Lewis Banda competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
Olympians
Jon Drummond
Jon Drummond closed out the decade as a world-class force on the international track & field circuit. Drummond is one of the better-known sprinters in U.S. track history. The former TCU great was a standout at the 1997 World Championships before a recurrence of spinal meningitis sidelined him for much of the 1999 season. He remarkably recovered to earn a spot on the gold medal winning 4×100 meter relay at the 1999 World Championships and captured Gold at the 2000 Olympic games in the 4×100 meter relay. He was also an entry for the USA in the 100 meters at the 1996 Olympic Games in addition to running a leg on the silver medalist 4×100-meter relay. A three-time all-American at TCU, Drummond still ranks as one of the fastest TCU sprinters ever. He posted a 10.03 clocking in the 100 meters in the 1991 NCAA Championships.
Beverly McDonald
Beverly McDonald has been one of Jamaica’s most consistent performers on the international circuit since leaving TCU. She was ranked among the top 10 sprinters in the world in the 200 in 1999 and took a silver medal in that event at the 1999 World Championships. She ran the qualifying leg of the Jamaican 4×100 team that won gold at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece. She also ran in the 100 and 200-meter individual races. McDonald also won a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics as a member of the 4×100 relay team. She was also a member of the Jamaican national team at the 2003 World Championships.
Khadevis Robinson
Khadevis Robinson, the 1998 NCAA National Champion, continues to perform on the professional circuit and is one of the nation’s top 800-meter runners, earning a trip to Athens, Greece for the 2004 Summer Olympics. Robinson won the 1999 USA Indoor Championships and was a finalist at the World Championships, both indoors and outdoors. In July of 2002, Robinson ran the fourth fastest time in the world in the 800-meter in Finland, shattering his personal record with a time of 1:44.41. Helped the USA 4×800 relay team break the 24-year old world record and 20-year old American record with a registered time of 7:02.82 at the Memorial Van Damme meet in Brussels on Aug. 25, 2006.
Michael Frater
A seven-time All-American with a unique running style, Michael Frater left TCU as one of the top sprinters in school history. Frater earned the silver medal at the 2004 NCAA Championships in the 100-meter dash, missing the gold by just eight-thousandths of a second. He anchored the Frogs’ 4×100 relay unit, which finished fourth in the nation. In 2008, Frater helped Jamaica break the world record and win gold in the men’s 4×100 at the 2008 Olympics. In 2009, Frater captured a goal medal as a member of Jamaica’s 4×100 relay at the 12th Annual IAAF World Championships. Frater just missed earning a medal in the men’s 100-meter finals the 2008 Olympics.
Lewis Banda
Lewis Banda earned five All-America certificates and set the school record in the indoor and outdoor 400 meters. A native of Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, Banda earned three of his five All-America honors during the outdoor season. At the Outdoor NCAA Championships, Banda finished fourth in the 400 meters with a time of 45.10. He also anchored the 4×400 relay team that placed second with a time of 3:02.12 and 4×100 team that finished fourth with a mark of 39.19. In 2008, Banda qualified for the Olympics in Beijing, but had to pull out of competition because of an injury.
Cleavon Dillon
Cleavon Dillon’s first All-America certificate came in the long jump in 2002. He set the then-school record in the long jump during the indoor season of 2002 with a leap of 7.86m (25-09.50). A native of St. Clair, Trinidad, Dillon earned All-America honors by placing fourth in the long jump in 2002, sixth in the 4×100 relay in 2003 and fourth in the 4×100 in 2004. He continues to compete professionally for Trinidad and competed at the 2004 Olympics.
Raymond Stewart
Considered to be the greatest of TCU’s legion of sprinting stars, Raymond Stewart still holds the school record in the 100-meter dash of 9.89 seconds, in addition to anchoring the second-fastest relay unit in NCAA history (bettered only by TCU’s 1998 unit) that ran 38.23 in 1990. To cap it off, Stewart added NCAA titles as a member of the 4×100-meter relay units in 1987 and 1989. Stewart was a 100-meter finalist in the 1984, 1988 and 1992 Olympic games, placing sixth in 1984 as the youngest man (age 19) to race in the finals. Stewart won a silver medal in the 1988 Olympics in the 4×100 relay. The first of many Jamaican sprinters to reach superstar status while at TCU, Stewart was a seven-time All-American.
Monica Twum
The top TCU female sprinter of the 21st century, Monica Twum was a four-time All-American during her three-year career at TCU. A native of Tema, Ghana, Twum transferred to TCU and made an immediate impact, placing sixth in the 60-meters during the 2001 indoor season and seventh in the 100-meter dash during the outdoor season at the NCAA Championships as a sophomore. Twum recently competed in the 4×100 for Ghanaian at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.
Kim Collins
Kim Collins was able to establish himself as one of the top sprinters in TCU history in just two short years. The St. Kitts native received six All-America certificates during his stint at TCU and won three NCAA titles (the 2001 indoor 60 and 200 meters and the 2001 outdoor 4×100 meter relay). He joined Raymond Stewart as the only Horned Frog athletes to capture two individual NCAA titles. Collins represented St. Kitts in the 2004 Olympics in Athens and placed sixth in the 100 meter final. He has also made appearances at the 1996, 2000 and 2008 Olympics and in five World Track and Field Championships, including the 2003 meet held in Paris, France, where he captured the gold medal. He was a quarterfinalist in the 100 meters at the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta and finished seventh in the 100 meters at the Sydney Olympics in 2000. He won the 100-meter dash at the 2002 Commonwealth Games. Collins finished sixth overall in the men’s 200-meter finals at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.
Virgil Hodge
Virgil Hodge ended her prestigious career by being selected as part of the Mountain West Conference 10th Anniversary Indoor Track & Field Team. The six-time All-American, is one of the most prolific runners ever at TCU and recently competed at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing in both the 100 and 200 meters. In 2008, Hodge was selected as the St. Kitts & Nevis’ flag-bearer for the opening ceremonies. Hodge, who competed in her first Olympics, made the quarterfinals in both the 100 and 200 in Beijing.
Donovan Powell
Donovan Powell anchored the Frogs’ to back-to-back 4×100 meter NCAA relay crowns in 1994 and 1995, and he finished third and second, respectively, in the 100- meter events at those national meets. Powell finished with five all-America awards at TCU. Powell continued his track career by competing professionally. He captured the gold medal at the U.S. Indoor Championships in the 60-meter dash. He also placed second in the same event at the World Indoors in 1999.
