{"id":24621,"date":"2011-06-17T18:03:54","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T22:03:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=24621"},"modified":"2019-07-01T16:30:57","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T20:30:57","slug":"jackie-coward-two-time-athlete-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/jackie-coward-two-time-athlete-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Jackie Coward: Two-time Athlete of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Coward finished the outdoor season a First Team All-American in the 100-meter hurdles for the second year in a row after claiming third place at the NCAA Championships at Drake Stadium in Des Moines, Iowa, on June 11. The UCF junior improved on her fifth-place finish in 2010 with the third-place showing in 2011 while running an impressive 12.78 (+2.1) in the finals to become the first two-time First Team All-American in program history.<\/p>\n<p>Coward also helped lead the Knights to a second straight C-USA Outdoor Championship this May with some impressive individual showings. The junior hurdler won both the 100- and 400-meter hurdles at Rice Stadium to earn C-USA Performer of the Meet honors.<\/p>\n<p>In the finals of the 400-meter hurdles, Coward set a new C-USA Championship meet record as well a UCF program record time as she claimed the title in 57.59. She just missed setting a new record in the 100-meter hurdle finals by one-hundredth of a second as she crossed in 12.97<\/p>\n<p>Due to an injury to another runner, Coward joined the 4&#215;100-meter relay team at the NCAA Championships last weekend. 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