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Football player or track star? How about both?

Little more than a week after the BCS Championship Game, Texas wide receiver is already receiving track & field honors. This week, the Big 12 named him the Big 12 Indoor Track & Field Male Athlete of the Week:

In his first collegiate meet, Goodwin notched two provisional qualifying times and two titles at the Arkansas Dual meet. The freshman clocked a 6.69 in the 60-meters and posted a mark of 7.72 meters (25-4 ft.) in the long jump. Both marks currently rank third in the nation.

Goodwin, who snagged 3 passes for 70 yards in the title game versus , is expected to be one of the Longhorns’ top wide receivers for the 2010 season.

Link: Goodwin, Pinder and Lucas Named Big 12 Track Athletes of the Week

Longhorn multisport athlete has been honored as the female representative for the 2008-09 Big 12 Athletes of the Year. From the official Big 12 press release:

Hooker excelled in volleyball as well as indoor and outdoor track and field during her junior season as a Longhorn, leading all three programs to top five NCAA Championship finishes. She was a Honda Award finalist for volleyball, named to the AVCA All-America First Team and the All-Big 12 First Team. The outside hitter helped lead UT to the NCAA Championship semifinals where she was named to the All-Tournament Team after earning all-tournament honors the previous week at the NCAA Austin Regional.

Hooker was the 2009 NCAA Indoor and Outdoor high jump champion, the first athlete since 2004 to capture both titles in the same year. She also won both events at the Big 12 Indoor and Outdoor Championships in addition to the NCAA Midwest Regional. The San Antonio, Texas, native was an indoor and outdoor All-America as well as USTFCCCA Division I Indoor Female Field Athlete of the Year.

Congrats Destinee!

Future Longhorn track star and possible slot receiver won this week’s 100m at Texas Relays with a blazing fast 10.38 time. Watch the race below:

Texas track/football commit Marquise Goodwin part of winning relay team. Goodwin also won the World Junior long jump title.

Manzano & Hooker qualify for Beijing Olympics. Former Longhorns make it in men’s 1,500, women’s 200.

Great race by Texas senior in last weekend’s NCAA Track and Field Championships. He leads the 1500m race wire to wire and has an incredible kick at the end to pull away easily. I’m not a big track guy but watching him run the last lap of that race got me fired up as a Longhorn fan.

Watch the race below:

Interview with Manzano after the race:

Manzano is an incredible athlete. He also won a national title in the 1500m in 2005. Congrats Leo on the big win and good luck in your professional career.

Darren Brown proud of mile milestone, as he runs in his late father Barry’s footsteps. 1st father-son pair to both run sub 4 minute mile.

Sanya Richards is healthy and on track for 2008 Olympics. Aaron Ross’ fiancée picked up two relay wins at Texas Relays.

Men’s track team wins third straight Big 12 indoor title. Miler Leo Manzano wins fourth in a row.

Vince Young is ABC’s tenth greatest college football player ever. Definitely would have been higher if he returned for senior season.

Texas junior Leo Manzano finishes second in 1500 at U.S. track championships. Less than a second behind Alan Webb.

Destinee Hooker wins 2nd straight NCAA high jump title with a jump of 6 feet, 3.5 inches.