Anita Howard (athlete)
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Anita Ann Howard Prather (born March 22, 1969) is a former American track and field
athlete who specialized in the 400 meters.
Howard received an athletic scholarship
to attend the University of Florida
in Gainesville, Florida
, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team from 1988 to 1991. She graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree
in psychology
in 1993, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2007.
Howard won a silver medal
in the 4 x 400 meters relay at the 1997 World Indoor Championships
in Paris, together with teammates Shanelle Porter
, Natasha Kaiser-Brown and Jearl Miles-Clark
. The team set a new North American indoor record of 3:27.66 minutes.
Her personal best in the 400 meters was a time of 51.01 seconds, which she ran in Austin, Texas
in June 1992.
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
athlete who specialized in the 400 meters.
Howard received an athletic scholarship
Athletic scholarship
An athletic scholarship is a form of scholarship to attend a college or university awarded to an individual based predominantly on his or her ability to play in a sport...
to attend the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
in Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Gainesville is the largest city in, and the county seat of, Alachua County, Florida, United States as well as the principal city of the Gainesville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The preliminary 2010 Census population count for Gainesville is 124,354. Gainesville is home to the sixth...
, where she was a member of the Florida Gators track and field team from 1988 to 1991. She graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree
Bachelor's degree
A bachelor's degree is usually an academic degree awarded for an undergraduate course or major that generally lasts for three or four years, but can range anywhere from two to six years depending on the region of the world...
in psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
in 1993, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 2007.
Howard won a silver medal
Silver medal
A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, and contests with similar formats....
in the 4 x 400 meters relay at the 1997 World Indoor Championships
1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships
The 6th IAAF World Indoor Championships in Athletics were held at the Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy in Paris, France from March 7 to March 9, 1997. It was the first athletic championships to introduce women's pole vault...
in Paris, together with teammates Shanelle Porter
Shanelle Porter
Shanelle Porter is a retired American sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres.Her personal best time is 50.67 seconds, achieved in July 1996 in Lignano, Italy.-Achievements:-References:*...
, Natasha Kaiser-Brown and Jearl Miles-Clark
Jearl Miles-Clark
Jearl Atawa Miles Clark is an American athlete who competed mainly in the 400 and 800 meters.She holds the American record in the women's 800m at 1:56.40....
. The team set a new North American indoor record of 3:27.66 minutes.
Her personal best in the 400 meters was a time of 51.01 seconds, which she ran in Austin, Texas
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...
in June 1992.
See also
- Florida GatorsFlorida GatorsThe Florida Gators are the intercollegiate sports teams that represent the University of Florida located in Gainesville, Florida. The "Lady Gators" is an alternative nickname sometimes used by the Gators women's teams...
- List of University of Florida alumni
- List of University of Florida Olympians