Brenda Morehead

American sprinter

Brenda Morehead
Personal information
Nationality	American
Born	(1957-10-05) October 5, 1957 (age 66) Monroe, Louisiana, United States
Sport
Sport	Sprinting
Event	100 metres

Brenda Morehead (born October 5, 1957) is an American sprinter.

Morehead ran for Toledo Scott High School; where she participated in the first girls high school meet, winning four events and leading her team to victory.^[1] She competed in the women's 100 metres at the 1976 Summer Olympics.^[2] Morehead qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team but was unable to compete due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. She did however receive one of 461 Congressional Gold Medals created especially for the spurned athletes.^[3]

References

^ Diamond, iTrack llc, Brian. "Ohio Association of Track and Cross Country Coaches Hall Of Fame Recipient Brenda Morehead 1984". www.oatccc.com. Retrieved March 30, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Brenda Morehead Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 3, 2017.
^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.

External links

Brenda Morehead at World Athletics
Brenda Morehead at Olympedia

Pan American Champions in women's 4 × 100 metres relay

1951: N. Jackson, J. Patton, D. Dwyer, J. Moreau (USA)
1955: B. Jones, I. Daniels, M. Faggs, M. Landry (USA)
1959: I. Daniels, B. Jones, L. Williams, W. Rudolph (USA)
1963: M. White, V. Brown, W. White, N. Harris (USA)
1967: V. Quesada, M. Garbey, C. Echeverría, M. Cobián (CUB)
1971: I. Davis, M. Render, O. Brown, P. Hawkins (USA)
1975: P. Jiles, B. Morehead, C. Cheeseborough, M. Watson (USA)
1979: V. Brisco, C. Cheeseborough, B. Morehead, K. Hawkins (USA)
1983: J. Washington, A. Jackson, B. Cliette, R. Givens (USA)
1987: G. Devers, M. Finn-Burrell, G. Torrence, S. Echols (USA)
1991: C. Phillips, D. Duhaney, B. McDonald, M. Frazer (JAM)
1995: F. Harris, S. Twiggs, R. Webb, C. Gaines (USA)
1999: P. Dowdie, K. Richards, A. Bailey, B. Grant (JAM)
2003: A. Williams, C. Moore, A. Daigle, L. Williams (USA)
2007: S. Brooks, T. Rowe, A. Bailey, P. Dowdie (JAM)
2011: A. Lemos, V. Gomes, F. Krasucki, R. Santos (BRA)
2015: B. Pierre, L. Lawson, M. Akinosun, K. Whitney (USA)
2019: A. Fidelis, V. Rosa, L. Martins, R. Santos (BRA)

v t e 1976 USA Olympic track and field team
Qualification	1976 United States Olympic trials (track and field)
Men's track and road athletes	Garry Bjorklund Benny Brown (r) Doug Brown Dick Buerkle Matt Centrowitz Willie Davenport Mike Durkin Mark Enyeart Dwayne Evans Charles Foster Herman Frazier Paul Geis Harvey Glance Millard Hampton Johnny "Lam" Jones Don Kardong Ron Laird Mark Lutz Duncan MacDonald Henry Marsh Ed Mendoza Edwin Moses Fred Newhouse James Owens Maxie Parks Steve Riddick James Robinson Mike Roche Bill Rodgers Todd Scully Mike Shine Frank Shorter Craig Virgin Larry Walker Quentin Wheeler Rick Wohlhuter
Men's field athletes	James Barrineau Earl Bell James Butts Sam Colson Fred Dixon Rayfield Dupree Al Feuerbach Richard George Anthony Hall Larry Hart Tommy Haynes Bill Jankunis Bruce Jenner Larry Myricks Terry Porter John Powell Dave Roberts Arnie Robinson Fred Samara Pete Shmock Jay Silvester Dwight Stones Mac Wilkins Randy Williams George Woods
Women's track athletes	Debra Armstrong Evelyn Ashford Rhonda Brady Rosalyn Bryant Chandra Cheeseborough Pat Donnelly Sheila Ingram Madeline Manning Jackson Pam Jiles (r) Wendy Knudson Francie Larrieu Jan Merrill Brenda Morehead Deby LaPlante Cyndy Poor Debra Sapenter Martha Watson (r) Kathy Weston
Women's field athletes	Sherry Calvert Gale Fitzgerald Jane Frederick Paula Girven Joni Huntley Marilyn King Kathy McMillan Kate Schmidt Maren Seidler Karin Smith Pam Spencer Sherron Walker Martha Watson Lynne Winbigler
Coaches	LeRoy Walker (men's head coach) Sam Bell (men's assistant coach) Lee Calhoun (men's assistant coach) Jimmy Carnes (men's assistant coach) Stan Huntsman (men's assistant coach) Berny Wagner (men's assistant coach) Alex Ferenczy (women's head coach) C. Harmon Brown (women's assistant coach) Jack Griffin (women's assistant coach) Brooks Johnson (women's assistant coach)

v t e US National Championship winners in women's 60-meter dash
1927–1979 Amateur Athletic Union	1927: Rosa Grosse (CAN) 1928: Katherine Mearls 1929–32: Mary Carew 1933: Pearl Young 1934: Stanisława Walasiewicz (POL) 1935–37: Helen Stephens 1938–40: Not held 1941: Jean Lane 1942–44: Not held 1945–46: Alice Coachman 1947: Not held 1948: Juanita Watson 1949–50: Dolores Dwyer 1951: Catherine Hardy 1952: Dolores Dwyer 1953–54: Mabel Landry 1955–58: Isabelle Daniels 1959–60: Wilma Rudolph 1961–63: Willye White 1964: Debbie Thompson 1965–67: Wyomia Tyus 1968–69: Barbara Ferrell 1970: Chi Cheng (TPE) 1971: Pat Hawkins 1972–73: Iris Davis 1974: Theresa Montgomery 1975: Alice Annum (GHA) 1976: Lisa Hopkins 1977–78: Brenda Morehead 1979: Evelyn Ashford
1980–1992 The Athletics Congress	1980–83: Evelyn Ashford 1984–85: Alice Brown 1986: Jeanette Bolden 1987: Anelia Nuneva (BUL) 1988: Evelyn Ashford & Gwen Torrence 1989: Gwen Torrence 1990–92: Michelle Finn
1993–present USA Track & Field	1993: Gail Devers 1994–96: Gwen Torrence 1997: Gail Devers 1998: Christy Opara-Thompson (NGR) 1999: Gail Devers 2000: Carlette Guidry-White 2001–02: Chryste Gaines 2003: Angela Williams 2004: Gail Devers 2005: Angela Daigle 2006: Me'Lisa Barber 2007: Hasani Roseby 2008: Angela Williams 2009: Me'Lisa Barber 2010: Carmelita Jeter 2011: Alexandria Anderson 2012: Tianna Madison 2013: Barbara Pierre 2014–15: Tianna Bartoletta 2016: Barbara Pierre 2017: Morolake Akinosun 2018: Javianne Oliver 2019: Shania Collins 2020: Mikiah Brisco
Notes	*Distances have varied as follows: 40 yards (1927–32), 50 meters (1933–54), 50 yards (1956–64), 60 yards (1965–86), 55 meters (1987–90)

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.