Morgan Sannette Snow-Goodwin (born July 26, 1993) is an American

hurdler Hurdling is the act of jumping over an obstacle at a high speed or in a sprint. In the early 19th century, hurdlers ran at and jumped over each hurdle (sometimes known as 'burgles'), landing on both feet and checking their forward motion. Today ...

who specializes in the

100 metre hurdles The 100 metres hurdles, or 100-meter hurdles, is a track and field event run mainly by women (the male counterpart is the 110 metres hurdles). For the race, ten Hurdling, hurdles of a height of are placed along a straight course of . The first ...

. She was a 9-time All-American at the

University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public university, public research university in Austin, Texas, United States. Founded in 1883, it is the flagship institution of the University of Texas System. With 53,082 stud ...

. A native of

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, Snow attended

Southwest DeKalb High School Southwest DeKalb High School (SWD) is a high school located in unincorporated DeKalb County, Georgia, United States. It is a part of the DeKalb County School System. It houses one of the two High Achievers Magnet Programs in DeKalb County, the ...

. She was the 2011 USA Junior Olympic Champion in the 100m Hurdles and the 2011 AAU Junior Olympic Champion in the same event. She won two gold medals at the

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics The 2012 World Athletics U20 Championships, World Junior Championships in Athletics was an international Sport of athletics, athletics competition for athletes qualifying as Junior (athletics), juniors (born 1993 or later) which was held at the E ...

. She won the 2013 Big 12 Outdoor championships in the 100m Hurdles and the 2015 Big 12 Indoor championship in the 60m Hurdles. After college, she tried out for the 2016 United States Olympic team in the 100 meter hurdles, but finished 14th. She is married to

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and Olympian

Marquise Goodwin Marquise Derell Goodwin (born November 19, 1990) is an American professional American football, football wide receiver. He also is an Olympic Games, Olympian who competed in the long jump in track and field. He was selected by the Buffalo Bills ...

. On November 12, 2017, her first baby died due to premature childbirth. Her husband honored both of them after scoring an 83-yard touchdown reception that same day. The couple went on to have a daughter, Marae, and a son, Marquise Jr.

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Morgan GoodwinTexas Longhorns bio
1993 births Living people Track and field athletes from Atlanta American female hurdlers Texas Longhorns women's track and field athletes 21st-century American sportswomen {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub