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Rhonda Newton
- Position:
- Sprints
- Class:
- Junior
- Hometown:
- Tacoma, Wash.
- High School:
- Tacoma Science and Math Institute
2026 Outdoors: The Big Ten Jackie Robinson Community & Impact Award winner for UW … set a PR in the 200-meters in her final race, running 25.19 at the Desert Heat Classic on May 2 … raced on the 4x400m relay three times, with a best time of 3:44.52 at the Stanford Invite ... a First Team Arthur Ashe Sports Scholar ... named a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Spring Academic All-Big Ten.
2026 Indoors: Raced at one meet, running 58.52 for the 400-meters at the UW Invitational on Jan. 30.
2025 Outdoors: Raced once outdoors, at the Puget Sound Invitational, going 26.04 for 200m and 58.94 for 400m … named to the Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar-Athlete Second Team for track & field … a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Spring Academic All-Big Ten honoree … named to the National Collegiate Honor Society.
2025 Indoors: Ran a 400m best of 57.94 at altitude at the Don Kirby Elite meet in February … ran the 300-meters at the Spokane Invite, going 40.67.
2024: Lowered her PRs across the board during the indoor season … set 60m best of 7.94 at the UW Invitational … set 200m PR of 25.42 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite … set 400m best of 58.21 at the UW Preview … ran on the team’s fastest indoor 4x4 of 3:43.77 at the Husky Classic, going to No. 6 in school history … did not compete outdoors … named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Raced at three meets during the indoor season before redshirting the outdoor season … raced the 200-meters three times, with a best of 25.77 at the UW Invitational, placing 11th … ran on two 4x400m relays, a best of 3:52.00 at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Tacoma, Wash. … mother is Tiffany Beard … was the ASB President of her senior class, and a member of Latinx Club, Black Student Union, and Restorative Justice Council … competed at 2022 Nike Outdoor Nationals, placing 21st in the 200-meters in 25.82 and placing 25th in the 100-meters … was the Washington 2A State Champion as a senior in the 200-meters, going 25.49 in the final for a personal-best … also was third in the 2A 100-meters state final in 2022 in 12.46 … the SPSL champion in the 100m and 200m in 2022 … reached state as just a freshman in 2019 in the 400-meters, placing 12th.
Outdoor Bests
200m.......25.19
400m.......58.94
Indoor Bests
60m…….7.94
200m…….25.42
400m…….58.05 alt
Academic Honors
2026 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Awards First Team
2026 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2026 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Awards Second Team
2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2025 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 National Collegiate Honor Society
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
2026 Indoors: Raced at one meet, running 58.52 for the 400-meters at the UW Invitational on Jan. 30.
2025 Outdoors: Raced once outdoors, at the Puget Sound Invitational, going 26.04 for 200m and 58.94 for 400m … named to the Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar-Athlete Second Team for track & field … a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar and Spring Academic All-Big Ten honoree … named to the National Collegiate Honor Society.
2025 Indoors: Ran a 400m best of 57.94 at altitude at the Don Kirby Elite meet in February … ran the 300-meters at the Spokane Invite, going 40.67.
2024: Lowered her PRs across the board during the indoor season … set 60m best of 7.94 at the UW Invitational … set 200m PR of 25.42 at the Frank Sevigne Husker Invite … set 400m best of 58.21 at the UW Preview … ran on the team’s fastest indoor 4x4 of 3:43.77 at the Husky Classic, going to No. 6 in school history … did not compete outdoors … named to the Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll.
2023: Raced at three meets during the indoor season before redshirting the outdoor season … raced the 200-meters three times, with a best of 25.77 at the UW Invitational, placing 11th … ran on two 4x400m relays, a best of 3:52.00 at the UW Invitational.
High School and Personal: Born in Tacoma, Wash. … mother is Tiffany Beard … was the ASB President of her senior class, and a member of Latinx Club, Black Student Union, and Restorative Justice Council … competed at 2022 Nike Outdoor Nationals, placing 21st in the 200-meters in 25.82 and placing 25th in the 100-meters … was the Washington 2A State Champion as a senior in the 200-meters, going 25.49 in the final for a personal-best … also was third in the 2A 100-meters state final in 2022 in 12.46 … the SPSL champion in the 100m and 200m in 2022 … reached state as just a freshman in 2019 in the 400-meters, placing 12th.
Outdoor Bests
200m.......25.19
400m.......58.94
Indoor Bests
60m…….7.94
200m…….25.42
400m…….58.05 alt
Academic Honors
2026 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Awards First Team
2026 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2026 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 Arthur Ashe Jr. Scholar Awards Second Team
2025 Big Ten Distinguished Scholar
2025 Spring Academic All-Big Ten
2025 National Collegiate Honor Society
2024 Pac-12 Spring Academic Honor Roll
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