Education
University of California, Los Los Angeles
University of California, Los Los Angeles
Henderson prepped at Morse High School in San Diego "01. At age 17, she set a United States junior class, as well as high school national record (since broken), at 50.74 in the 400 m at the CIF California State Meet. In 2000, still in high school, she was named to the United States Olympic track and field team
Selected as an alternate(Pool) for the 4 × 400 m squad but did not run.
That year she was named the national Girl"s "High School Athlete of the Year" by Track and Field News. In 2004 she placed second at the National Collegiate Athletic Association championships at 400 m.
Since 2010, the gold medal at the Athens Olympics in 2004 has been in doubt as Crystal Cox, who ran for the team in a preliminary round, admitted to doping. However, as of 2012 the original result still stands.
She holds a master"s degree in kinesiology and worked as a professor in the exercise science department at San Diego Mesa College until 2015 when she became the head coach at Golden West College in Summer 2015.
Monique Henderson was nominated and inducted into the San Diego County Women"s Hall of Fame in 2009 hosted by Women"s Museum of California, Commission on the Status of Women, University of California, San Diego Women"s Center, and San Diego State University Women"s Studies.
Henderson was a gold medalist in both the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece and the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China as a member of the American 4×400-meter relay squad.