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  Hollis Gainey

Hollis Gainey

Player Profile

Sport: Track, 1957-59
Inducted: 2007
Hometown: Colorado City, Texas

• Set a Southwest Conference record in track his freshman year with a 9.4 100-yard sprint
• Took home the Southwest Athletics Conference championship in 1957-59
• Two-time conference relay champion (1957 and 1959) in the 440-yard relay
• Finished sixth in the 100- and 200-yard dashes at the 1957 NCAA Championship
• Ran on two world record-setting Texas Relays (440-yard and 880-yard)
• Led the Longhorns to a gold medal finish in the 440 relay at the 1957 Penn Relays

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