Texas Woman's University Athletics

Audrey Reid German was a great talent in the world of track and field from Bunkers Hill, Trelawny, on the Island of Jamaica. She had already competed in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics before Jamaican Athletics Federation Chairman Herb McKinley went looking for a university in the United States where German could continue her education and participate in a great track program. At that time, Dr. Bert Lyle had established TWU as one of the premiere track teams in the country, always finishing in the top three at the AIAW National Championships and winning it in 1969. So, German packed her bag and enrolled at Texas Woman's University in the fall of 1971.

In her first season of collegiate competition, German won the high jump at the AAU national championships and at the AIAW state, regional and national championships and then went on to compete in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich during the summer. She parlayed her 1972 performance by winning all three AIAW high jump championships again in her sophomore season while also finishing third in the 100 meter hurdles at the national championships. German strained her knee while lifting weights during the summer of 1973, which hindered her take off for the high jump. So during her junior season, she started running the anchor leg of TWU's 4x100 meter relay. German helped lead that relay team to the AIAW, AAU and United States Track and Field Federation championships in 1974.

After sitting out the 1975 season with a more serious knee injury, German came back her senior season and won the high jump at the AIAW state, regional and national championships. She won the national championship by clearing her highest mark ever with a leap of 6-1 1/2. German went on to finish her undergraduate degree in May of 1976 before she competed in her final Olympic Games in Montreal.

She went home to Jamaica in the fall of 1976 to become the director of the Physical Education Department at St. Elizabeth Technical High School where she remained until 1978. While in Jamaica, she was a member of the Organizing Committee of the Western Regional Track and Field Championships. German returned to TWU and earned her Master's Degree in Health and Human Resources in 1982. She currently resides in Dallas with her husband, Artist German, and their two children, Adia and Azerial, and is employed by Saks Fifth Avenue.