Women's Cross Country
- Title:
- Director of Track and Field
- Email:
- HornedFrogTFXC@tcu.edu
TCU Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Jeremiah Donati has announced the hiring of TCU legend Khadevis Robinson as the Horned Frogs' new Director of Track and Field in July 2022. In addition to being the head coach of the program, he also is the primary coach for the middle distance events (800m, 1500m) at TCU.
During the 2024 track season, the Horned Frogs earned a total of six All-American honors and won two Big 12 Individual Titles. TCU also saw 12 program records fall during the 2024 indoor and outdoor season.
On the track, Iyana Gray emerged as a national standout in the sprints. She earned Second Team All-American honors in both indoor and outdoor competitions and was named High Point Performer at the Big 12 Championships after winning three silver medals in the sprints. Kashie Crockett also garnered Honorable Mention All-America honors in the 200m at the NCAA Championships. Distance runner Gracie Morris capped off her illustrious TCU career with a 16th place finish in the 1500m at the national meet. TCU also saw great success in its relays, as the women’s 4x100 relay secured Second Team All-American honors and the men’s squad finished sixth at the Big 12 Championships.
In field events, Irene Jepkemboi became TCU’s first-ever All-American in the women’s javelin, placing fourth at the NCAA Championships. She also won the Big 12 title as a freshman in the event. Maria Bienvenu also earned Honorable Mention All-America honors in the javelin.
His first season (2023) saw immense success with the middle distance program. Both Gracie Morris (1500m) and Jasmin Muhammad-Graham (800m) qualified for the NCAA West Preliminary. At the Big 12 Outdoor Championships, Gracie Morris earned bronze in the 1500m (4:19.61) while Jasmin Muhammad-Graham earned a podium finish by placing sixth (2:06.66).
Morris broke her own school records in the 800m (2:03.97) and the 1500m (4:13.38). Muhammad-Graham owns the second-best outdoor mark in program history in the 800m (2:06.66).
Muhammad-Graham also medaled at the Big 12 Indoor Championships, finishing seventh with her time of 2:09.87. Additionally, Ryan Martin broke the indoor school record in the 1000m (2:23.69). Fifteen new times were added to TCU’s All-Time Indoor and Outdoor Top 10 Lists in the 800m, mile and 1500m. Eleven student athletes tallied 21 personal-bests (600y, 800m, 1000m, 1500m) as well.
Robinson was Ohio State's assistant track and field coach and head cross country coach for five seasons before coming back to TCU. A Fort Worth native and 2009 inductee into the TCU Athletics Hall of Fame, Robinson is one of the Horned Frogs' more decorated student-athletes and a two-time Olympian. He closed his TCU career by winning the 1998 NCAA Outdoor Championship in the 800 meters and anchoring the 4x400 meter relay team to a national runner-up finish.
Robinson had two coaching stints at Ohio State. He led the cross country program to a postseason appearance and national rankings while mentoring multiple student-athletes to All-Big Ten and all-region honors. In 2019, Robinson coached Julia Rizk to an NCAA Championship in the mile run. Robinson also coached Nick Miller and school record holder Frank Hayes to Big Ten Championships in the 800 and 600 meters, respectively.
Ohio State won either a men's or women's Big Ten Championship every year Robinson was on campus, including the 2022 men's and women's outdoor programs which set conference scoring records.
In addition to his time in Columbus, Robinson served as head cross country and assistant track and field coach at LSU (2013-18) and UNLV (2011-12). Robinson has also made a coaching impact beyond the collegiate ranks. He helped foster the careers of some of USA Track & Field's rising stars while coaching the likes of 2012 U.S. Olympian Duane Solomon.
Robinson coached two SEC champions at LSU, helped runners earn three All-America honors and set four school records. The women's distance medley relay earned back-to-back berths at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the first time in program history. Ruby Stauber was fifth in the 800m at the 2017 NCAA Indoor Championships, making her the highest finishing freshman in the event. She was named the SEC Co-Freshman Runner of the Year. Also under Robinson, Dajour Braxton was the 2015 SEC Freshman of the Year in cross country, becoming the first Tiger in program history to receive that honor.
During his season at UNLV, Robinson mentored Kelsey Williams to indoor and outdoor Mountain West Championships in the women's 800 meters.
Following his TCU days, Robinson enjoyed a distinguished professional career as one of the world's premier 800-meter runners. He represented the United States at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens and then again in 2012 in London. He earned a spot on Team USA at the IAAF World Championships on seven occasions while setting a lifetime personal best of 1:43.68 in his specialty event.
Robinson is a four-time U.S. Indoor Champion (1999, 2005, 2006, 2007) and Outdoor Champion (1999, 2006, 2008, 2009). He is also a six-time silver medalist in the 800 meters at the USA Outdoor Championships, including a pair of runner-up finishes at the U.S. Olympic Track & Field Trials in 2004 and 2012.
Robinson won the 1999 USA Indoor Championships and was a finalist at the World Indoor and Outdoor Championships. In 2002, he ran the fourth-fastest time in the world in the 800 meters in Finland with a personal-best 1:44:41. He helped shatter the American and world record in the 4x800 meters at the 2006 Memorial Van Damme with a 7:02.82. He concluded that year ranked No. 1 in the United States and No. 7 in the world in the 800 meters.
A 1998 TCU graduate with a degree in social work, Robinson earned his master's degree in public administration from Cal State Los Angeles in 2004.
While in Southern California, he co-founded the non-profit Youth Track and Running Club. He was selected as a 2008 Ken Doherty Memorial Fellowship recipient, presented annually by USA Track & Field to provide researchers with the time and resources to pursue the serious study of track and field. He collaborated with fellow recipient Anne Merrem on a project titled, "Performance Enhancing Drugs and the Clean Athlete." He has also served as president of the Track and Field Athletes Association. In 2019, Robinson was selected as a USA State Department Sports Envoy Ambassador, where he visited Zimbabwe and worked with the embassy on gender-based violence initiatives.
