Karen Hawkins (athlete)

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Karen Hawkins
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing United States
Pan American Games
	1979 San Juan	4×100 m relay
USA Outdoor Championships
	1980	200 m
	1980	100 m

Karen Hawkins (born July 20, 1957) is an American former track and field sprinter.

Hawkins was a member of the winning 4 × 100 m relay team at the 1979 Pan American Games.^[1] She won the 200 metres at the 1980 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, with a time of 22.80 seconds (wind-aided), and finished third in the 100 metres.^[2] She placed second in the 1980 Olympic Trials 200 metres.^[3]

Her personal best time in the 200 metres was 22.76 seconds, run in 1980.^[4]

References

^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net.
^ "Track and Field Statistics". trackfield.brinkster.net.
^ "Olympic trials: long on drama, short on rewards". Christian Science Monitor. July 1, 1980.
^ "Karen HAWKINS | Profile". www.worldathletics.org.

Karen Hawkins at World Athletics

v t e US National Championship winners in women's 200-meter dash
1926–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1926: Frances Keddie 1927: Ellen Brough 1928^OT: Florence Wright 1929: Maybelle Gilliland 1930–1931: Stella Walsh 1932^OT–1933 Olive Hasenfus 1934: not held 1935: Helen Stephens 1936: Beverly Hobbs 1937: Gertrude Johnson 1938: Fanny Vitale 1939–1940: Stella Walsh 1941: Jean Lane 1942–1948: Stella Walsh 1949–1950: Nell Jackson 1951: Jean Patton 1952: Catherine Hardy 1953: Dolores Dwyer 1954–1956: Mae Faggs 1957: Isabelle Daniels 1958: Lucinda Williams 1959: Isabelle Daniels 1960: Wilma Rudolph 1961: Lacey O'Neal 1962–1963: Vivian Brown 1964–1965: Edith McGuire 1966: Wyomia Tyus 1967: Diana Wilson 1968: Wyomia Tyus 1969: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TWN) * Williomae Fergerson 1971: Raelene Boyle (AUS) * Kathie Lawson 1972: Alice Annum (GHA) * (3) Pamela Greene 1973: Mable Fergerson 1974: Alice Annum (GHA) * Fran Sichting 1975: Debra Armstrong 1976: Brenda Morehead 1977–1979: Evelyn Ashford
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980: Karen Hawkins 1981: Evelyn Ashford 1982: Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Florence Griffith 1983: Evelyn Ashford 1984 Merlene Ottey (JAM) * (3) Pam Marshall 1985 Merlene Ottey (JAM) * Pam Marshall 1986–1987: Pam Marshall 1988: Gwen Torrence 1989: Dannette Young 1990: Grace Jackson (JAM) * Dannette Young 1991–1992^OT: Gwen Torrence
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gwen Torrence 1994: Carlette Guidry-White 1995: Gwen Torrence 1996^OT: Carlette Guidry-White 1997: Inger Miller 1998–2000^OT: Marion Jones 2001: LaTasha Jenkins 2002: Stephanie Durst 2003: Torri Edwards 2004^OT–2005: Allyson Felix 2006: Rachelle Boone-Smith 2007–2009^OT: Allyson Felix 2010: Connie Moore 2011: Shalonda Solomon 2012^OT: Allyson Felix 2013: Kimberlyn Duncan 2014: Jeneba Tarmoh 2015: Jenna Prandini 2016^OT: Tori Bowie 2017: Deajah Stevens 2018: Jenna Prandini 2019: Dezerea Bryant 2021^{2020 OT}: Gabrielle Thomas 2022: Abby Steiner
Notes	OT: 1928, 1932, and since 1992, championships incorporated the Olympic Trials in Olympic years, otherwise held as a discrete event. Distance:The event was over 220 yards until 1932, 1955, 1957-8, 1961-3, 1965-6, 1969-70 and 1973-4 2020 OT: The 2020 Olympic Trials were delayed and held in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.