Dawn Sowell: The Unbreakable NCAA Sprint Record Holder
Track and Field Black History
English - April 27, 2021 22:28 - 16 minutes - 15.2 MB - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsRunning Sports History Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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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