The 60 meter hurdles record has fallen… and it’s only January. Kentucky’s Masai Russell broke a record that was first set a decade ago at Texas Tech’s Red Raider open, blazing through the final.
Watch the NCAA record-setting race below:
COLLEGIATE RECORD @masai_russell 7.75 in the 60m hurdles! #HurdleU 🚧 pic.twitter.com/pyZdPkId8m
— UK Track & Field (@KentuckyTrack) January 20, 2023
Russell’s 7.75-second finish surpassed the 7.78-second record tied by Florida’s Grace Stark in 2022’s DI championships. As of Jan. 20, 2023, four of the five fastest collegiate 60 meter hurdle times have come over the last two years.
WOMEN’S 60-METER HURDLES – ALL-TIME COLLEGIATE TOP-5
Masai Russell, 7.75 (2023)
Grace Stark, 7.78 (2022)
Brianna Rollins, 7.78 (2013)
Alia Armstrong, 7.81 (2022)
Paula Salmon, 7.83 (2022)— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) January 20, 2023
