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Wadeline Jonathas Sets All-Dates Collegiate Best in Women’s 400 Meters
Wadeline Jonathas keeps getting better and better.
Now, no woman has run faster than her over 400 meters in collegiate history.
All-Dates Top-10 Performers – Women’s 400 Meters |
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| Name |
Program
|
Mark
|
Date
|
| Wadeline Jonathas |
South Carolina
|
49.60
|
10/3/2019
|
| Courtney Okolo |
Texas
|
49.71
|
4/23/2016
|
| Lynna Irby |
Georgia
|
49.80
|
6/9/2018
|
| Natasha Hastings |
South Carolina
|
49.84
|
6/23/2007
|
| Sanya Richards |
Texas
|
49.89
|
7/17/2004
|
| Marita Payne |
Florida State
|
49.91
|
8/6/1984
|
| Lillie Leatherwood |
Alabama
|
49.95
|
6/27/1987
|
| Monique Henderson |
UCLA
|
49.96
|
6/25/2005
|
| Kendall Ellis |
Southern California
|
49.99
|
5/13/2018
|
| DeeDee Trotter |
Tennessee
|
50.00
|
8/24/2004
|
Jonathas clocked a sizzling PB of 49.60 to finish fourth in the final of the Women’s 400 Meters at the 2019 IAAF World Championships on Thursday. That trumped the previous All-Dates Collegiate Best of 49.71 set by Courtney Okolo back in 2016, which still remains the collegiate record since it happened within the parameters the collegiate season.
It has been a whirlwind year for Jonathas, who transferred to NCAA Division I South Carolina from NCAA Division III UMass Boston last summer. Jonathas dominated the NCAA DIII ranks and then quickly made an impact on the NCAA DI scene, anchoring the Gamecocks to the 4×400 relay crown at the NCAA Indoor Championships and winning the open 400 at the NCAA Outdoor Championships.
And if you want to know something even MORE remarkable, here you go: Jonathas ran 53.00 in her first meet with South Carolina back on January 11. Since then, she lowered her PB to 52.86 by the end of the indoor season and then another three seconds from April to October.