Pat Hawkins (hurdler)

Pat Hawkins
Personal information
Born (1950-08-24) August 24, 1950
Brooklyn, United States
Sport
SportTrack and field
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place1971 Cali4x100m relay

Patricia Hawkins (born August 24, 1950) is a former US national champion sprinter and hurdler, and the former American record holder in the women's 200-meter hurdles.

Athletics

In college, Hawkins ran for the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds team (now known as the LIU Sharks) in Long Island, New York.[1] After graduating, she represented Brooklyn's Atoms Track Club,[2] founded by Fred Thompson,[3] later an assistant coach for the 1988 US Olympic track and field team.

Hawkins was a four-time US national champion in the women's 200-meter hurdles from 1969 to 1972.[4] In 1971, she set an American record in the 200-meter hurdles, improving upon her existing American record with a time of 26.1 seconds.[5][6] She won a silver medal in the 100 meter dash at the 1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[7] and a bronze medal at the 1972 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships in the 200-meter hurdles.

She won the US National Indoor Championship 60-meter dash in 1971.

She was a member of the 1971 Pan American Games gold medal-winning 4x100-meter relay team.

Awards

She won the women's track and field AAU prize in 1970.[8]

References

  1. ↑ "PAT HAWKINS SETS U.S. HURDLE MARK". The New York Times. July 11, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ↑ "Atoms Track Club Places 5 on All‐American Unit". New York Times. December 3, 1970.
  3. ↑ Amdur, Neil (February 1, 1972). "Atoms Club Mapping Road to Munich". New York Times.
  4. ↑ "USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions – Women's 400 m Hurdles". Archived from the original on November 6, 2019.
  5. ↑ "Pat Hawkins Sets U.S. Hurdle Mark". New York Times. July 11, 1971.
  6. ↑ A previous run of 26.1 seconds was wind-aided. See: "Brooklyn Girls Again Shatter World Record in Mile Relay". New York Times. July 5, 1970.
  7. ↑ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net.
  8. ↑ "A.A.U. Prize Winners". New York Times. May 14, 1970.

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