Texas Longhorns: Morolake Akinosun

  • Courtney Okolo’s double gold, world record highlights Longhorn results at IAAF World Championships
    October 8, 2019
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    Fourteen athletes affiliated with the University of Texas track and field program traveled to Doha, Qatar last week to compete at the IAAF World Championships, where they earned five medals in six di...
  • Teahna Daniels wins U.S. 100m title, 12 Longhorns qualify for World Championships
    July 29, 2019
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    University of Texas graduate Teahna Daniels was the surprise winner of the 100 meters this past Friday at the USATF Outdoor Championships and is one of 12 Longhorns who qualified to compete at the IA...
  • Longhorns in the Olympics: Day 14
    August 20, 2016
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    Despite not running in the women’s 400-meter relay final, Morolake Akinosun earned a gold medal as Team USA crossed the finish line in 41.01 seconds at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro Friday nig...
  • Longhorns in the Olympics: Day 13
    August 18, 2016
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    Morolake Akinosun, a Team USA sprinter who just completed her senior season at UT, anchored the women’s 400-meter relay team to a time of 41.77 seconds at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thur...
  • Morolake Akinosun, Courtney Okolo, Chrisann Gordon earn spots on Olympic teams
    July 12, 2016
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    Morolake Akinosun and Courtney Okolo were added to the U.S. Olympic team and Chrisann Gordon was selected to be part of the Jamaican Olympic team on Monday. USA Track & Field chose&nbsp...
  • Morolake Akinosun, Haley Crouser fall short at U.S. Olympic Trials
    July 10, 2016
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    Texas’ Morolake Akinosun fell short of advancing to the 200-meters final and Haley Crouser missed out on qualifying for the women’s javelin grand final on Saturday at the U.S. Olympic Tri...
  • Justin Gatlin, Allyson Felix headed to Rio, Okolo places sixth in 400
    July 4, 2016
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    Justin Gatlin is heading to the Rio Olympics, after posting the year’s best time of 9.8 seconds in the 100 meters to win the U.S. Olympic Trials. He’ll have some familiar company. Allyson...
  • Okolo wins fourth NCAA title, Horns place fourth at NCAA Outdoor Championships
    June 12, 2016
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    Texas senior Courtney Okolo won the 400 meters NCAA crown and ran the anchor leg as the Longhorns captured the 4×400 meter relay title and placed fourth at the NCAA Outdoor Champ...
  • Okolo qualifies with best time at NCAA Track & Field Championships
    June 10, 2016
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    The Texas women got their turn to compete at the NCAA Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Ore. on Thursday night as Courtney Okolo qualified with the best semifinal time in NCAA meet history i...
  • Longhorns earn nine more spots at NCAA Outdoor Championships
    May 29, 2016
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    The Texas track teams qualified for nine event finals on Saturday at the NCAA West Preliminary Rounds in Lawrence, Kansas. Texas earned 22 spots this weekend and have 23 entries a...
  • Longhorns qualify many at NCAA West preliminary round
    May 28, 2016
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    The Texas Longhorns track & field team qualified many at the NCAA West preliminary round in Lawrence, Kan. on Friday. In all, 13 Longhorns qualified for the NCAA Championships which will be held ...
  • May 25, 2016
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    Kirk Bohls released this week’s nine things and one crazy prediction yesterday. A few were dedicated to the Longhorns. Here’s Kirk’s take on some Bevo related items: On Augie G...
  • Morolake Akinosun named Big 12 performer of the year
    May 20, 2016
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    Morolake Akinosun was named the women’s outstanding performer of the year by the Big 12 Conference on Thursday. The Texas sprinter was honored after multiple record-breaking performances on the...
  • Behind Morolake Akinosun and A.J. Bailey, Texas sweeps Big 12 T&F titles
    May 16, 2016
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    FORT WORTH — For the second year in a row, Texas swept the outdoor titles at the Big 12 track and field championships. The women took the title with 167.7 points, topping Oklahoma with 137...
  • May 1, 2016
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    The Texas women’s track team tied Baylor for first place at the 107th Drake Relays Saturday in Des Monies Iowa. The women’s team won two titles and the Texas men’s team got vic...
  • Courtney Okolo sets NCAA 400 meters record
    April 24, 2016
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    UT’s Courtney Okolo shattered her own collegiate record in the 400 meters on Saturday at the LSU Alumni Gold meet in Baton Rouge, La. Okolo clocked a time of 49.71 seconds to break&nb...
  • Longhorns notch five wins at Cardinal & Gold Challenge
    March 28, 2016
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    The Texas track teams won five events in a quad meet against Florida, Ohio State and Southern Cal at the Cardinal & Gold Challenge on Saturday in Los Angeles. The Texas women’s team wo...
  • Texas track teams win five titles at NCAA Indoor Championships
    March 13, 2016
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    The Texas track and field teams won five NCAA titles and broke a number of school records on Saturday at NCAA Indoor Track & Field Championships in Birmingham. UT’s Ryan Crouser won his fou...
  • February 28, 2016
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    The Texas women’s track team won its third straight Big 12 indoor track and field title and the Texas men’s team finished second, just 1.5 points behind Oklahoma State, on Saturday at the...
  • February 14, 2016
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    The Texas women’s 4×400 meter relay team posted the fourth fastest collegiate time ever recorded and the men’s 4×400 team broke a school record at the Tyson Invitational on Sa...
  • Texas women’s track team takes first at Texas A&M 11-Team Invitational
    January 17, 2016
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    Texas freshman Teahna Daniels set a meet record in the 60 meter dash as the Texas women’s track and field team opened the 2016 indoor season with a team victory at the Texas A&M 11-Team Inv...