The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Track & Field sweeps Big 12 Athlete of the Week
04.26.2017 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Gordon, Robinson recognized for speedy efforts
AUSTIN, Texas – Texas Track & Field claimed both the men's and women's Big 12 Track & Field Athlete of the Week awards on Wednesday as the conference announced Chrisann Gordon and Byron Robinson as this week's winners.
Gordon, a senior from Jamaica, threw down the fastest time in the nation last weekend to win the 400 meters at the LSU Alumni Gold. Her time of 50.64 seconds establishes her as the No. 1 runner in the NCAA with just a few weeks left in the regular season. With that time, Gordon shattered her previous personal best by nearly half a second and she is now the No. 4 performer in school history.
Gordon's time also puts her at No. 3 on the world list so far in 2017 and she is .34 of a second ahead of No. 2 on the NCAA list.
Robinson ran his fastest time of the season in the 400 meter hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold, clocking in at 49.55 seconds. He finished second behind a post-collegiate runner and now stands at No. 2 on the NCAA descending order list.
His time was not far off his mark from a year ago when he ran the No. 1 time in the NCAA all season in 2016 at the LSU meet. Robinson also ran the anchor leg of the winning 4x400m relay that finished in 3:05.59. That time puts the Longhorns at No. 12 in the NCAA so far this season.
Texas hosts its final home meet of the season this week with the Longhorn Invitational taking place over two days at Mike A. Myers Stadium. Two throwing events go down on Friday afternoon and the rest of the meet schedule begins at 10 a.m. Saturday. Admission to the final meet of the regular season is free.
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