Former Gator All-American Yolanda Brown-Moore Looks to Win Big on CBS Hit Show The Amazing Race
Monday, March 6, 2006 | Women's Track and Field
Former track and field standout Yolanda Brown-Moore, a nine-time All-American from 1997-2000 at the University of Florida, is a member of the cast of the CBS hit reality show The Amazing Race this season, which began with last Tuesday's season premiere.
Brown-Moore is competing with her boyfriend as the one of the show's dating pairs. The duo is currently in seventh place after the show's first race, which began in Denver, Colo., and wrapped up in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The couples lives in Chicago, Ill., and have been dating for five years. They met and began dating during Brown-Moore's undergraduate days in Gainesville. She currently works as a teacher in the Windy.
While at UF, Brown-Moore earned nine All-American honors as a member of several relay teams in addition to individual honors in the outdoor long jump as a sophomore in 1998 and the indoor 400m during her junior and senior campaigns. She was a part of two outdoor 4x100m relay teams, three 4x400m indoor teams as well as one 4x400m outdoor team. She was also a member of the 1999 U.S. National Team and competed in the 1999 World University Games.
The show kicked off its new season last week and continues each Tuesday at 10 p.m. EST nationally on CBS.
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