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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.
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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.
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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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