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Alfred, Neugebauer and Floréal named USTFCCCA national winners
06.20.2023 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Alfred sweeps USTFCCCA Women's Track Athlete of the Year award during 2023 season.
AUSTIN, Texas – Julien Alfred, Leo Neugebauer and Edrick Floréal of the Texas track and field program earned USTFCCCA National awards on Tuesday.
Alfred completed yet another sweep this season after being named the USTFCCCA Women's Outdoor National Track Athlete of the Year, having also won the indoor award earlier this year. Alfred was just the fifth woman in the history of the NCAA to complete the triple, winning the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and the 4x100-meter relay.
The 14-time All-American went undefeated in the 100m back-to-back seasons, capping this year with a winning time of 10.72w and equaled the fastest all-conditions time in NCAA history. She later ran the fastest all-conditions time ever in the 200m at 21.73w. The St. Lucia native helped the Longhorns break the 4x100 relay collegiate record three times this season and ultimately dropped it to 41.55 in the semis before defending their title in the final at 41.60.
Alfred was the first woman in world history to put together faster all-conditions times in the 100 and 200 double at the NCAA Championships. Alfred was also on the latest Bowerman Watch List, was a Honda Award semifinalist and was named the USTFCCCA South Central Region Women's Track Athlete of the Year.
It's JuJu's world & we're just living in it 🤘
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) June 20, 2023
Julien has now swept the @USTFCCCA National Women's Track Athlete of the Year Awards this season, winning both indoor & outdoor 🤘 pic.twitter.com/j25VxWKqlL
Neugebauer was named the Men's co-National Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year after a record-breaking performance in the decathlon at the NCAA meet. He set the world-lead, broke the 39-year Germany National Record and the collegiate record with his score of 8,836 points. His performance ranks in the top-10 in world history at No. 8 after setting six personal-bests out of the 10 events. Earlier in the season, Neugebauer broke the Texas Relays and Texas program record with his winning performance and then-PR score of 8,478 points to break Trey Hardee's record. Neugebauer now owns both the heptathlon and decathlon records at UT.
.@le0thegerman caps off his historic season as the Co-Men's National Outdoor Field Athlete of the Year 🤘
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) June 20, 2023
It's the first time a Longhorn has won the award since @RCrouserThrows in 2014🔥 pic.twitter.com/7AJYDHgghl
Head coach Edrick Floréal was named the National Women's Coach of the Year for the 2023 NCAA Division I Outdoor season in his fifth season in charge at UT. Floréal led the Longhorns to its fifth NCAA Outdoor title in school history scoring 83 points and winning five events. He led Alfred in both the 100 and 200, Rhasidat Adeleke to a winning performance in the 400-meter dash and Ackelia Smith to win the long jump along with the 4x100. His team also broke the 4x100, 4x200 and sprint medley relay collegiate records this season and brought home its fourth-straight Big 12 Outdoor Title with eight event wins.
FLO KNOWS! 🤘
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) June 20, 2023
For the first time in his illustrious career, Coach Floréal has been named the @ustfccca Women's Outdoor National Coach of the Year 🤘🔥 pic.twitter.com/DAxo6ukuQy
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