American track and field athlete (born 1983)
Monique Henderson
Full name Monique Marie Henderson Born February 18, 1983 (1983-02-18 ) (age 39)San Diego, California , U.S.
Monique Marie Henderson (born February 18, 1983 in San Diego, California ) is an American track and field athlete, who specializes in the 400-meter dash . Henderson was a gold medalist in both the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China as a member of the American 4×400-meter relay squad.[1]
As a young runner, she set the still standing American record for 9-10-year-old girls in the 400 meters.[2]
Henderson prepped at Morse High School in San Diego '01. She is the only four-time 400 meters California State Champion in the state's history from 98–01.[3] At age 17, she set a US junior class, as well as high school national record (since broken), at 50.74 in the 400 m at the CIF California State Meet . In 2000, still in high school, she was named to the US Olympic track and field team. Selected as an alternate (Pool) for the 4 × 400 m squad but did not run.[4] That year she was named the national Girl's "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News .[5]
After graduating from high school in 2001 she accepted a scholarship to attend UCLA. While at UCLA she went on to be a five-time Pac-10 champion. In 2004, she placed second at the NCAA championships at 400 m. The next year she became the 2005 NCAA outdoor champion at 400 m, establishing a new NCAA record (50.10) that still stands. In 2005, she won the Honda Award as the nation's best female collegiate track and field athlete.[6] [7]
Since 2010, the gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 has been in doubt as Crystal Cox , who ran for the team in a preliminary round, admitted to doping.[8] However, as of 2012 the original result still stands.
She holds a master's degree in kinesiology and worked as a professor in the exercise science department at San Diego Mesa College until 2015 when she became the head coach at Golden West College in Summer 2015.[9] [10]
Honors
Monique Henderson was nominated and inducted into the San Diego County Women's Hall of Fame in 2009 hosted by Women's Museum of California, Commission on the Status of Women, University of California, San Diego Women's Center, and San Diego State University Women's Studies.
Olympic champions in women's 4 × 400 metres relay
1972 : Dagmar Käsling , Rita Kühne , Helga Seidler , Monika Zehrt (GDR )
1976 : Doris Maletzki , Brigitte Rohde , Ellen Streidt , Christina Brehmer (GDR )
1980 : Tatyana Prorochenko , Tatyana Goyshchik , Nina Zyuskova , Irina Nazarova (URS )
1984 : Lillie Leatherwood , Sherri Howard , Valerie Brisco-Hooks , Chandra Cheeseborough , Diane Dixon , Denean Howard (USA )
1988 : Tatyana Ledovskaya , Olga Nazarova , Mariya Pinigina , Olha Bryzhina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova (URS )
1992 : Yelena Ruzina , Lyudmyla Dzhyhalova , Olga Nazarova , Olha Bryzhina , Liliya Nurutdinova , Marina Shmonina (EUN )
1996 : Rochelle Stevens , Maicel Malone-Wallace , Kim Graham , Jearl Miles , Linetta Wilson (USA )
2000 : Jearl Miles Clark , Monique Hennagan , LaTasha Colander , Andrea Anderson (USA )
2004 : DeeDee Trotter , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Monique Hennagan , Moushaumi Robinson (USA )
2008 : Mary Wineberg , Allyson Felix , Monique Henderson , Sanya Richards , Natasha Hastings (USA )
2012 : DeeDee Trotter , Allyson Felix , Francena McCorory , Sanya Richards-Ross , Keshia Baker , Diamond Dixon (USA )
2016 : Allyson Felix , Phyllis Francis , Natasha Hastings , Courtney Okolo , Taylor Ellis-Watson , Francena McCorory (USA )
2020 : Sydney McLaughlin , Allyson Felix , Dalilah Muhammad , Athing Mu , Kaylin Whitney , Wadeline Jonathas , Kendall Ellis , Lynna Irby (USA )
World Youth Champions in women's 400 metres
World Youth Champions in women's medley relay
1999: United States (Durst , Moore , Fairley, Henderson )
2001: United States (Lodree, Felix , Perkins, Smith)
2003: United States (Onyepunuka, Anderson , Lacy, Hastings )
2005: United States (Carter, Collins , Knight , Cross)
2007: United States (Goodman , Purvis|, Krais , Alexander)
2009: United States (Clark, Purvis, Nelson, Eutsey)
2011: Jamaica (Williams , Jackson , Gordon , James)
2013: United States (Hall , Westbrook, Rogers , Baker )
Gatorade High School Track and Field Athlete of the Year
2004 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches —
2008 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification Men's track and road athletes Men's field athletes Women's track and road athletes Women's field athletes Coaches
Bubba Thornton (men's head coach)
Harvey Glance (men's assistant coach)
Ron Mann (men's assistant coach)
Boo Schexnayder (men's assistant coach)
Criss Somerlot (men's assistant coach)
Joe Vigil (men's assistant coach)
Jeanette Bolden (women's head coach)
Chandra Cheeseborough (women's assistant coach)
J.J. Clark (women's assistant coach)
Kim Keenan-Kirkpatrick (women's assistant coach)
Connie Price-Smith (women's assistant coach)
Rita Somerlot (women's assistant coach)
Brooks Johnson (relay coach)
Orin Richburg (relay coach)
Women's Museum of California
2000s
2002 2003 2004
Rulette Armstead
Herminia Enrique
Doris Howell
Joan Kroc
Mary Maschal
Gloria McClellan
Jean Stern
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s
2010
Gloria Harris
Judith McConnell
Vivian Reznik
Laura Rodriguez
Anna Sandoval
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Sally Wong Avery
Maria Garcia
Christine Kehoe
Elizabeth Lou
Evonne Seron Schulze
2017 2018
Dede Alpert
Nellie Andrade
Fahari Jeffers
Jerrilyn Malana
Carol Jahnkow
Janice Martinelli
2019
Lilia Garcia
Colleen O'Harra
Ruth Goldschmiedova Sax
Dorothy Smith
Bridgit Wilson
Honda Sports Award
Division I
Basketball Cross country Field hockey Golf Gymnastics Lacrosse Soccer Softball Swimming & diving Tennis Track & field Volleyball
Honda Cup Inspiration
1988: Roethlisberger
1989: Jacobs
1990: Robertson
1991: T. Nichols
1992: Stepp
1993: Mead
1994: H. Scott
1995: A. Johnson
1996: Carson
1998: H. Anderson
1999: J. Jones
2000: Olson
2001: Berner
2002: Koetsier
2003: McPherson
2004: Gunn
2005: Kroon
2006: Payne
2007: Kohut
2008: Knight
2009: Hester
2010: Cobb
2011: Breland
2012: Delle Donne
2013: Mingo
2014: Gilliland
2015: McGee-Stafford
2016: Fogle
2017: N. Stafford
2018: Cunningham
2019: Fessler
2020: No award
2021: O'Neal
Div II
1988: Brinton
1989: Cobbs
1990: Hardy
1991: Saunders
1992: Hand
1993: C. Allen
1994: Metro
1995: Coetzee
1996: Clarkson
1997: Morlock
1998: Penner
1999: Almazan
2000: Even
2001: Martin
2002: N. Duncan
2003: Gregg
2004: Gomez
2005: Lewallen
2006: Erb
2007: Hanavan
2008: Braegelmann
2009: Erb
2010: McNamara
2011: Macy
2012: Daugherty
2013: Daugherty
2014: Battista
2015: Dickinson
2016: Oren
2017: Muscaro
2018: Kurgat
2019: Reiss
2020: No award
Div III
1988: Beachy
1989: Prineas
1990: Grierson
1991: Gilbert
1992: K. Oden
1993: Carter
1994: Ainsworth
1995: Albers
1996: Swan
1997: Ta. Johnson
1998: Speckman
1999: Schade
2000: Fischer
2001: Rogers
2002: Bergofsky
2003: Hysell
2004: M. Gordon
2005: Buttry
2006: Silva
2007: Bondi
2008: Zerzan
2009: Huston
2010: Borner
2011: Stern
2012: Hagensen
2013: Fournier
2014: Cazzolla
2015: Fournier
2016: Moss
2017: Crist
2018: Chong
2019: Temple
2020: No award