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Future Longhorn track star and possible slot receiver Marquise Goodwin 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 Leo Manzano 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.

UT athletes Destinee Hooker & Andra Manson are setting their sights at U.S. high jump records.

Rain and cold hurts crowds at Saturday’s Texas Relays, but weather isn’t to blame for track’s recent decline in the US.

Texas commit D.J. Monroe is Houston Chronicle athlete of the week. The corner ran a blazing 10.5 100-meter dash.

No track until at least after spring football practice is over for Jamaal Charles.

I was looking for some other Longhorn highlights this morning and stumbled on this profile on UT volleyball and track star Destinee Hooker on YouTube. We don’t do much track or volleyball news here at this site, but it’s clear that Destinee is one of the university’s best athletes and she’s been stellar performer in two sports. Here’s the video from CSTV and CBS:

The Lady Longhorns take on the Aggies tonight on CSTV at 7pm.

I re-watched the race several times and still can’t see her lead leg miss the hurdle.

The Texas men took home third place in the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships yesterday. Florida State won the title easily with 67 points, finishing well in front of second place LSU and the Horns.

Two Texas football stars played a part in that finish. Defensive end/shot putter Brian Robison narrowly missed another national title with his throw of 66 feet 5.25 inches. The winner of the event, Garrett Johnson of Florida State, bested him by less than two inches. Excellent performance by Robison in what will likely be his last for the Texas Track team, as next year this time he’ll likely be preparing himself for an NFL career.

Running back/sprinter Jamaal Charles competed in the 100- and 200-meter events, as well as the 4×100-meter relay. He started well in the 100 before the leaders pulled away. His 10.27 time into a stiff headwind earned him a fifth place finish in the event. Not a bad performance for a freshman competing against Olympic sprinters. A particularly impressive feat for a running back, the majority of football/track sprinters are wide receivers or cornerbacks. Charles can definitely claim the title of college football’s fastest running back next season.

Click here to watch Charles’ performance in the 100-meters. (Note: Video playback requires Flash Player 8.)

I worry about injury, but I love Jamaal keeping quick while getting stronger.

Trey Hardee puts up 8th best point total of all-time at Texas Relays.

The UT women’s sixth NCAA indoor track and field title.