Pat Hawkins (hurdler) explained

Pat Hawkins (born) is a former US national champion sprinter and hurdler, and the former American record holder in the women's 200-meter hurdles.

Athletics

In college, Hawkins ran for the LIU Brooklyn Blackbirds team (now known as the LIU Sharks) in Long Island, New York.^[1] After graduating, she 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.^{[5] [6]} She won a silver medal in the 100 meter dash at the 1971 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships^[7] 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.^[8]

Further reading

• Collegiate championship results

Notes and References

1. News: 1971-07-11 . PAT HAWKINS SETS U.S. HURDLE MARK . 2024-05-19 . The New York Times . en-US . 0362-4331.
2. Web site: Atoms Track Club Places 5 on All‐American Unit. December 3, 1970. New York Times.
3. Web site: Atoms Club Mapping Road to Munich. Neil. Amdur. February 1, 1972. New York Times.
4. Web site: USA Outdoor Track & Field Champions – Women's 400 m Hurdles. https://web.archive.org/web/20191106170415/https://www.usatf.org/statistics/USA-Champions/USAOutdoorTF/women/400mH.aspx. 2019-11-06.
5. Web site: Pat Hawkins Sets U.S. Hurdle Mark. July 11, 1971. New York Times.
6. A previous run of 26.1 seconds was wind-aided. See: Web site: Brooklyn Girls Again Shatter World Record in Mile Relay. July 5, 1970. New York Times.
7. Web site: Track and Field Statistics. trackfield.brinkster.net.
8. Web site: A.A.U. Prize Winners. May 14, 1970. New York Times.