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Track And Field Black History is a platform to share stories of Black Athletes, Coaches and others from around the world who have contributed to the Track & Field and Running community for over 100 years. Join us as we tell the stories, both known and unknown, of those in the greatest sport in the world. Follow us: https://www.instagram.com/trackandfieldblackhistory/
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Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
Tuesday Apr 27, 2021
In 2019, Sha'Carri Richardson of LSU broke the NCAA record in the 100m, running 10.75 seconds. 2 years prior in 2017, Kyra Jefferson of Florida ran 22.02 seconds to break the NCAA record in the 200m. These sprint records had long stood at the top of the record books and had been literally un breakable for decades. Names like Kimberlyn Duncan, Aleia Hobbs, Deajah Stevens and others all came close but it took 30 years for the records to finally come down.
Thoes records date back to the 1989 NCAA Championships in Provo, Utah where LSU sprinter Dawn Sowell solidified her place in NCAA history running 10.78 and 20.02, times that would hold up through generations of college track and, at the time had everyone calling Sowell the next Flo-Jo.
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