On Friday evening on the 2024 NCAA Championships in Eugene, Ore., Christopher Morales Williams grew to become the primary Canadian man in 84 years to win the boys’s 400m NCAA title (open air).
The Vaughan, Ont. native, in his second 12 months on the College of Georgia, gained the race in 44.47 seconds, edging out Alabama’s Samuel Ogazi and Florida’s JeVaughn Powell. Morales Williams was the favorite heading into the championships, having gained 14 of his final 15 races.
CMW!!!!!! The Champion!!! 🏆
Christopher Morales-Williams is the 2024 400M Champion!
📺 ESPN#NCAATF x @UGATrack pic.twitter.com/yNmjcFdybU
— NCAA Monitor & Subject (@NCAATrackField) June 8, 2024
Morales Williams can be the primary Canadian man to win each indoor and outside titles within the occasion in the identical 12 months. He broke the Canadian document for the gap with a 44.05 clocking on Might 11 on the SEC Convention Championships. The time presently stands because the world-leading mark for 400m this season.
The final Canadian male sprinter to win an NCAA 400m title earlier than Morales Williams was Lee Orr in 1940.
This NCAA outside title was emotional for Morales Williams, who had his household on the end line to have a good time the second. The 20-year-old will shift his focus to the Canadian Olympic Trials later this month in Montreal. He’s the reigning Canadian champion over the 400m distance.
Savannah Sutherland breaks Canadian 400m hurdles document, once more
Savannah Sutherland’s bid to defend her NCAA championship within the 400m hurdles on Saturday got here up simply brief. The 20-year-old from Borden, Sask. positioned second to USC’s Jasmine Jones in a brand new private finest and Canadian document of 53.26 seconds. Jones gained in 53.15 seconds.
𝐀𝐋𝐋-𝐀𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐍
With a second place end within the 400m hurdles and a private finest time of 53.26, Savannah Sutherland earns First Staff All-America honors! pic.twitter.com/l85YmdbXfc
— Michigan Monitor & Subject / Cross Nation (@UMichTrack) June 9, 2024
Sutherland’s time was a close to second quicker than her earlier document of 54.04 seconds from the 400mH prelims on Thursday. She is the primary Canadian to go underneath 54 seconds within the occasion, and her time is the fourth quickest on this planet this 12 months.
You may view the total outcomes from the 2024 NCAA Championships right here.
