Hall of Fame induction: 2013

LaTrica was an outstanding middle distance runner for Howard. She had indoor personal bests in the 800m of 2:17.83 and the 1600m of 5:14.49. She also ran on the Howard 4 x 400m relay team which ran 4:06.77. She won the 1988 Division II cross country state title. LaTrica was a four-time indoor National All-American, once in the 800m run, once in the mile run, and twice in the 4 x 400m relay. She won eleven gold medals at state championships including a four-time champion in the 800m and 1600m.

While attending UNLV she earned All American status as well as All Conference in events ranging from the 400m hurdles to cross country. Her personal bests while a Running Rebel were: 17:15 in the 5k, 5:02 mile, 4:37 1,500 2:04 800m, and :56.07 400m hurdle.

LaTrica has extended her career and success beyond the boundaries of age. As a Masters athlete, LaTrica currently holds the American Record holder for w35 indoor 400m 56.46, outdoor 400m 55.35, and 400m hurdle 1:01.19. In October of this year, LaTrica traveled to Brazil as a member of the USA Masters Worlds team where she earned three Gold and two Silver medals, winning w40 400m with a time of 57.00. At the 2013 WMA’s, she also earned Silver medals in both the 200m and 400m hurdles. LaTrica anchored the US Gold medal winning 4x 400 and 4×100 meter relays earning a total of 5 medals. In 2009 and 2011, LaTrica was named Masters Athlete of the year by the United States Track and Field Association.

Hall of Fame induction: 2013

Alonzo was one of the greatest high school hurdlers ever in the state at William Penn. He set the current state 300m intermediate hurdles record of :37.23 in 1993. He was the Division I intermediate hurdle champion three times.

He won the National High School Intermediate Hurdle Championship with a time of :36.97. He is ranked #1 on the Delaware all-time list in the 400m intermediate hurdles with a time of :52.42.

He went on to excel at Taft Junior College where he won the national JUCO 400m hurdles title and after ACL surgery, starred at Lincoln University, where he sparked several national team titles.

He won the NCAA Division III 55m hurdle title indoors in 1999 in :07.43 and finished second in the outdoor 110m hurdles the same year in :14.35. He remains Lincoln school record holder in the 110m hurdles in :13.86.

Hall of Fame induction: 2013

Gwendolyn coached ten seasons as the Betty J. Costanza Head Coach of Womens Track and Field at the University of Pennsylvania. Harris became just the second coach in program history when she replaced long-time program mentor Betty Costanza in 2002. Harris led the Quakers to stellar results, having had at least one athlete reach the NCAA Championships with six different individuals earning All-America status. Overall, Penn athletes have established 170 top-10 marks, 70 school records, 20 individual Heptagonal champions, and eight individual ECAC titles. Penn athletes excelled in the Ivy League classrooms under Harris with 16 academic All-Ivy honorees.

Prior to being appointed head coach at Penn, Harris served as head coach of the James Madison University womens track and field program for 17 years. She saw a multitude of success at JMU, coaching 15 All-Americans, being named the NCAA District III Indoor Track and Field Coach of the Year in 1998, and earning 1995 Colonial Athletic Association (CAA) Cross Country Coach of the Year honors after guiding the Dukes to the conference championship. One year later, Harris produced the Dukes first NCAA cross country qualifier in Bethany Eigel. Harris also used her expertise to coach Tiombe Hurd to become the nations top American collegiate female in 1995 and also saw a pair of her former athletes, Hurd and Julie Speights Henner, compete at the 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials. Hurd then competed in the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. Harris had a pair of stints with USA Track and Field 1995 and again in 2001. She has been a member of numerous committees including Chair of the NCAA National Championships in Eugene, Ore., in 2001. Harris, who has been a member of the NCAA Track and Field Committee since 1999, also served as president of the Eastern Collegiate Track and Field Association in 1998. After serving as vice president in 2002, Harris was reappointed to serve as president of the Eastern Collegiate Track and Field Association in 2003.

Harris graduated from Delaware State in 1974. Though there were no recognized womens varsity sports at the time she attended the University, Harris lettered all four years as a member of the basketball and played softball, field hockey, and track and field for club teams. In track and field, Harris ran in various events including the 75 yard Dash, 100 yard Dash and 220 yard dash, as well as the 4×100 and 4×200 relays. She also made several regional teams in field hockey and track and field.

Immediately following her graduation from Delaware State, Harris coached at Caesar Rodney High School in Delaware where she helped lead the program to four state championships and three conference titles during her six years with the school. Some of girls on the team held state records for more than 20 years.

For her accomplishments over the past 30 years, Harris was inducted into the Delaware African-American Hall of Fame in 2002 and was inducted into the Delaware State University Athletics Hall of Fame in October 2010.

Delaware T&F Hall of Fame member

Delaware T&F Hall of Fame member