Weekend Recap: All-Time Marks Abound From Across The Nation

Conference Championships Weekend sure delivered.

Here are some of the biggest moments from a big weekend.

Historic 400 At SEC Outdoor Championships

Take a bow, Nickisha Pryce, Kaylyn Brown, Amber Anning and Aaliyah Butler. That’s because y’all just turned in the fastest 400-meter race in collegiate history at the 2024 SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships.

Pryce won in 49.32, which is the third-fastest time in collegiate history behind two Britton Wilson performances from 2023. Brown finished runner-up in 49.47 to become the fourth-fastest woman in collegiate history, followed by Amber Anning in 49.51 (fifth-fastest) and Aaliyah Butler in 49.79 (eighth-fastest).

2024 SEC Championships | Women's 400m

1) 49.32 Nickisha Pryce [No. 3 collegian]
[=No. 2 Jamaican all-time]
2) 49.47 Kaylyn Brown [No. 4 collegian]
3) 49.51 Amber Anning [No. 5 collegian]
[No. 3 British a-t]
4) 49.79 Aaliyah Butler (Ga) [No. 8 collegian]
5) 50.75 Rosey Effiong pic.twitter.com/HHO1W7lPZk
— Arkansas Track & Field (@RazorbackTF) May 11, 2024

Orogot Keeps Rolling

Tarsis Orogot has been putting down strong marks for a while.

Orogot added another in the 200 meters on Saturday evening at the SEC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Alabama standout went a wind-legal 19.75 to become the third-fastest man in collegiate history.

Here is Tarsis Orogot of @AlabamaTrack winning the 200 meters in 19.75 to become the third fastest man in collegiate history.pic.twitter.com/avO9qrTE2Y
— USTFCCCA (@USTFCCCA) May 12, 2024

Cartwright Finally Gets The Record

Denisha Cartwright had long come close to the NCAA DII record in the 100-meter hurdles over the course of the season.

Cartwright finally took it down on Saturday at the NSIC Outdoor Track & Field Championships. The Minnesota State standout traversed the distance and cleared the barriers in 12.60 (+1.6) to smash the former all-time best of 12.70 set by Vashti Thomas back in 2013.

#NSICODTF Championship Record Alert🚨@MinnStAthletics Denisha Cartwright set a new mark in the 100m hurdles with a time of 12.60.
An Olympic A Standard and the @NCAADII All-Time Record #YourTimeToShine https://t.co/V1d5l0hpt8 pic.twitter.com/3SHc1mgQv5
— NSIC (@NorthernSunConf) May 11, 2024

Blistering 100s At UW-La Crosse Eagle Open

Sam Blaskowski and Davian Willems kept it 100 at the UW-La Crosse Eagle Open.

It was just a matter of how fast those 100 meters would be.

Try wind-legal 10.09 and 10.14 for Blaskowski and Willems, which is an NCAA DIII record and the third-fastest mark in division history, respectively. In turn, Blaskowski lowered his own NCAA DIII record from 10.13 that he set last year at the NCAA DIII Outdoor Championships.

Prior to this weekend, Blaskowski was the only athlete in NCAA DIII history to go sub-10.17 in the event. Now, he has company as UW-Oshkosh’s Willems was right there with him.