Torrin Lawrence Blasts 400 m: 45.03! courtesy of Leland Barrow, Georgia, note by Larry Eder

Not since 2005, and the WR of 44.57, run by Kerron Clement, have seen one this fast!

Torrin Lawrence Sprinted to Worldâ€™s All-Time Top Five With 45.03 at Tyson
Courtesy: Leland Barrow, Georgia
February 12, 2010
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. â€” Georgia sophomore sprinter Torrin Lawrence registered the worldâ€™s fastest 400-meter dash time this year during the opening day of the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark., on Friday.
Official Report (via Flash Results)
Lawrence, a Jacksonville, Fla., native who was running out of the second heat, clocked an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 45.03, which is the third-fastest time in collegiate history and the seventh-fastest overall time in the history of the world. This was the fastest indoor 400 time run since Kerron Clement (44.57) broke the world record in 2005.
His time also shattered the school record, which was set at the 2008 SEC Indoor Championships. Justin Gaymon set the former record of 45.94 as he was claiming a conference title.
Lawrence has already had a banner indoor season in 2010. At the Hokie Invitational, he crossed the 300-meter dash finish line in 32.32 to top the former collegiate record of 32.67 set by Mississippi Stateâ€™s Lorenzo Daniel in Gainesville, Fla., on March 1, 1987. Lawrenceâ€™s 300 time was also the fifth-fastest time in the world ever and the fastest time in the world this year, threatening Wallace Spearmonâ€™s world-record time of 31.88 set in 2005.
Lawrence also won the 200 at the Virginia Tech Elite meet with an NCAA automatic qualifying time of 20.80. This is the second-fastest 200 in the world this year and is just three hundredths of a second off of his school record set in 2009.
The remainder of Georgiaâ€™s results from the Tyson Invitational on Friday will be released at the completion of the last event.
World All-Time Performers List, Menâ€™s 400 meters â€” Indoor
Time Athlete Natâ€™l Location Date
44.57 Kerron CLEMENT USA Fayetteville, Ark. Mar 12, 2005
44.63 Michael JOHNSON USA Atlanta, Ga. Mar 4, 1995
44.93 LaShawn MERRITT USA Fayetteville, Ark. Feb 11, 2005
45.02 Danny EVERETT USA Stuttgart, Germany Feb 2, 1992
45.03 Torrin LAWRENCE USA Fayetteville, Ark. Feb 12, 2010
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Larry Eder
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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