Alfred lowers mark again after 7.02 effort Jan. 21 in Albuquerque, becomes 18th female athlete globally to run 7.00 or faster, with teammate Adeleke setting Irish national 400 record 50.45 for No. 3 in NCAA indoor history; Razorbacks run 3:01.09, trail only 2018 global standard of 3:00.77 by USC
By Erik Boal, DyeStat Editor
The good news for Julien Alfred is the Texas sprinter gets another opportunity to race in March at the Albuquerque Convention Center for the NCAA Division 1 Indoor Championships.
The bad news for the rest of the collegiate competitors is that they will be racing against the fastest female athlete in NCAA history.
Alfred, a graduate student-athlete for the Longhorns representing Saint Lucia, lowered her own collegiate indoor record Saturday in the 60-meter dash to 7.00 seconds at the New Mexico Collegiate Classic.
Alfred, who ran 7.02 on the same track Jan. 21 at the Martin Luther King, Jr. Invitational, clocked 7.05 in Saturday’s prelims.
Alfred became the 18th female athlete in global history to run 7.00 or faster in the indoor 60, with American Aleia Hobbs achieving a 6.98 effort Jan. 28 at the Razorback Invitational at Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville, Ark., to also join the list.
Alfred placed second overall Friday in the 200 meters in 22.56, trailing LSU’s Favour Ofili, who won her section in 22.55.
Arkansas clocked the second-fastest indoor men’s 4×400-meter relay in global history with its 3:01.09 performance, trailing only the 3:00.77 standard achieved by USC in 2018 at the NCAA Division 1 final at Texas A&M that established both collegiate and world all-time bests.
Connor Washington, James Benson II, Ayden Owens-Delerme and Christopher Bailey improved on last year’s program record by more than three seconds for the Razorbacks.
Rhasidat Adeleke, an Irish athlete competing for Texas, produced the third-fastest all-time collegiate indoor 400 and a national record by clocking 50.45.
Adeleke equaled the No. 20 all-time global indoor competitor, taking over the world lead this year.
Sondre Guttormsen of Princeton, representing Norway, prevailed in a pole vault showdown against Zach Bradford of Texas in a preview of the Division 1 indoor final.
Guttormsen improved on his own collegiate-leading mark with a 19-4.25 (5.90m) clearance on his first attempt, with Bradford making 19-1.50 (5.83m) on his second opportunity.
Guttormsen, who achieved an absolute Norwegian national record, became only the fifth male pole…
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