D'Andre Hill
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D'Andre "DeeDee" Hill (born April 19, 1973) is an American
Hill was a three-time individual
Career
Sprinting
Hill was born in
She gained an
In Hill's second year of collegiate competition, she was again finalist in both short sprints at the NCAA Indoor Championships. She won both the individual and relay events at the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships. Two further golds followed at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, as she helped the Lady Tigers defend their relay title and claimed her first individual collegiate title in the 100 m with a run of 11.11 seconds. She also managed sixth in the 200 m.[1] She continued to rise in the national rankings with a fourth-place finish at the 1995 USA Outdoor Championships. This earned her a place on the United States relay team for the 1995 World Championships in Athletics. She was selected to run the heats only (being replaced by Gwen Torrence in the final) and anchored a team of Celena Mondie-Milner, Carlette Guidry-White, and Chryste Gaines to first in the qualifying heats. In the final the American women won the gold medal – an honor that Hill shared in as the competing alternate.[3][4]
In her third and final year with the LSU Lady Tigers, she again took NCAA All American honours in the short sprints available that year. She won the indoor 55 m title, and defended her outdoor 100 m individual and relay titles. Over 200 m, she also had her best finishes, coming second both indoors and out.
Hill ran the best times of her career in 1996. These included times of 6.69 seconds for the 55 m, 7.21 seconds for the 60 m indoors, and 22.49 seconds for the 200 m outdoors.
In 1996, she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female collegiate track and field athlete.[10][11]
After she graduated from college, her professional track sprinting career never progressed and she ranked outside the nations top ten sprinters from the period between 1997 and 2001.[12]
Coaching
Hill soon entered coaching after retirement from sprinting. She was the women's head track and field coach at the University of Dayton from 2001 to 2004.[13] She moved to Texas Christian University in December 2004, serving as assistant coach and leading the team's sprint and relay sections. Under her guidance, the TCU Horned Frogs women's 4×400 m relay team reached the NCAA Outdoor Championships for the first time in 2005. The team returned the following year and after breaking the school record they were finalists, placing seventh. Among others, she coached NCAA 200 m finalist Virgil Hodge.[14] Over the course of her tenure the TCU Horned Frogs women's team moved up from 70th in the NCAA rankings to 27th.[3]
In 2007 Hill was appointed track and field head coach at
Personal records
- 100-meter dash– 10.92 seconds (1996)
- 200-meter dash– 22.49 seconds (1996)
- 55-meter dashindoor – 6.69 seconds (1996)
- 60-meter dashindoor – 7.21 seconds (1996)
- 200-meter dashindoor – 23.24 seconds (1996)
International competitions
Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
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1995 | World Championships | Gothenburg, Sweden | 1st | 4 × 100 m relay | 42.44 (heats) |
1996 | Olympic Games | Atlanta, United States | 6th (semis) | 100 m | 11.20 |
National titles
- NCAA Women's Outdoor Track and Field Championships
- 100-meter dash: 1995, 1996
- NCAA Women's Indoor Track and Field Championships
- 55-meter dash: 1996
References
- ^ a b c D'Andre Hill. LSU Sports. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ a b c D'Andre Hill Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. Vanderbilt Commodores. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ Women 4x100m Relay World Championship 1995 Goteborg (SWE) - Sunday 13.08 Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine. Todor. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ Longman, Jere (1996-06-02). TRACK AND FIELD;Boldon Wins 100, And Has Big Plans. New York Times. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ NCAA DIVISION I INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIPS. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ NCAA DIVISION I CHAMPIONSHIPS (WOMEN). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- Track and Field News. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "D'Andre Hill". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ "LSU's NCAA Champion Duncan nominated for Honda Sports Award". wafb.com. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ "Track & Field". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- ^ 2000 Top USA Marks - Women. USATF. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ UD TRACK & FIELD HEAD COACH D'ANDRE HILL ACCEPTS ASSISTANT POSITION AT TCU. Dayton Flyers (2004-12-06). Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ D'Andre Hill Archived 2017-03-14 at the Wayback Machine. TCU Horned Frogs. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.
- ^ Milestones and Achievements. Vanderbilt University. Retrieved on 2015-09-21.