Anita Howard

Anita Ann Howard Prather (born March 22, 1969), née Anita Ann Howard, is a former American track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 meters.

Anita Howard
Personal information
Birth nameAnita Ann Howard
National team United States
Born (1969-03-22) March 22, 1969
Sport
SportTrack and field
Event(s)400 meters
College teamUniversity of Florida
ClubQuicksilver Track Club
Medal record
Women's track and field
Representing the United States
World Indoor Championships
Silver medal – second place 1997 Paris 4 × 400 m relay

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.[1][2]

Howard won a silver medal in the 4 × 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.[3]

Anita Howard now works for Lennard Highschool as a HOPE Teacher.

See also

References
  1. F Club, Hall of Fame, Gator Greats. Retrieved December 18, 2014.
  2. "Nine Members Inducted Into University of Florida Athletics Hall of Fame Archived 2015-09-24 at the Wayback Machine", GatorZone.com (April 13, 2007). Retrieved July 21, 2011.
  3. World women's all-time best 400m (last updated 2001)


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