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Howell competed at the 2016 [[National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago|NAAATT]] Trials in the 400 m, but did not qualify for the 'A' final and missed out on another Olympic team spot.<ref name="tilas" /> Following this setback, Howell took a year off from the sport and started an art company,<ref>{{cite web |title=🎨 ART on the Run Home Page |url=https://artontherun.club/ |website=🎨 ART on the Run |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> before moving to [[Austin, Texas]] to be coached by Darryl Woodson in preparation for the 2020 Olympic cycle.<ref name="birthplace" /><ref name="cookware">{{cite web |title=Quality Time With Olympic Track & Field Hopeful Magnolia Howell |url=https://madeincookware.com/blogs/quality-time-magnolia-howell |website=Made In Cookware |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> She stated that one of her goals was to break [[Janeil Bellille]]'s [[List of Trinidad and Tobago records in athletics|Trinidadian record]] in the 400 m of 51.83 seconds.<ref name="cookware" />
Howell competed at the 2016 [[National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad & Tobago|NAAATT]] Trials in the 400 m, but did not qualify for the 'A' final and missed out on another Olympic team spot.<ref name="tilas" /> Following this setback, Howell took a year off from the sport and started an art company,<ref>{{cite web |title=🎨 ART on the Run Home Page |url=https://artontherun.club/ |website=🎨 ART on the Run |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> before moving to [[Austin, Texas]] to be coached by Darryl Woodson in preparation for the 2020 Olympic cycle.<ref name="birthplace" /><ref name="cookware">{{cite web |title=Quality Time With Olympic Track & Field Hopeful Magnolia Howell |url=https://madeincookware.com/blogs/quality-time-magnolia-howell |website=Made In Cookware |access-date=30 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref> She stated that one of her goals was to break [[Janeil Bellille]]'s [[List of Trinidad and Tobago records in athletics|Trinidadian record]] in the 400 m of 51.83 seconds.<ref name="cookware" />


After the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] of 2020 postponed the Olympics back one year, Howell retired from the sport and focused exclusively on art and writing.<ref name="birthplace" /> As an artist under the pen name Magnolia Lafleur, she has shown her work in Los Angeles-area galleries and has sold to international clients.<ref name="coach" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Magnolia Lafleur: Narrative Fine Artist & CEO to Art On The Run |url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-magnolia-lafleur-narrative-fine-artist-ceo-to-art-on-the-run/ |website=SHOUTOUT LA |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=4 January 2021}}</ref> As a journalist, she is a member of the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] and has worked for the [[Press-Telegram]], the [[Grunion Gazette]], and the [[Orange County Register]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnolia Lafleur |url=https://www.ocregister.com/author/magnolia-lafleur/ |website=Orange County Register |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=31 January 2023}}</ref>
After the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] of 2020 postponed the Olympics back one year, Howell retired from the sport and focused exclusively on art and writing.<ref name="birthplace" /> As an artist under the pen name Magnolia Lafleur, she has shown her work in Los Angeles-area galleries and has sold to international clients.<ref name="coach" /><ref>{{cite web |title=Meet Magnolia Lafleur: Narrative Fine Artist & CEO to Art On The Run |url=https://shoutoutla.com/meet-magnolia-lafleur-narrative-fine-artist-ceo-to-art-on-the-run/ |website=SHOUTOUT LA |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=4 January 2021}}</ref> As a journalist, she is a member of the [[Society of Professional Journalists]] and has worked for the [[Press-Telegram]], the [[Grunion Gazette]], [https://lbpost.com/ The Long Beach Post Newspaper], [[Palisadian-Post|The Palisadian-Post]] and the [[Orange County Register]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Magnolia Lafleur |url=https://www.ocregister.com/author/magnolia-lafleur/ |website=Orange County Register |access-date=30 November 2023 |date=31 January 2023}}</ref> Also an entrepreneur, Magnolia owns the popular L.A paint company [https://artontherun.club/ Art On The Run] and is currently getting her MFA at Laguna College of Art and Design.


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Revision as of 22:26, 30 November 2023

Magnolia Howell
Personal information
NicknameMagnolia Lafleur[1]
Nationality Trinidad and Tobago
BornSacramento, California[2]
Education
  • B.A in print, Journalism from California State University of Long Beach
  • Masters in Fine Art from Laguna College of Art and Design- 2025
Websitemagnolialafleur.com [1]
Sport
SportAthletics
Event(s)100 metres, 200 metres, 400 metres[3]
College teamLong Beach State 49ers[4][5]
ClubTeam Bing[3]
Nike, Inc.[6]
Turned pro2014[6]
Coached byBobby Kersee (2014)[7]
Darryl Woodson (2020)[8]
Achievements and titles
World finals
National finals
Personal bests
  • 100m: 11.50 (+1.9) (2012)
  • 200m: 23.89 (+0.9) (2013)
  • 400m: 53.45 (2013)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  Trinidad and Tobago
Central American and Caribbean Champs
Gold medal – first place 2011 Mayagüez 4 × 100 m relay
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Mayagüez 4 × 400 m relay

Magnolia Howell also known by alter ego Magnolia Lafleur, is a former sprinter and current fine artist and writer. Representing Trinidad and Tobago, she won the gold medal in the 4 × 400 metres at the 2011 Central American and Carribean Championships.

Biography

Born in Sacramento, California but raised in Guadalajara, Mexico, Howell started running at eight years old.[2][1] She moved to Omaha, Nebraska and attended Westside High School, where she was a state champion in both the 100 m and 200 m.[2][9]

In college she competed for the Long Beach State 49ers track and field team, setting a school record in the 4 × 100 metres while studying print journalism.[5] After graduating in 2007, she began to focus more exclusively on running.

At the 2011 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics, Howell competed in the 4 × 100 m, 4 × 400 m, and individual 200 m for Trinidad and Tobago. In the 200 m, Howell did not qualify for the finals, but she won the gold medal in the 4 × 100 m relay leading off for teammates Michelle-Lee Ahye, Ayanna Hutchinson, and Semoy Hackett. Howell was the only athlete from that team to also compete in the 4 × 400 m finals, where her team won the bronze medal.[10][11]

At the 2012 NAAATT Trinidadian Olympic trials, Howell finished 6th in the 100 metres, narrowly missing an Olympic berth.[3]

In 2014, Howell began to train at Drake Stadium under famed athletics coach Bobby Kersee.[6] Following her professional rise, she competed in the 2014 and 2015 IAAF World Relays, both times representing Trinidad and Tobago in the 4 × 400 m. At both championships, Howell's team finished 4th in the 'B' finals, posting a overall best mark of 3:33.21 at the 2014 edition.[12]

Howell competed at the 2016 NAAATT Trials in the 400 m, but did not qualify for the 'A' final and missed out on another Olympic team spot.[3] Following this setback, Howell took a year off from the sport and started an art company,[13] before moving to Austin, Texas to be coached by Darryl Woodson in preparation for the 2020 Olympic cycle.[2][14] She stated that one of her goals was to break Janeil Bellille's Trinidadian record in the 400 m of 51.83 seconds.[14]

After the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 postponed the Olympics back one year, Howell retired from the sport and focused exclusively on art and writing.[2] As an artist under the pen name Magnolia Lafleur, she has shown her work in Los Angeles-area galleries and has sold to international clients.[7][15] As a journalist, she is a member of the Society of Professional Journalists and has worked for the Press-Telegram, the Grunion Gazette, The Long Beach Post Newspaper, The Palisadian-Post and the Orange County Register.[16] Also an entrepreneur, Magnolia owns the popular L.A paint company Art On The Run and is currently getting her MFA at Laguna College of Art and Design.

Statistics

Personal bests

Event Mark Place Competition Venue Date
100 metres 11.50 (+1.9 m/s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tommy 'Tiny' Lister Classic Los Angeles, California 7 April 2012
200 metres 23.89 (+0.9 m/s) 2rB Oxy Invitational Eagle Rock, California 4 May 2013
400 metres 53.45 1st place, gold medalist(s) Oxy-Lu Last Chance Qualifier Eagle Rock, California 12 May 2013

References

  1. ^ a b Dyer, Mackenzie (1 November 2019). "Retiring athlete translates her art to track, gives Olympics her all". The Daily Texan. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Perseverance And Balance In Athletic Performance… In Life | CHARM". CHARM Austin. 24 July 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d Magnolia Howell at Tilastopaja (registration required)
  4. ^ "49er alums have only brought success at the Olympics so far". Daily Forty-Niner. 1 August 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b "Long Beach's Olympians: The Full Gazettes Sports List". Press Telegram. 28 July 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  6. ^ a b c Howell, Magnolia (29 October 2014). "Stadium Lights & Running Spikes: TRACK SEASON FUNDRAISER". Stadium Lights & Running Spikes. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Free thinker: Athlete now artist on a new track - Sweet TnT Magazine". Sweet TNT Magazine. 12 April 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. ^ Barclay, Kat (1 March 2020). "Howell's Race to Tokyo". Austin Fit. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Westside Alumni Newsletter - Fall 2019 by Westside Foundation - Issuu". issuu.com. 17 February 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  10. ^ "Green denies home win to Culson, Mexico takes medal lead in Mayaguez - CAC Champs, Day 2 | NEWS | World Athletics". worldathletics.org. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  11. ^ "CAC gold medallists for World Games". Team TTO | Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  12. ^ "T&T relay runners grab two more medals". www.guardian.co.tt. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  13. ^ "🎨 ART on the Run Home Page". 🎨 ART on the Run. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  14. ^ a b "Quality Time With Olympic Track & Field Hopeful Magnolia Howell". Made In Cookware. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  15. ^ "Meet Magnolia Lafleur: Narrative Fine Artist & CEO to Art On The Run". SHOUTOUT LA. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  16. ^ "Magnolia Lafleur". Orange County Register. 31 January 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.

External links

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