WHAT AM I EVEN SEEING?? Another Record Falls In The NCAA! - 01.mp4

This is Maasai Russell from the University of Kentucky, and what she just achieved is absolutely insane. At the 2023 Red Raider Open in Texas Tech, she just ran the fastest time in NCAA history in the women's 60-meter hurdles, breaking the previous collegiate record by .03 seconds. With a finishing time of 7.75 seconds, she not only improved on her own personal record by more than a tenth of a second, but she also just became the 12th fastest indoor performer in the history of this event, now comparable with some of the greatest athletes in the history of athletics. Now, do you remember recently when we started discussing how incredible this year's NCAA campaign has been? It's only been a few weeks time and we've already seen some of the fastest times not just in college history, but in the entire history of athletics. Well, this performance only confirms that this year is starting off red hot, and I cannot wait for the remainder of this season to unfold. This time was not only an amazing collegiate record, but it was a very, very convincing win, and she took down her closest competitor by a huge margin. To give you a better idea of exactly how fast this time really was, we need to take a look at the previous World Indoor Championship times, and when we compare the 7.75 second times to the World Indoor Finals, we see something pretty remarkable. If Russell had run this time in many previous versions of the World Indoor Championships, she would have won a total of 7 World Indoor titles, dating all the way back to 2001. In fact, in every single World Indoor Championship for the previous 22 years, she would have won at least a medal, and in most cases it would have been a gold medal. At the start of 2023, only 23 female athletes had ever run under 7.8 in this event, but now, that number has been bumped up to 24, because Masai Russell just ran the race of her life. At the moment, she is looking like a clear frontrunner for this year's NCAA Indoor Championship in this event, and if she can stay focused and healthy, she might even be able to get close to 7.7, which is really bumping her up on the all-time list. Thanks for watching everyone, and as always, until next time.