Alfred looks the real deal; Orogot runs blistering 200m as Amusan loses first 100m Hurdles race of the season to Nia Ali
What a week in Athletics! Guess we never get tired of saying it. But truly, College athletes seem to be giving professional athletes a run for their money. At the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Julien Alfred gets runs a blistering world lead to win the women’s 200m, Ugandan Tarsis Orogot is making an early claim for a medal in Budapest, and World record holder in the women’s 100m Hurdles, Tobi Amusan loses her first race of the season in the event.
Julien Alfred runs world lead in the women’s 200m, which shows she’s the real deal.
The NCAA has a knack for churning out stand-out athletes every year. After all, that’s one of its mandates. Ensure it creates the right competition amongst the collegiate schools, and stars will emerge. This year, undoubtedly, the biggest shining star has to be Julien Alfred.
After a couple of races in the relay outdoors, the University of Texas’ senior stormed to an incredible 21.91s to win the 200m at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida. A couple of things to unpack from this performance over the weekend, but the highlight has to be the gap she opened up on the home- straight against her competitors.
Julien Alfred 21.91
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— Travis Miller (@travismillerx13) April 14, 2023
A staggering 0.40s was the distance between Alfred and second-place McKenzie Long. It just accentuates St. Lucian’s dominance on the 100m/200m at the moment, that it would take a catastrophe for her not to emerge as NCAA outdoor champion in June and a medal contender at the World Championships in August.
It’s the fastest 100m All-Conditions at 10.72 (2.4+) for us
Julien Alfred does it again! pic.twitter.com/LzCC1WvqH1
— Texas T&F/XC (@TexasTFXC) April 17, 2023
How much faster can she run this year? Abby Steiner had set the standard when she ran 21.80 for the University of Kentucky. But if you are going to stake your house on an athlete running faster than that, it has to be Alfred. After all, she ran Personal Bests of 6.94 for the 60m and 22.01 in the 200m set at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the best-ever one-day indoor sprints double.
For good measure, too, Alfred blazed to a marginally windy 10.72s (2.4) to win the first women’s 100m section at the same meet.
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