| Danielle Dowie |
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Junior
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| Hometown:
Port Antonio, Portland,Jamaica
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| High School:
Wolmer's School
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| Event:
Sprints/Hurdles
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| Experience:
JR/JR
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• 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion - 4x400-meter relay
• 2012 NACAC U-23 bronze medalist - 400-meter hurdles, 4x400-meter relay
• 2012 Big 12 Outdoor champion - 400-meter hurdles
• 2011 Pan American Junior silver medalist - 400-meter hurdles
• Four-time USTFCCCA All-America
COLLEGIATE BESTS
• Outdoor 100m- 12.17 at Aztec Invitational (3/16/13)
• Outdoor 200m- 24.25 at M.J. Classic (4/23/11)
• Outdoor 400m- 53.00 at Longhorn Invitational (4/20/13)
• Outdoor 400m Hurdles- 56.10 at Big 12 Outdoor Championships (5/13/12)
• Indoor 60m- 7.62 at Leonard Hilton Invitational semifinals (1/18/13)
• Indoor 60m Hurdles- 8.72 at Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/25/11)
• Indoor 200m- 23.75 at Crimson Tide Indoor Opener (1/12/13)
• Indoor 400m- 52.82 at Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/24/13)
• Indoor 600y- 1:21.06 Big 12 Indoor Championships (2/24/12)
UT ALL-TIME PERFORMERS LIST
• Outdoor 400m Hurdles- 8th
AT A GLANCE
Competed in the 400m hurdles at the 2012 Jamaica National Senior Championships, narrowly missing earning a spot on the Jamaican Olympic Team ... silver medalist in 400m hurdles (58.55) at the 2011 Pan American Junior Track & Field Championships ... won bronze medals in the 400m hurdles and 4x400m relay at the North America-Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) U-23 Championships ... four-time first team All-America (twice outdoor, twice indoor) ... four-time second team All-America (three outdoor, one indoor) ... 2013 Big 12 Indoor champion as part of Texas' 4x400-meter relay ... 2012 Big 12 Outdoor champion in the 400m hurdles during her sophomore campaign ... 11-time All-Big 12 First Team honoree (six times outdoor, five indoor).
2012-13
Indoor:
Raced in all seven meets for the Longhorns during her junior season ... member of UT's 4x400m relay team that ran three of the top 10 times in UT history during the 2013 indoor season ... the team placed third at the NCAA Championships in 3:30.63, No. 5 on the UT all-time performance list ... also qualified for the national meet in the 400m ... ran the first leg of UT's victorious 4x400m relay at the Big 12 Championships, which finished in 3:33.54 (No. 6 all-time at UT) ... also claimed All-Big 12 honors as the third-place finisher in the 400m with an indoor PR 52.82 at the conference meet ... posted a 52.92 in the 400m at the Tyson Invitational second place ... clocked 54.04 in the 400m and 24.22 in the 200m at the Razorback Invitational ... won both the 200m (PR, 23.75) and 400m (53.95) at the Crimson Tide Indoor and ran the fastest leg of UT's meet-champion 4x400m relay team (3:38.22), earning her Big 12 Athlete of the Week honors Jan 16.
2011-12
Outdoor:
Notched five first-place finishes in the 400m hurdles this season
... ran a 56.85 at the NCAA Championships for a sixth-place finish and All- American honor
... qualified for the NCAA Championship finals in the 400m hurdles with a recorded time of 57.37 (eighth place) in the semifinals
... registered a third-place, 56.67 performance in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA West quarterfinals to advance to the NCAA Championships
... earned her first Big 12 Champion title, an All-Big 12 honor, and a personal best in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.10
... won the Longhorn Invitational 400m hurdles in 56.59
... took fourth place (57.40) in the 400m hurdles at the Florida Relays
... grabbed second in the 400m dash with a time of 54.37 and placed 12th in the 200m dash with a time of 24.33 at the Texas Invitational
... claimed second place at the Texas Relays in the 400m hurdles with a time of 56.90
... opened the season with a first-place finish at the TCU Invitational in a time of 58.36...2012 Academic All-Big 12 first team.
Indoor:
Raced to an All-Big 12 honor fourth-place finish in the 600y in a personal-best 1:21.06 at the Big 12 Championships
... clocked a personal-best 400m time of 54.76 at the Tyson Invitational
... crossed the finish line in second place (55.99) in the 400m at the Houston Invitational
... posted a 400m time of 55.94 at the Auburn Indoor
... recorded a time of 55.90 in the 400m at the Leonard Hilton for eighth place.
2010-11
Outdoor:
Qualified for the NCAA Championships in the 400m hurdles with a ninth-place finish at the NCAA West Regional meet
... notched a personal best in the 400m dash at the M.J. Classic with a time of 54.01
... also PR'd in the 200m in 24.25 ... ran a 58.32 in the 400m hurdles at Texas Relays and finished third
... garnered a first-place finish in the 400m hurdles at the Victor Lopez Classic with a time of 58.49
... opened with a 400m hurdles time of 57.33 and earned a first-place finish at the Black and Gold Challenge... 2011 All-Academic team.
Indoor:
Recorded a mark of 54.62 in the 400m at the Big 12 Championships ... posted a personal-record time of 8.86 in the 60m hurdles at the Don Kirby Invitational ... placed seventh in the 400m dash at the Don Kirby Invitational in a time of 55.17 ... recorded a time of 55.11 in the 400m dash at the Razorback Invite ... crossed the finish line in fifth (56.33) in the 400m dash at the Leonard Hilton Invitational.
PRIOR TO TEXAS
Gold medalist at the 2008 CARIFTA Games in both the 300m Hurdles and the 4x400m Relay
· Silver medalist in the 400m Hurdles at both the 2009 and 2010 CARIFTA Games as well as the 400m in 2009
· Silver medalist at the 2010 Pan American Games in the 400m hurdles
· Silver medalist in the 400m Hurdles at the 2009 IAAF World Youth Championships ... also ran a leg of Jamaica's fourth-place 4x400m relay that finished in 3:46.78.
PERSONAL
Full name is Danielle Olivia Dowie ... born May 5, 1992, to Paulette Taylor-Harris and Eric Dowie in Port Antonio, Portland, Jamaica ... has three siblings - Danjai, Shanae and Shanique ... lettered in track and field all four years at Wolmer's Girl's School ... vice-captain of high school track team (2009-2010) ... received 2008-2009 Excellence in Academics as well as Excellence in Exceptional Industry awards during her senior year ... was a member of the Debating Society in high school ... majoring in nutrition with a pre-med focus.
