Pat Hawkins (athlete)

Pat Hawkins (born 1951/1952 (age 68–69)[1]) is a former US national champion sprinter and hurdler, and the former American record holder in the women's 200-meter hurdles.

Athletics

Hawkins 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.[1][5] She won a silver medal in the 100 meter dash at the 1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships[6] 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.[7]

References
  1. "Pat Hawkins Sets U.S. Hurdle Mark". New York Times. July 11, 1971.
  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 Track & Field - USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions".
  5. 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.
  6. "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net.
  7. "A.A.U. Prize Winners". New York Times. May 14, 1970.

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