 in the world up from her earlier world rankings of #10 in 1995, #6 in 1996, #9 in 1997, #4 in 1998, & #9 in 2000. In a similar fashion her U.S. ranking in the 100 reached a high of #2 in the U.S. in 2002 up from her earlier rankings of #2 in 2001, #3 in 2000, #3 in 1998, #4 in 1997, #3 in 1996, #4 in 1995, #8 in 1994, #8 in 1993, #9 in 1992 & #8 in 1991. She was ranked #5 in the U.S. in the 200-meters in 1995 after earlier rankings of #8 in 1994 & #9 in 1992.
In 2001 Gaines was the USA Outdoor 100 meter champion (10.89) and USA Indoor 60-meter champ (7.15) and in 2002 won the U.S. Outdoor Indoor 60-meters (7.13). She was 3^rd in the 60-meters at the 2001 world indoor championships. She is perhaps best known world-wide for her relay successes as she ran the first leg on the U.S.A. 400-meter relay team (with Gail Devers, Inger Miller and Gwen Torrence) which won a gold medal in 41.95 in 1996 and ran the 1^st leg on the 2000 U.S.A. Olympic 400-meter relay team (Tori Edwards, Nanceen Perry and Marion Jones) which won a bronze medal. She was a 3-time (1995, 1997, 2001) World Champion in the 400-meter relay. Chryste was still competing in 2004 for the Nike Track Club (and was represented by Agent Renaldo Nehemiah) and lived in Lithonia GA where she trained under Coach Remi Korchemny. She failed to make the 100 or 200 meter finals at the 2004 Olympic Trials though she had qualifying times of 10.86 & 22.67.
Chryste Dionne Gaines was born on Sept. 14, 1970, in Lawton OK to Carl Gaines & Pauline Parish. She and her older sister, Charletta, grew up in Dallas where Chryste graduated from S. Oak Cliff H.S. in 1988. She graduated from Stanford University in 1992 with a degree in psychology and completed the pre-med requirements

Guidry, Carlette, 1985-1986
Carlette Guidry won 8 gold medals as a soph and junior in a 2-year career at the state track meet in 1985-86. She later was an 8-time NCAA champion at the U. of Texas; a US champion at 60-meters, 100-meters and 200-meters; and a 2-time Olympic gold medalist in the 400-meter relay. She was ranked as high as #4 in the world in the 100-meters.
As a soph at the 1985 state meet Guidry led her Houston Sterling team to the state championship by winning four gold medals (in the 100-meters at 11.6; the long jump at 19' 08"; the triple jump at 40' 09" and the 1600-meter relay at 3:45.7) and scored 43 points. She was denied a 5^th gold medal in 1985 when Freshman Chrystie Gaines of Dallas South Oak Cliff beat her in the 200-meters in 23.7. As a junior in 1986 she again led Sterling to the state team championship by winning four more gold medals: the 100-meters at 11.5; the 200-meters at 23.3; the long jump at 20' 05" and the triple jump at 42' 01". She also anchored the runner-up Sterling 400-meter and 800-meter relay teams for a total of 48 points (almost beating “by herself”) 2^nd place Dallas Carter’s 58 points).
Carlette also set two state records in 1986 with a 42' 01" triple jump mark that stood until 1994 and a 20' 05" long jump that stood until 1999 when Ychlindria Spears broke her mark by one inch. Her 11.5 100-meter mark in 1986 also tied a Conference 5A record that stood until 1993. She competed in several national meets while still in HS winning the 100-meters and LJ at the 1985 USA Juniors and the LJ at the 1986 USA Juniors. Her mark of 22.9 in the 200-meters in 1986 is still ranked 1^st all-time in the history of TX by TexasTrack.com while her 21' 0.7 LJ ranks 3^rd all-time and her 42.7.5 TJ ranks 6^th all-time. She was 7^th in the LJ at the World Juniors in 1986. Carlette transferred schools as a senior and lost her eligibility and competed as an open athlete making the long jump finals at the USA Championships and the World University Games. She was ranked #8 in the US in the LJ in 1987.
As a freshman at Texas in 1988 she won 100-meters, 200-meters and the LJ at the SWC meet and the 55-meters and LJ at the NCAA Indoors. As a soph in 1989 “Ms. Turbo” won the SWC in the 100 & 200 and was 5^th in the 200-meters at the USA Outdoors. As a junior in 1990 she won the 55-meters and 200-meters at the NCAA Indoor and was ranked by T&FN at #1 in the US and #3 in the world in the 100-meters and #6 in the US in the 200-meters with bests of 11.03 and 22.62. As a senior in 1991 Guidry won the 100-meters at the USA outdoors; won the 55-meters and 200-meters at the NCAA Indoors; and won the 100-meters and 200-meters at the NCAA Outdoors. She also won the 100-meters at the Texas Relays in 1991 (11.18) & 1992 (11.12).
Guidry was ranked #1 in the U.S. in the 100-meters in 1990, #2 in 1991, #4 in 1992, #2 in 1994, #2 in 1995, #7 in 1996, #6 in 1997, #6 in 1998, #8 in 1999 & #6 in 2000. She was ranked #3 in the world in the 100-meters in 1990, #5 in 1991, #8 in 1992, #5 in 1994 & #4 in 1995. In the 200-meters she was ranked #9 in 1989, #6 in 1990, #3 in 1991, #2 in 1992, #10 in 1993, #2 in 1994, #2 in 1995, #2 in 1996, #6 in 1997, #5 in 1998 & #8 in 2000. She was ranked #6 in the world in the 200-meters in 1996, #5 in 1994 & #6 in 1996. She had PB’s of 10.94 in the 100 and 22.78 in the 200. Carlette was voted the Honda Sports Award in 1990-91.
Carlette won a gold medal at the 1992 Olympics running the third leg on the US 400-meter relay team. She finished 5^th in the Olympic 200-meters and was ranked #8 in the world & #4 in the US in 100-meters and #6 in the world & #2 in the US in the 200-meters with bests of 11.09 and 22.4. In 1994 she won the 200-meters at the USA Outdoors. In 1995 she won the 200-meters at the USA Indoors and was ranked #4 in the world & #2 in US in the 100-meters. She was 3^rd in the in world indoor 60-meters in 1995 at 7.11. She won her 2^nd Olympic gold medal at the 1996 Games as a member of the USA’s 400-meter relay team (she ran on the team in the heats but not in the finals) and was #2 in the US in the 200 and #7 in the US in the 100. Carlette was ranked #6 in the U.S. at 100 meters in 1997 and 1998 & #8 in 1999. She was ranked #5 in the U.S. in the 200 meters in 1997 and #6 in 1998. Carlette retired after finishing 7th in the 100 meters and 8^th in the 200 meters at the 2000 Olympic Trials.
Carlette Guidry was born on Sept. 4, 1968, in Houston TX. She graduated from Milby H.S. in 1987 and from the U. of Texas in 1991 (Sociology) and obtained a license in message therapy. In 2003 Carlette Guidry worked in Austin at her Athletic Achievement and Development Academy for ages 8-18.