University of Illinois Athletics

TRACK & FIELD • 1987-90

Celena Mondie-Milner was an 18-time All-American, while winning an incredible 17 Big Ten individual and relay titles. One of the Big Ten Conference’s most dominating sprinters ever, Mondie-Milner is Illinois’ all-time top performer in the 55 meters, 200 meters and 300 yards indoor, and the 200 meters and 400 meters outdoor. A four-year All-Big Ten selection from 1987-90, she was selected as Athlete of the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1990. Mondie-Milner finished second in the 100 meters at the 1990 NCAA Outdoor Championships and took third in the 200 meters. She set Big Ten outdoor records in the 100 meters (11.34), 200 meters (22.66) and 400 meters (51.14), and Big Ten indoor records in the 55 meters (6.73) and 200 meters (23.33). Mondie-Milner was a member of the Illinois 4x400-meter relay team that set American and NCAA records, and was on Illini teams which won the Big Ten Outdoor Championships in 1988 and 1989, and the Big Ten Indoor Championship in 1988. She won the Big Ten Medal of Honor in 1990. Mondie-Milner was a member of the United State team at the 1997 World Championships and took third in the 100 meters and 200 meters at the 1995 USA Track and Field Championships. She won a gold medal at the 1995 world championships for running a leg on the U.S. 4x100-meter relay team, while also competing in the 200 meters. Mondie-Milner was a unanimous selection to the Big Ten Women’s Outdoor Track All-Decade team in 1992. She currently lives in Austin, Texas, where she serves as director of New Student Services at the University of Texas.