The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
2013-14 Track & Field / Cross Country: Women Roster
Roster
Danielle Dowie
- Position:
- Sprints/Hurdles
- Class:
- Senior
- High School:
- Wolmer's School
- Hometown:
- Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica
• Six-time First Team USTFCCCA All-American
• Four-time Second Team USTFCCCA All-American
• Two-time Big 12 champion
• Eight-time All-Big 12
• Two-time Academic All-Big 12
• 2013 IAAF World Championships qualifier - 400-meter hurdles
• 2013 Jamaica National Senior Championships silver medalist - 400-meter hurdles
• 2012 NACAC U-23 bronze medalist - 400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay
• 2011 Pan American Junior silver medalist - 400-meter hurdles
Career Bests
100m: 12.17
Outdoor 200m: 24.25
Outdoor 400m: 53.00
400m Hurdles: 54.94
60m: 7.62
60m Hurdles: 8.72
Indoor 200m: 23.75
Indoor 400m: 52.82
Indoor 600y: 1:21.06
UT All-Time Performers List
400m Hurdles: 3rd
AT-A-GLANCE
Six-time first team All-American (four outdoor, two indoor) ... four-time second team All-American (three outdoor; one indoor) ... 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion as part of the 4x400-meter relay ... 2012 Big 12 outdoor champion in the 400m hurdles ... eight-time All-Big 12 honoree (five outdoor, three indoor) .... qualified for the 2013 IAAF World Championships for Jamaica as the runner-up in the 400m hurdles with a personal-best 54.94 at the country’s National Senior Championships ... competed in the same event at the 2012 Jamaican national meet and placed fourth, narrowly missing earning a spot on the London Olympic Team ... silver medalist in 400m hurdles (58.55) at the 2011 Pan American Junior Track & Field Championships ... won bronze medals in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay at the North America-Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) U-23 Championships ... two-time Academic All-Big 12 (2012 first team; 2013 second team).
2012-13
Outdoor:
Qualified for the IAAF World Championships for Jamaica in the 400m hurdles with a second-place, career-best time of 54.94 at the Jamaica National Senior Championships … capped off her collegiate season with a pair of first-team All-America honors at the NCAA Championships in the 400m hurdles (eighth, 57.29) and as a member of the third-place 4x400m relay (3:27.98) … third in the quarterfinals for the event at the NCAA West Preliminary Round (56.68) to advance to nationals … claimed All-Big 12 honors by finishing second in the 400m hurdles at the league meet with a time of 56.89 … was also All-Big 12 in the 4x100m relay (second, 44.52) and 4x400m relay (second, 3:32.15) … second-team Academic All-Big 12 ... posted personal bests in the 200m (23.33) and 400m (53.00) at the Longhorn Invitational … ran to a third-place finish in the 400m hurdles (56.95) at the Florida Relays … recorded a victory at the Texas Relays in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.58 … registered third-place finishes in both the 100m (PR, 12.17) and 200m (23.78) at the Aztec Invitational to open her junior campaign.
Indoor:
Raced in all seven meets … member of UT’s 4x400m relay team that ran three of the top 10 times in UT history … the team placed third at the NCAA Championships in 3:30.63, No. 5 on the UT all-time performance list … also qualified for the national meet in the 400m and finished 12th in the prelim to earn second-team All-American honors … ran the first leg of UT’s victorious 4x400m relay at the Big 12 Championships, which finished in 3:33.54 … also claimed All-Big 12 honors as the third-place finisher in the 400m with an indoor PR 52.82 at the conference meet … first-team Academic All-Big 12 ... posted a 52.92 in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational second place … clocked 54.04 in the 400m and 24.22 in the 200m at the Razorback Invitational … won both the 200m (PR, 23.75) and 400m (53.95) at the Crimson Tide Indoor and ran the fastest leg of UT’s meet-champion 4x400m relay team (3:38.22), earning her Big 12 Athlete of the Week honors Jan 16.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Notched five first-place finishes in the 400m hurdles and three All-America honors ... earned first team All-America honors as part of the 4x400m relay that placed fifth at the NCAA Championships in a time of 3:30.31 ... ran a 56.85 in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championships for a sixth-place finish and first-team All-America accolades ... also on the 4x100m relay the qualified for the NCAA meet finals in the with a time of 57.37 in the semifinals ... earned second-team All-America honors for running in the semifinals ... registered a third-place, 56.67 performance in the 400m hurdles in the NCAA West Prelim quarterfinals to advance to the NCAA Championships ... earned her first Big 12 title in the 400m hurdles with a then personal-best time of 56.10 ... part of the all-league 4x400m relay team that took second at the Big 12 Championships in 3:30.32 ... won the Longhorn Invitational 400m hurdles in 56.59 ... took fourth place (57.40) in the 400m hurdles at the Florida Relays ... grabbed second in the 400m dash with a time of 54.37 and placed 12th in the 200m dash with a time of 24.33 at the Texas Invitational ... claimed second place at the Texas Relays in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.90.
Indoor:
Claimed All-America honors as a member of the second-place 4x400m relay team at the NCAA Championships ... earned All-Big 12 honors in the 600y dash with a fourth-place finish in a personal-best 1:21.06 at the league meet ... clocked a personal-best 400m time of 54.76 at the Tyson Invitational ... crossed the finish line in second place (55.99) in the 400m at the Houston Invitational ... posted a 400m time of 55.94 at the Auburn Indoor.
2010-11
Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m hurdles and finished 16th (57.86) in the semifinal ... also a member of the 11th-place 4x400-meter relay unit at the national meet ... earned second-team All-America honors in both events ... earned a trip to nationals in the 400mh with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA West Preliminary meet ... USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic Team member ... notched a then personal best in the 400m dash at the M.J. Classic with a time of 54.01 ... also PR’d in the 200m in 24.25 ... ran a 58.32 in the 400m hurdles at Texas Relays and finished third ... garnered a first-place finish in the 400m hurdles at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 58.49 ... opened with a 400m hurdles time of 57.33 and earned a first-place finish at the Black and Gold Challenge.
Indoor:
Recorded a mark of 54.62 in the 400m for 10th in the Big 12 Championships prelims ... was a member of the Longhorns’ third-place distance medley relay at the Notre Dame Last Chance Meet (11:16.90) ... posted a then personal-record time of 8.86 in the 60m hurdles at the Don Kirby Invitational ... placed seventh in the 400m dash at the Don Kirby Invitational in a time of 55.17 ... recorded a time of 55.11 in the 400m dash at the Razorback Invite ... crossed the 400m finish line in fifth (56.33) at the Leonard Hilton Invitational.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Gold medalist at the 2008 CARIFTA Games in both the 400m hurdles and the 4x400m relay ... silver medalist in the 400m hurdles at both the 2009 and 2010 CARIFTA Games as well as the 400m in 2009 ... silver medalist at the 2010 Pan American Junior Championships in the 400m hurdles ... silver medalist in the 400m hurdles at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships ... also ran a leg of Jamaica’s fourth-place 4x400m relay that finished in 3:46.78.
PERSONAL
Born in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica ... mother is Paulette “Erica” Taylor ... has three siblings - Danjai (14), Shanae (25) and Shanique (31) ... fluent in Jamaican Patois ... 2011 USTFCCCA Division I All-Academic team member ... two-time Academic All-Big 12 (2012 first team; 2013 second team) ... six-time member of the Big 12 Commissioner’s Honor Roll (fall 2010; spring 2011; fall 2011; fall 2012; spring 2013; fall 2013) ...involved in UT’s Caribbean Students Association, Marathon Kids and the UT Child Care Center ... majoring in nutritional sciences.
