Denean Howard Explained

Denean Howard
Birth Date:October 5, 1964
Birth Place:Sherman, Texas
Height:5feet
Weight:121lb
Sport:Running
Event:Sprints
Collegeteam:Cal State Los Angeles Golden Eagles
Club:Puma and Energizer Track Club/Tyson
Updated:19 May 2016

Denean Elizabeth Howard-Hill (born October 5, 1964) is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres.

At the Olympics she competed as Miss Howard in 1984, as Mrs. Howard-Hill in 1988, and as Mrs. Hill in 1992.

She competed for the United States, winning a gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles as a member of the 4 x 400 metres relay team, running in the preliminary rounds[1] with her sister Sherri[2] running in the final. It was a reversal at the 1988 Summer Olympics held in Seoul, South Korea in the 4 x 400 metres relay, where both sisters won the silver medal, but Denean ran in the final with her teammates Diane Dixon, Valerie Brisco-Hooks and Florence Griffith Joyner. The team set the current standing American Record in the event, which is still the second best time ever run behind the winning Soviet team in that race.[3]

She is married to boxer, Virgil Hill; her son Virgil was drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2009 MLB Draft, currently playing for the Class-A Batavia Muckdogs.[4]

Denean Howard and her 3 sisters gained fame in 1979 when the four of them teamed up to set the National High School record in the 4x440 yard relay for San Gorgonio High School in San Bernardino.[5] [6] That distance is now rarely run as the NFHS converted to metric distances, so the record still stands today. Later teams with Denean broke the record for the slightly shorter 4x400 metres relay, after sister Atra graduated and the rest of the family moved to Kennedy High School (Los Angeles).[7] Denean was the California High School Athlete of the Year at Kennedy in 1982, following in the footsteps of her sister Sherri.[8] Also following her sister, she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News, two years in a row.[9] Her 1982 52.39 was the NFHS national high school record for eighteen years, before it was beaten by Monique Henderson.[10] At age 15, she qualified for the ill-fated 1980 U.S. Olympic Team which was part of the 1980 Olympic Boycott[11] finishing behind sister Sherri at the 1980 Olympic Trials, the first sisters to make the Olympic team simultaneously in the same event.[12]

She is currently an assistant coach at the College of the Canyons.[13]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Denean Howard-Hill Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418000858/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/denean-howard-hill-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . Sports-reference.com . October 5, 1964 . October 18, 2011.
  2. Web site: Sherri Howard Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at . https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045247/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/sherri-howard-1.html . dead . April 18, 2020 . Sports-reference.com . June 1, 1962 . October 18, 2011.
  3. Web site: IAAF Al time list . Iaaf.org . October 18, 2011.
  4. Web site: Sports Southern California | PE.com – The Press-Enterprise . Blogs.pe.com . November 19, 2010 . October 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100108165604/http://blogs.pe.com/sportsbreak/2009/08/84-olympics-sisters-share-the.html . January 8, 2010 . mdy .
  5. Web site: Gritten . David . Here Come the Howards, the Top Sister Act in U.S. Sports . People . March 24, 1980 . October 18, 2011.
  6. Web site: THE '80s A DECADE REVISITED : Athletes who began their careers in the Valley over the past 10 years have gone on to win Olympic gold medals, Cy Young Awards and world boxing titles. Team achievements included improbable champions and record winning streaks. But fights, strikes and firings also made the news – Los Angeles Times . Articles.latimes.com . December 31, 1989 . October 18, 2011.
  7. Web site: DyestatCal . DyestatCal . October 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110929233924/http://www.dyestatcal.com/news/tr2008/January/28%20Stories%20Spr/Summ2.html . September 29, 2011 . mdy-all .
  8. Web site: ESPN . ESPN . October 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100108031751/http://myespn.go.com/blogs/calhisports/0-9-11/Jordan-Hasay--08-09-State-Girls-Athlete-of-the-Year.html . January 8, 2010 . mdy-all .
  9. Web site: Track and Field News High School AOY . October 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20111013091646/http://trackandfieldnews.com/archive/HSAOYs.pdf . October 13, 2011 . mdy .
  10. Web site: National High School Record Book . October 18, 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110927115642/http://www.nfhs.org/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=3247 . September 27, 2011 . mdy .
  11. Web site: HP-Time.com;B.J. Phillips Monday, July 7, 1980 . Time . https://web.archive.org/web/20070428133138/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,952707-2,00.html . dead . April 28, 2007 . July 7, 1980 . October 18, 2011.
  12. Web site: Archived copy . September 10, 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160327114422/http://www.usatf.org/statistics/champions/OlympicTrials/HistoryOfTheOlympicTrials.pdf . March 27, 2016 . dead .
  13. Web site: Assistant Track and Field Coaching Staff . 2012-05-07 . dead . https://archive.today/20120801054345/http://www.canyons.edu/offices/athletics/mtrack/2009/09mtrackcoachingstaff.html . August 1, 2012 . mdy-all .

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