HEATHER MURRELL HOUSTON - INDUCTEE #169
hall of fame fast fact:
Heather Murrell was among the first class of female athletes to receive track scholarships to SMU.
Heather Murrell Houston
Spearman’s Murrell became the first high school track athlete in Panhandle history to win four state titles in the same four individual events. The sweep of the Class 2A 400 meters came from 1986-89.
Her first state title as a freshman, despite qualifying seventh out of eight, came near midnight in the weather-delayed state meet in 58.1 seconds. For the next three years, she dominated the event, winning all three times in the mid-55 seconds. Murrell’s 55.4 best is the second-fastest time by a girl in area history.
She set five school records at SMU, and her 2:06.7 time in the 800 was a provisional time for the 1992 NCAA meet and U.S. Olympic Trials.
She moved to Houston with her husband David and two young sons.
