Shirley Crowder
American track and field athlete
Shirley Ann Crowder (born March 22, 1939, in Temple, Georgia) is a retired American track and field athlete, known for running hurdles, though she was credible long jumper. She represented the United States at the 1960 Olympics. She finished a non-qualifying fourth in her heat but in the process beat a 16 year old, future medalist and world record holder Chi Cheng.[1]
While competing for Tennessee A&I State College, she was a three time National Champion in hurdles. She won the 80 meters hurdles at the 1957 and 1959 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. Curiously, the race was not held at the 1958 championships,[2] but she won the 50 yard hurdles Indoor that year.[3]
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US National Championship winners in women's 100-meter hurdles
Amateur Athletic Union
- 1923–4: Hazel Kirk
- 1925–9: Helen Filkey
- 1930: Evelyne Hall
- 1931–2: Babe Didrikson
- 1933: Simone Schaller
- 1934: Not held
- 1935: Jean Hiller
- 1936: Anne O'Brien
- 1937: Cora Gaines
- 1938–9: Marie Cortell
- 1940: Sybil Cooper
- 1941: Lelia Perry
- 1942: Lillie Purifoy
- 1943: Nancy Cowperthwaite
- 1944–5: Lillie Purifoy
- 1946–7: Nancy Cowperthwaite
- 1948–9: Bernice Robinson
- 1950: Evelyn Lawler
- 1951: Nancy C. Phillips
- 1952: Constance Darnowski
- 1953: Nancy Phillips
- 1954: Constance Darnowski
- 1955 Bertha Diaz (CUB) * Barbara Mueller
- 1956 Bertha Diaz (CUB) * Shirley Eckel
- 1957: Shirley Crowder
- 1958: Not held
- 1959: Shirley Crowder
- 1960: JoAnn Grissom
- 1961–2: Cherrie Parrish
- 1963–4: Rosie Bonds
- 1965–6: Cherrie Sherrard
- 1967–8: Mamie Rallins
- 1969: Chi Cheng (TPE) * Mamie Rallins
- 1970: Mamie Rallins
- 1971: Patty Johnson
- 1972: Mamie Rallins
- 1973–4: Patty Johnson
- 1975–6: Jane Frederick
- 1977: Patty Van Wolvelaere
- 1978–9: Deby LaPlante
The Athletics Congress
- 1980–2: Stephanie Hightower
- 1983: Benita Fitzgerald
- 1984: Stephanie Hightower
- 1985: Rhonda Blanford
- 1986: Benita Fitzgerald-Brown
- 1987: LaVonna Martin
- 1988: Kim McKenzie
- 1989: Lynda Tolbert
- 1990: LaVonna Martin
- 1991–2: Gail Devers
USA Track & Field
- 1993: Lynda Tolbert
- 1994: Jackie Joyner-Kersee
- 1995–6: Gail Devers
- 1997: Melissa Morrison
- 1998: Cheryl Dickey
- 1999–2004: Gail Devers
- 2005: Michelle Perry
- 2006–7: Virginia Powell
- 2008: Lolo Jones
- 2009: Dawn Harper
- 2010: Lolo Jones
- 2011: Kellie Wells
- 2012: Dawn Harper
- 2013: Brianna Rollins
- 2014–5: Dawn Harper Nelson
- 2016: Brianna Rollins
- 2017–9: Kendra Harrison
- 20212020 OT: Kendra Harrison
- OT: 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event.
- 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Distance:The event was over 60 yards until 1928, 80 meters 1929-1968
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