The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2020-21 Track & Field / Cross Country Roster
Roster
Chanel Brissett
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Hometown:
- Philadelphia, Pa.
- Weight:
- null
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Cheltenham
- Previous School:
- USC
- Major:
- Strategic Communication, Masters
• 2021 60m hurdles Big 12 Champion
• 2021 USTFCCCA First Team All-American (60m hurdles)
• 2021 USTFCCCA Second Team All-American (4x100)
Before TEXAS:
• Two-time NCAA Champion
• Five-time USTFCCCA All-American
• Four-time Pac-12 Champion
• School-record holder – Outdoor 4x100m (2019)
• No. 2 perofrmer in USC history – Outdoor 100mH (2019)
• No. 2 performer in USC history – Indoor 60mH (2019)
• 2019 NCAA Outdoor Champion – 4x100m
• 2019 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – 100mH, 4x100m (First Team)
• 2019 Pac-12 Outdoor Champion – 100mH, 4x100m
• 2019 NCAA Indoor Champion – 60mH
• 2019 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – 60mH (First Team)
• 2019 Pac-12 Indoor Champion – 60mH
• 2018 USTFCCCA Outdoor All-American – 100mH (Second Team)
• 2018 Pac-12 Outdoor Champion – 100mH
• 2018 USTFCCCA Indoor All-American – 60mH (Second Team)
COLLEGIATE BESTS AND RESULTS VIA TFRRS (TEXAS)
2021-22 (GRAD STUDENT):
INDOOR: Added another top performance to Texas history with the No. 9 all-time performance in the 60mH in the finals at the Clemson Invitational at 8.04 seconds to finish third...
2020-2021 (Senior)
OUTDOOR: Won the Michael Johnson Invitational's 100-meter hurdles with a wind-aided time of 12.85... Finished ninth in the 100-meter hurdles at the LSU Alumni Gold meet with a time of 13.45 (wind-aided)... Finished third in nhe 100-meter hurdles with a time of 12.79 seconds, marking her the seventh-best performer in UT history and a ninth-place finish in the 100-meter with a time of 11.81 seconds... Helped Texas win the 4x100-meter relay with a time of 44.36 seconds and earned a bronze medal in the 100-meter hurdles with a time of 13.17 seconds... Helped Texas advance to the 4x100-meter relays at the NCAAs with a time of 43.01 at the West Prelims - the time marks the ninth-fastest in program history... Was a part of the fifth-place team at NCAAs with a time of 43.20.
INDOOR: Began her Texas career winning the 60-meter hurdles at the Wooo Pig Classic with a time of 8.07 seconds... Remained unbeaten after two 60-meter hurdle races, claiming first-place at the Charlie Thomas Invitational with her time of 8.10 seconds and finished eighth in the 200-meter with a time of 24.29 seconds... Broke into the Texas All-time performance list at No. 3 with her second-place finish in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.98 seconds at the Tyson Invitational... Won her first title at the Big 12 Championship with a personal-best time of 7.89 (at altitude), making her the fastest performer in UT history... Went on to finish third at the NCAA Indoor Championships with a time of 8.01 seconds - tied for the fifth-best performance on UT record.
COLLEGIATE BESTS & RESULTS VIA TFFRS (BEFORE TEXAS)
BEFORE TEXAS: Won two NCAA individual titles, five All-America honors and four Pac-12 titles during a three-year stint at USC … competed three times during the shortened 2020 indoor season, highlighted by a second-place finish in the 60m hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships … won the 2019 NCAA Indoor 60m hurdles title, placed second in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Championships and won the Pac-12 100m hurdles title as a sophomore … logged a personal-best 12.52 (+0.6) to finish runner-up in the 100m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor meet … moved her into second place on USC’s all-time list in the event … helped the Trojans set a school record en route to winning the 4x100m title at the NCAA Outdoor meet, her second individual NCAA title … placed second in the hurdles at the NACAC U23s over the summer and ninth at the USATF Championships … also took silver in the hurdles at the Pan AM Games and ran leadoff for Team USA’s bronze-medal 4x100m team … won her first collegiate race in 2018, conquering the 100m hurdles in 13.10 at the Trojan Invitational … next won the hurdles at the Pac-12 Championships, clocking a then-PR 12.75 to win the title as a freshman … finished 12th at the NCAA Championships … went on to place third in the 100m hurdles at the USATF Junior Championships … finished fourth in the 60m hurdles indoors at the Pac-12 Championships and ninth at the NCAA Indoor meet.
HIGH SCHOOL: Graduated from Cheltenham High School in 2017 … began competing in the hurdles during her junior season … had a personal-best of 12.95 in the 100m hurdles, which she ran at the 2016 Olympic Trials after her junior campaign … that mark tied the Pennsylvania high school girls record and ranks third on the all-time high school hurdler list … won the 100m hurdles title at the 2016 New Balance Nationals with a time of 13.01 … named to the USA Today All-USA Girls Track and Field second team … lettered three times (2015-17) in track … a nine-time Pennsylvania state champion.
PERSONAL: Daughter of Delroy Brissett and Sheryl Baxter … has one brother, Christian, who was a sprinter at Iowa.
