True Freshman track sensation Brandon Johnson from Orange Texas, set a personal record in the 400m Hurdles with a smoking 48.85 in the Pac-10 finals on Saturday. He beat the second place guy by almost 2 full seconds! The time is the fastest in the world this year and automatically qualifies him for the Olympic trials. He is recently recovered from an injury and likely will run faster in the next few weeks. His time on Saturday in Arizona puts him .3 behind Danny Harris' World Junior Record.
Btw, the world record is still held by my former UCLA classmate Kevin Young, set in the Barcelona Olympics, making it THE longest standing running record for events in the Olympics (so it does not include the rarely run 25k track event for example).
Here's a short outdated Bio on the UCLA website: http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/spo ... don00.html
Wow! Go Brandon!
Btw, the world record is still held by my former UCLA classmate Kevin Young, set in the Barcelona Olympics, making it THE longest standing running record for events in the Olympics (so it does not include the rarely run 25k track event for example).
Here's a short outdated Bio on the UCLA website: http://uclabruins.collegesports.com/spo ... don00.html
Wow! Go Brandon!
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