Sydney McLaughlin, runs WJR, USJR of 52.75 for 400 meter hurdles at SEC!

Sydney McLaughlin, photo by PhotoRun.net

Sydney McLaughlin continues her assault of the 400 meter intermediate hurdles. It has been a fascinating first year of college, as Coach Edrick Floreal developed her leg speed through the indoor and outdoor season. In her 400 meter hurdle opener, Ms. McLaughlin ran 53.60 for the 400 meter hurdles, breaking the WJR (yep, her own).

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#SECTF 400m hurdles
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âœ…0.41 away from ðŸ‡¼ðŸ‡·
âœ…improved her PB by 0.85
âœ…=9th fastest woman in HISTORY
âœ…US Collegiate Record#SydneyMclaughlin @GoSydGo pic.twitter.com/th7oPwYtO3
— ðŸ‡¯ ðŸ‡º ðŸ‡¸ ðŸ‡¹ ðŸ‡¸ðŸ‡µðŸ‡´ðŸ‡·ðŸ‡¹ðŸ‡¸ (@JustSportsTweet) May 14, 2018

So, on May 13, Sydney McLaughlin runs a flawless final in the 400 meter hurdles, runnign 52.75, just .41 off the World Record and setting a new Collegiate record with her amazing run!

We fangirled just a little #SEC
A post shared by Ellie Bachmann (@ellie.bachmann) on May 13, 2018 at 8:34pm PDT

How fast can Sydney McLaughlin go? Well, that world record is not far off, and Coach Floreal gets it completely. The University of Kentucky won the SEC today as well (Sydney came back in the 4×400 meters).

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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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