Chauntae Bayne, a nine-time All-America sprinter at Stanford and the University of Texas, begins her second season on the Tornado coaching staff for the 2011-12 academic year. She is responsible for overseeing the training and development of the sprinters and long jumpers.
With Bayne on the sidelines, the Tornados were able to show significant signs of improvement during their second year of varsity competition in 2011. New school records were established in 11 of the 15 events she oversees, which included the throwing corps. The men’s squad finished one spot higher in the team standings at the American Southwest Conference Championships by earning 13 more points than they did at the same meet in their inaugural season last spring, while the women’s team achieved 23.50 more points than they did at the ASCs the previous year. Led by Bryce Elarms’ runner-up finish in the 400-meters, Bayne’s student-athletes on the men’s team amassed 20 of the squads 54 points at the ASC Championships in the events she oversees.
Bayne has also been working as a volunteer sprints and jumps coach for Flight International, a club program with athletes between the ages of six and 18, and as a personal trainer at Truessence, where she designs individual workout and nutrition programs for individual athletes in a variety of sports.
Bayne began her collegiate career at Stanford, where she earned three letters indoors and two outdoors between 2003-06. She garnered her first All-America laurel by registering a third-place finish in the 200-meter dash, hitting the tape in a school-record time of 22.77 seconds, at the 2006 NCAA Indoor National Championships. The mark was also the third-fastest time in the world. Bayne broke the program standard in the 60-meters (7.21) and also added an eighth-place performance in the event at the same championship meet to earn another All-America accolade. Outdoors, she was named an All-American in the 200 and set school records in the 100-, 200- and 400-meter dashes. She ran all-time Stanford bests in the 100 (11.15) and 200 (22.78) at the 2006 NCAA West Regional after navigating the track in a school-record time of 52.35 in the 400 at the Pac-10 Championships. Bayne also garnered All-America status in the 200 during the 2006 outdoor season.
After a stellar career at Stanford, Bayne transferred to the University of Texas to complete her undergraduate studies and her remaining track and field eligibility. She earned two letters outdoors and one indoors, garnering six more All-America certificates in the process for placing in the top eight of her events. Bayne earned the recognition twice at the 2007 NCAA Indoor Championships by placing sixth in the 60 (7.33) and anchoring the eighth-place 4x400-meter relay that clocked in at 3:36.02. She added four more All-America honors in two individual events and two relays at the 2007 NCAA Outdoor Championships , placing placed eighth in the 100 (11.46) and 13th in the 200, including eighth among the Americans, while also competing on the fifth-place 4x400-meter relay (3:31.06) and the 4x100 that advanced from the semifinals.
Bayne, who was a seven-time U.S. Junior Olympic champion on the scholastic level, earned a bachelor’s degree in civil engineering from Stanford in 2006 before earning a second bachelor’s in urban studies/architectural design from Texas in 2008. A native of Fort Worth, Texas, Bayne continues to train on her own for future championship events and currently resides in Austin. She has one daughter, Kytriana Hackett (7).
