The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Hall of Honor
- Induction:
- 2008
One of the most decorated female track and field athletes in Texas history, Suziann Reid was a 10-time NCAA Champion, 17-time All-American and nine-time Big 12 Conference champion. The 1998-99 Honda Broderick Award recipient as National Track and Field Athlete of the Year, Reid led the Longhorns to four consecutive NCAA team championships (the 1998 and 1999 indoor and outdoor championships). She earned seven NCAA outdoor titles and three indoor titles and was the only three-time women’s outdoor 400m champion in NCAA history, winning the event in 1996 as a freshman and in 1998 and 1999 as a junior and senior. Reid added NCAA indoor 400m titles in 1998 and 1999 as well. The other five NCAA crowns came on UT’s 4x400 relay quartets, including four consecutive outdoor titles from 1996-99. In 2006, she was recognized as the NCAA’s premier 400 meter runner and as one of the top student-athletes in the 25-year history of NCAA women’s track and field with selection to the United States Track and Field and Cross Country Coaches Association’s “Silver Anniversary Team." Reid also earned “Silver Anniversary Team” honors as a member of UT’s four consecutive and record-setting 4x400 relay squads. She gained her 17 All-America honors in just three events (200m, 400m, 4x400m relay), remarkably placing first, second or third 16 times and once placing eighth. Additionally, Reid finished second three other times as a NCAA runner-up at 400m (1997 outdoors) and on UT’s 4x400m indoor relays in 1997 and 1998. As a senior, she was voted the 1998-99 Honda Broderick Award recipient as Female Collegiate National Track and Field Athlete of the Year, USTFCCCA Indoor Athlete of the Year, and the Big 12 Female Athlete of the Year. Reid was an eight-time Big 12 champion and helped Texas win seven of a possible eight league championships during her four-year tenure. Individually, she won three straight 400m outdoor titles and three consecutive 600 yard indoor crowns in 1997, 1998 and 1999. Reid also earned relay titles as a member of UT’s winning 1997 4x400m indoor relay and 1999 4x400m outdoor relay. As a freshman, she helped UT’s 4x400m outdoor relay win the Southwest Conference crown. In the UT record books, Reid holds the second-fastest 400m indoor (51.58 seconds) and the second-fastest 400m outdoor (50.74 seconds) times in Texas history. Following her illustrious collegiate career, she competed professionally and helped the USA 4x400 relay win silver as the leadoff runner at the 1999 World Championship. In her specialty event (400 meters), she was the 2000 and 2001 USA National indoor champion and 2001 USA Outdoor champion. Reid also earned a 2001 Millrose Games gold medal at 400 meters and won gold at the 2001 Goodwill Games, running the anchor leg on the USA’s 4x400 relay. She resides in Glenn Dale, Md., where she is authoring a book and assisting her family with a home improvement business. Reid moved to the U.S. (Maryland) from Kingston, Jamaica, at age 11 and has dual citizenship.