Carl Lewis, Houston: Collegiate Athlete Hall of Fame, Class of 2022

Carl Lewis was 19 when he last competed as a collegian, and in his final year he became the first athlete to win a track event and field event at the same NCAA Indoor Championships and at the same NCAA Outdoor Championships.

Two other men had accomplished the feat outdoors – fellow Hall of Fame inductees DeHart Hubbard and Jesse Owens, neither of whom had the opportunity to compete at an NCAA Indoor meet.

Lewis was remarkable in his two collegiate seasons, winning all six individual NCAA competitions he entered. His sophomore year at Houston in 1981 saw him set an indoor world record and three other collegiate records. The indoor standard came in the long jump with a leap of 8.49m/27-10¼, which he followed three weeks later at the NCAA Indoor just a centimeter away from equaling it while also winning the 60-yard title.

Outdoors he set collegiate records in the long jump (8.47m/27-9½) and 100 meters (10.00) prior to his NCAA double, then followed that two weeks later with an all-dates collegiate best of 8.62m/28-3½.