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Yvonne Harrison Castro (born December 2, 1975 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
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Yvonne Harrison Castro (born December 2, 1975 in New York City) is a Puerto Rican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.
Harrison grew up in Throggs Neck, The Bronx, where she was one of the top high school athletes in the U.S. competing for Herbert H. Lehman High School. As a 16 year old, she knew Carl Lewis and claimed to be "practically... best friends" with Florence Griffith-Joyner before her death. [1]
In 1998 she finished second in the 1998 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships. In the same year she was eliminated in the heats at the 1998 NCAA Division I Indoor Track and Field Championships (400 metres) and the 1998 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. The next year, she reached the final and finished 7th at the 1999 USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships—improving to a 6th place at the 2000 United States Olympic trials. [2]
In 2001 she changed athletic allegiance to Puerto Rico, immediately winning the gold medal in 400 metres hurdles at the 2001 Central American and Caribbean Championships as well as a silver medal in the 4 × 400 metres relay. At the 2001 World Championships she competed in both 400 metres hurdles and 4 × 400 metres relay, achieving Puerto Rican records in both events. In 2002 she continued to win the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games and the bronze medal at the 2002 Ibero-American Championships. [2] At the latter, she also won a relay bronze. [3]
Newspapers such as El Vocero and El Nuevo Dia covered her accomplishments extensively.[ citation needed ]
She finished in seventh place at the Rio de Janeiro Grand Prix of Athleticism. After a competition in Osaka, Japan, she sustained an injury that required her to take a rest from competition for a while.[ citation needed ]
Harrison's participation at the 2004 Olympic Games was her first participation in such an event. She participated at the 400 meters hurdles race. [4]
She was, as of 2022, an assistant sprint coach at Saint Joseph’s University [5] alongside Michael Glavin.
| Year | Competition | Venue | Position | Event | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing the  United States | |||||
| 1992 | World Junior Championships | Seoul, South Korea | 19th (h) | 400m hurdles | 64.26 |
| 1994 | World Junior Championships | Lisbon, Portugal | 16th (h) | 400m hurdles | 61.22 |
| 1st (h) [6] | 4 × 400 m relay | 3:37.13 | |||
Representing  Puerto Rico | |||||
| 2002 | Central American and Caribbean Games | San Salvador, El Salvador | 1st | 400m hurdles | 57.39 [7] |
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