The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
03.23.2015 | Texas Relays, Track & Field / Cross Country
4x100-meter relay to be renamed for Carlette Guidry, 4x400-meter relay to be named after Sanya Richards-Ross
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Two events at the Nike Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays are being renamed for a pair of the most decorated athletes in University of Texas history.
Carlette Guidry and Sanya Richards-Ross have combined to secure six Olympic gold medals and will now have their names etched on a pair of relay events.
Beginning for this year's event, the University/College Women's 4x100-meter relay will be changed to the 'Carlette Guidry - University/College Women's 4x100-Meter Relay' and the University Women's (Invitational) 4x400-meter relay will now be called the 'Sanya Richards-Ross - University Women's (Invitational) 4x400-Meter Relay.'
Both events will take place on Saturday, March, 28, the final day of the Texas Relays. Guidry's 4x100m relay is expected to start at approximately 1:40 p.m. and Richards-Ross' 4x400m relay will be the final race of the meet.
Guidry is one of the most decorated athletes in Longhorn history. The Houston native earned 23 All-America honors during her collegiate career (1987-91). 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.
Guidry went on to win two Olympic gold medals (4x100m relay – 1992 & 1996) and five U.S. Championships (indoor – 60m – 2000, 200m – 1995; outdoor – 100m in 1991, 200m in 1994, '96).
Richards-Ross has claimed four Olympic gold medals, including two at the 2012 London Games. In her two years at the UT (2003-04), she was a five-time NCAA champion and earned All-America honors 11 times. A native of Jamaica, Richards-Ross led the Longhorns to a second-place finish at the 2003 NCAA Outdoor meet, accounting for 14 of the team's 50 points by winning the 400 meters, anchoring the victorious 4x400-meter relay and running the second leg of the third-place 4x100 relay.
