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Bernadette Jenelle "Randy" Givens (born March 27, 1962) is an American former track and field athlete who competed in sprinting events. She set personal bests of 11.06 seconds for the 100-meter dash and 22.31 seconds for the 200-meter dash. Givens was a 200 m finalist at the 1984 Olympic Games and represented her country at the 1983 World Championships in Athletics. She was the 200 m gold medalist at the 1983 Pan American Games and returned to win a silver medal at the 1987 edition. Givens established herself as a college athlete with the Florida State Seminoles and won four sprint titles (two individual, two relay) at the NCAA Women's Championships in 1984. She was also a multiple medalist at the 1983 Summer Universiade, taking 200 m and relay gold medals and a 100 m silver medal. ==Early life and college== Born in Alexandria, Louisiana,〔(Randy Givens ). Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕 she grew up in Amityville, New York and attended Amityville Memorial High School. She went on to attend Florida State University from 1980 to 1984 and competed for their Florida State Seminoles collegiate team. The team was very successful during the period which also included Olympic medalist sprinters Marita Payne and Michelle Finn. Givens' first competitions were in the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) conference, which was a women's counterpart to the then-male dominated National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). At the AIAW indoor championships in 1981 she made the 300-meter dash final then won her first title, anchoring the Seminoles to victory in the 4×200-meter relay. She repeated that feat in the 4×100-meter relay at the AIAW outdoor meet, where she also placed third in the 200-meter dash. The following year she came third in the 300 m indoors and anchored the team to the runner-up spot in the 880-yard relay.〔(Randy Givens ). NoleFan. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕〔(Randy Givens ). Seminoles. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕 NCAA track competition for women was instituted in 1982 and Givens competed at the NCAA Women's Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. There she placed third in the 200 m, seventh in the 100-meter dash, and was a member of both the second-placed 4×100-meter and 4×400-meter relay teams. This performance helped the Florida State Seminoles track and field team to third place in the college rankings at the championship. She also won the collegiate 100 m at the Penn Relays that season. At the 1983 NCAA Championships she was again third in the 200 m, improved one place to sixth in the 100 m, and claimed both relay titles, resulting in a runner-up team finish for the Seminoles behind the UCLA Bruins.〔〔 The peak of her collegiate track career came at the 1984 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She achieved a sprint quadruple by winning the 100 m, 200 m, 4 × 100 m relay and mile relay titles. The Florida State women comfortably won their first NCAA title, over twenty points ahead of the Tennessee Volunteers.〔〔〔Sumner, Jim (2008-06-11). (Looking Back... Florida State's Outdoor Success in 1984 ). The AAC. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕〔(NCAA Division I Championships (Women) ). GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕 Givens was that year's Broderick Award winner in the track and field section.〔(Marsden Named Top Collegiate Gymnast ). ''The Deseret News'' (1984-11-03). Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕 During her time at Florida State she set school records in the 100 m (11.06 seconds) and 200 m (22.31), as well as the indoor 300-yard dash and 300-meter dash. As of 2015, all the latter three times remain the school records for Florida State.〔 She also set five records at the Penn relays, in the 100 m and both relays.〔(A Relays Birthday: Randy Givens - March 27, 1962 ). Penn Relays (2011-03-27). Retrieved on 2015-07-08.〕 She was inducted into the Florida State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1989.〔 During her post-collegiate career she was a member of the Puma Track Club.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Randy Givens」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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