Stephanie Hightower
 Stephanie Hightower | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Women’s Athletics
| ||
Representing  United States
| ||
| Pan American Games | ||
 |
1987 Indianapolis | 100 m hurdles |
| Liberty Bell Classic | ||
 |
1980 Philadelphia | 100 m hurdles |
Stephanie Hightower (born July 19, 1958) is an American former hurdler and former president of
boycott. She won a silver medal at the 1987 Pan American Games
.
Hightower became president of USA Track & Field in December 2008.
Running
Born in
Olympic Trials. Kim Turner won the race in 13.12 seconds, with Benita Fitzgerald-Brown in second, Pam Page in third and Hightower in fourth, all running 13.13 seconds,[6][7] in what was possibly the closest elite race in history.[6][8][9] The photo of the finish was later used for instruction in the use of photo finish
devices.
Administration
Twenty eight years later, as President of USATF, Hightower was part of the administrative committee formed to settle another controversial close finish, when
2012 Olympic Trials
.
After retiring from competition, Hightower has held various positions with the USATF, including serving as women's team manager at the
CEO position until the board decided on Max Siegel.[10]
Hightower is the niece of
Ian Stewart
.
National titles
- Four-time U.S. 100 meter hurdles Champion (1980, 1981, 1982 and 1984)
- Five-time U.S. Indoor 60 meter hurdles Champion (1980, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986)
- Won 1980 USA Olympic Trials
International competitions
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representing United States
| |||||
| 1980 | Liberty Bell Classic | Philadelphia, United States | 1st | 100 m hurdles | 13.08 |
| 1981 | World Cup | Rome, Italy | 4th | 100 m hurdles | 13.09 |
| 1985 | World Indoor Games | Paris, France | 4th | 60 m hurdles | 8.12 |
| 1987 | World Indoor Championships | Indianapolis, United States | 8th | 60 m hurdles | 8.26 |
| Pan American Games | Indianapolis, United States | 2nd | 100 m hurdles | 12.82 | |
| World Championships | Rome, Italy | 11th (sf) | 100 m hurdles | 13.12 | |
| (sf) Indicates overall position in qualifying round | |||||
See also
References
- ^ "Hightower elected USA Track & Field President". usatf.org. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ "Stephanie Hightower Resigns as Chair of USATF Board but Remains as President of USATF". 15 April 2015.
- ^ "USATF: Stephanie Hightower Overwhelmingly Elected to IAAF Council". 19 August 2015.
- ^ http://www.legacy.usatf.org/News/Opening-Session-kicks-off-2016-USATF-Annual-Meeting.aspx [dead link]
- ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ a b http://www.legacy.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf Olympic Trials results P.206-207
- ^ a b "Always Aiming High". Big Ten Conference. Feb 24–25, 2007. Retrieved 2009-01-29.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (2012-06-25). "U.S. track officials badly mishandle tiebreaker situation". Los Angeles Times.
- ^ "USATF draws scrutiny with no plan to settle Olympic trial tie". Fox News. 2012-06-27.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (2011-05-23). "Very possible that Hightower could move from board chair to CEO of U.S. track". ChicagoTribune.com. Retrieved 24 May 2011.
