The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Flannel, Floréal honored by Big 12 Conference
03.01.2019 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Freshman sprinter, head coach both honored for performances during indoor season.
AUSTIN, Texas - University of Texas freshman sprinter Kynnedy Flannel and head coach Edrick Floréal were honored by the Big 12 Conference on Friday afternoon for their achievements during the indoor campaign. Flannel was named Big 12 Women's Freshman of the Year while Floréal was named Big 12 Women's Coach of the Year.
Flannel, a native of Alvin, Texas, is the first Longhorn woman since Rushelle Burton in 2017, and the sixth ever, to win the Freshman of the Year honors indoors. In addition to Burton, she joins Kendall Baisden (2014), Kaitlin Petrillose (2013), Destinee Hooker (2006) and Sanya Richards (2003) to have been distinguished with that honor. She won the Big 12 in the 200m, nearly hitting a PR with a time of 22.89. Flannel qualified for NCAA Indoor Championships with a season-best time of 22.88 at the Clemson Invitational, and enters NCAA Championships at No. 3 nationally in the 200m. Her time of 22.88 made her the No. 5 performer in the event in school history with the No. 8 time. In the 60m, she ran a season-best of 7.26, just missing the NCAA Indoor Championships with the No. 17-ranked time in the country. She is the No. 8 performer in school history in the event and finished third at Big 12 Championships in the 60m.
Floréal was named Big 12 Conference Women's Coach of the Year after guiding his Longhorns to the conference indoor title in Lubbock over the weekend. In his first season, Floréal has elevated the program across the board. Three Longhorns won conference championships. Ashtin Zamzow won the pentathlon for the second-straight season, but did so with a school record and NCAA qualifying mark of 4,183 points. Teahna Daniels, after battling injury through much of the indoor season, ran 7.22 in the 60m finals over the weekend to win the Big 12 and qualify for NCAA Indoors. Flannel won the 200m with a time of 22.89. She also finished third in the 60m.
The Longhorns will compete at next weekend's NCAA Indoor Championships in Birmingham on Friday, March 8 and Saturday, March 9.
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