Fred Wolcott


Fred Wolcott is a former American track and field athlete who was United States champion and world record holder in the sprint hurdles events in the late 1930s and early 1940s.

Track career

After graduating from Snyder High School in Texas, Wolcott attended Rice University, where he ran for its track team, the 'Rice Owls'.
Because of the outbreak of the Second World War, Wolcott was denied Olympic glory. However, as well as running world record times, he was AAU champion seven times, NCAA champion five times, and also won, and 10 Southwest Conference college gold medals.
At the peak of his career, he was considered the United States premier hurdler.

Championship Victories

Wolcott achieved the following in the AAU championships
Wolcott recorded the following victories at the NCAA championships
Wolcott achieved the following world records during his track career:
He also ran the following world best times that were never ratified by the sport's governing body, the IAAF:
In 1970, Wolcott was one of the inaugural group of inductees into the Rice Athletics Hall of Fame.
In 2005, Wolcott was induced into the into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame.
Wolcott has also been inducted into the: