Gillian Russell of Miami (Fla.) won five NCAA DI titles – three outdoors in the 100-meter hurdles and two indoors in the 55-meter hurdles. Her final outdoor title, as a senior in 1995, made her the first woman to win three DI 100-meter hurdle titles. Her first indoor title, as a freshman in 1992, made her the first male or female NCAA champion for the Hurricanes in track & field.
Russell won the 1994 NCAA DI outdoor title by a margin of 0.40 seconds – the largest in the event’s history – and she was just the second woman to make four consecutive finals in the DI 100 hurdles.