Nickisha Pryce shatters 400m national record
Nickisha Pryce (Photo: Paul Reid)
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June 8, 2024

Nickisha Pryce shatters 400m national record

Nickisha Pryce shattered the Jamaican national women’s 400m record on Saturday when she ran a sizzling 48.89 seconds on her way to winning the event at the NCAA Division 1 track and field championships at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon.

The University of Arkansas senior smashed the previous Jamaican record 49.30 seconds set by Lorraine Fenton in July 2002.

Her time is the joint 13th best all time with Mexico’s Anna Gabriela Guevara, ahead of American Chandra Cheeseborough, 49.05 seconds, and just behind Valerie Brisco Hook’s 48.83 seconds.

At the SEC Championships in Florida last month, Pryce clocked 49.32 seconds in the event, joint second best ever by a Jamaican.

-Paul A Reid

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