University of Texas Athletics

Leo Manzano

Induction:
2018
Class:
2018

Leo Manzano stands as one of the most accomplished distance runners in Texas history, earning five NCAA titles, 10 conference championships, and 11 All-American honors while becoming a two-time Olympian. After arriving at Texas in 2005, he won the NCAA Outdoor 1,500-meter title as a freshman and went on to claim national championships in the mile (2007, 2008 indoor), the 2008 indoor distance medley relay, and another outdoor 1,500-meter crown. He still holds the UT record in the 1,500 meters (3:35.29) and owns multiple top marks in school history, including a sub-four-minute indoor mile (3:58.78). Manzano helped lead Texas to multiple top-four NCAA finishes and anchored three straight Distance Medley Relay wins at the Penn Relays. Internationally, he made history as the first Longhorn to qualify for the Olympic 1,500 meters (2008) and won a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympics, the first American medal in the event since 1968. A 2008 graduate, he has continued a successful professional career while remaining active in the Austin-area community and also serves as an athlete manager and the owner of Leo Manzano LLC.

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