Karen Phillips
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Sport:
Track & Field |
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Year
Graduated: 1992 |
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Year
Inducted: 1997 |
An All-American and former Junior National record holder,
Karen Phillips ranked among the nation's top collegiate jumpers
during the late '80s and early '90s.
As a freshman, Phillips collected All-America honors at the
1989 Outdoor NCAA Championships in the triple jump, and later
won the TAC Junior National Championship in the event with
a meet record leap of 41-10 1/2. Her accomplishments earned
her a spot on the US Junior National Team, where she won the
triple jump at the 1989 World Games. Later that summer, she
also represented the United States at the Pan Am Games.
She continued to shine throughout her Boston University career,
and qualified for three additional NCAA Championships. She
competed in the triple jump at the 1993 Outdoor Championship,
as well as the 1992 and 1991 Indoor National Meets.
On the regional level, she captured a staggering 17 individual
titles at the AMERICA EAST, Greater Boston, and New England
Championships. Among her titles were nine at the Indoor and
Outdoor Conference Championships, where she holds the existing
records in the indoor long jump (19-5 1/2) and triple jump
(40-7 1/2), as well as the outdoor triple jump (41-1 3/4).
In 1992, she received the Mildred Barnes Award, presented
annually to the University's Outstanding Female Athlete.
A 1992 graduate of the University's School of Management,
Phillips currently holds the University marks in the indoor
long (19-10 3/4) and triple jumps (41-9 3/4), the outdoor
triple jump (41-10 1/2) and ran a leg on the school record
indoor 4X200M relay (1:39.95).
Following graduation, she served as an assistant coach of
the track and field program, and oversaw the team's progress
in the jumps and sprints.
