Alfred breaks 14-year-old meet record with world-leading 60m time
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ARKANSAS, United States (CMC):
Julien Alfred continued her impressive buildup to next month’s World Indoor Championships with another impressive performance, this time at the Tyson Invitational on Friday.
The reigning women’s 100-metre Olympic champion sprinted to a world-leading 6.99 seconds in the 60 metres to cop the top spot from a strong field at the Randal Tyson Track Center in Fayetteville.
It broke the previous meet record of 7.02 seconds, which was set by Tiana Madison of the United States in 2012.
The US’s Jacious Spears finished second in 7.03 while Brianna Lyston took third in 7.07.
Earlier in the preliminary rounds, the 24-year-old Alfred ran 7.01 to win Heat 2, which was also a meet record at the time.
It means that Alfred, the 2004 World Indoor champion, now has the three fastest times in the event this year.
She has run under seven seconds on six occasions, which is the second most behind world record holder Irina Privalova, with 13.