Just three weeks after she broke the 21-year-old Irish 400m indoor record, Rhasidat Adeleke lowered the mark once again, this time at the Big 12 Championships in Lubbock, Texas.
Running for the University of Texas, the 20-year-old Adeleke finished in 50.33, taking 0.12 off her Irish record. For a brief time on Saturday, Adeleke held the US collegiate record as her run was 0.01 quicker than the record of Kendall Ellis set five years ago. However, at the SEC Championships, the University of Florida's Talitha Diggs ran 50.15 to snatch the record from Adeleke.
COLLEGIATE RECORD
Rhasidat Adeleke of @TexasTFXC wins the 400 meters at the @Big12Conference Indoor Championships in 50.33.
That breaks the old record of 50.34 set by Kendall Ellis of @USC_Track_Field in 2018.
— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) February 25, 2023
Collegiate Record, Facility Record, Meet Record, School Record, Personal Best, Gold Medal
400m SEC INDOOR CHAMPION TALITHA DIGGS IS UNSTOPPABLE 😱
📺: https://t.co/aXqr5zvY79#GoGators 🐊 pic.twitter.com/Ocl8MUxGT8
— Gators Track and Field & Cross Country (@GatorsTF) February 25, 2023
Adeleke's run is also the third fastest time in the world this year. Femke Bol's 49.26 world indoor record, which was set last week, is at number one. It also puts Adeleke at number 14 on the all-time indoor list.
In early February in Albuquerque, Adeleke ran 50.45 to smash Karen Shinkins' 21-year-old Irish 400m indoor record. Even prior to that run, the Dubliner had been in record breaking form. In January, she lowered her own Irish 200m indoor record by three-tenths of a second when she ran 20.52.
The Tallaght sprinter holds the Irish records for both 200m and 400m indoors and outdoors, and also the 60m.
Earlier on Saturday, Andrew Coscoran broke the 41-year-old Irish 1500m record when he ran 3:33.49 as he finished third at the World Indoor Tour final in Birmingham.
Rhasidat Adeleke breaks Irish 400m record at Big 12 Championships
See Also: Coscoran Breaks 41-Year-Old 1500m Record, Becomes Fastest Irishman Ever
