Hurdler of the University of Michigan Savannah Sutherland de Borden, Sask., He established four records on Saturday on the last day of competition in the outdoor athletics championships of the NCAA in Eugene, Oreg.
The 21 -year -old achieved brands for her school, the NCAA, the NCAA and Canada championship, crossing the finish line in 52.46 seconds to overcome Akala Garrett (54.66) of Texas in the 400 meter event. The previous national record time of Sutherland of 53.26 was since June 8.
Saturday’s performance was almost 3-10 of a second faster than the US Olympic champion and the university record of the World Record Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone of 52.75. Sutherland and McLaughlin-Levrone are the only female corridor in the history of NCAA to break 53 seconds.
Sutherland, who placed seventh in the Paris Olympic final on August 8, also tied the world champion Femke Bol for the world leader this season, only behind McLaughlin-Levrone (52.07).
The 52.75 of Lydney McLaughlin-Levrone 400m Hurdles Ncaa Record Falls!
Savannah Sutherland of Michigan takes the title of the NCAA 400m championships in 52.46. 🏆
At Femke Bol for number 2 in the world this year.
Canadian registration. 🇨🇦
No. 9 of all time. 🌎
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On Friday, Sutherland began strongly and maintained his leadership throughout the race, extending his advantage in the race of a return with each cleaning of the 10 obstacles, for his third Top-Two consecutive in the event in the NCAA championships.
He finished fourth in his first year of 2022.
On May 18, Sutherland won his third consecutive title in the Big Ten Championships in Eugene, taking each round for more than two seconds.
The best NCAA athlete in 400 -meter female obstacles made history last summer in Paris.
At 21, Sutherland was the youngest member of the Canadian athletic team to reach an individual Olympic final and the first woman in Canada to reach a 400 million obstacle final from the 1996 Atlanta Games.
