CIAA Hall of Fame Members

Barbara Pierre

  • Class
  • Induction
    2023
  • Sport(s)
    Track & Field

St. Augustine's University
Pierre attended St. Augustine's College (now-University) from 2006 to 2010, where she had an illustrious career in track & field and cross country, graduating as a four-time All-CIAA selection in track & field and a one-time selection in cross country. In 2007, her freshman season, Pierre helped the Falcons earn a national championship in indoor track & field and a runner-up finish in 2008. Pierre is a four-time NCAA Division II Indoor Champion in the 60-meter dash (2007, 2008, & 2009) and the 200-meter dash (2008), and a two-time Outdoor Champion (2007 & 2008) in the 100-meter. Additionally, she is a three-time NCAA Division II Outdoor runner-up in the 100-meter (2009) and 200-meter (2009 & 2010). In relays, Pierre earned an outdoor title in the 4x100-meter (2007) and a bronze medal in the 4x400-meter (2010). 

At the preliminaries of the 2009 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track & Field Championships, Pierre set a DII national record in the women's 100-meter dash with a time of 11.18 seconds. She holds another DII national record with a time of 7.20 seconds in the women's 60-meter dash in the preliminary round of the 2010 NCAA Division II Indoor Championships. Those marks still stand today as DII national records. In 2017, Pierre was inducted into the NCAA Division II Hall of Fame. 

Professionally, Pierre was a two-time U.S. Champion in the indoor 60-meter dash, winning in 2013 and 2016. In 2013, Pierre ranked as the fourth fastest sprinter in the world (her highest ranking) in the 100-meter dash. She won a World Indoor Championship in the 60-meter dash in 2016. She was a four-time medalist at the Pan American Games, where she ran for the United States, including a gold medal in the 2015 4x100 relay and two silvers in 2011. She currently holds the Pan American Games 100-meter record that she set in 2015. While still attending St. Augustine's, Pierre represented her native country of Haiti at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.