On Saturday, sprinter Christopher Morales Williams set a brand new Canadian file of 44.05 seconds within the males’s 400m race on the SEC outside tack and area championships in Gainesville, Fla.
Only a large, historic end result for 19-year-old Canadian Christopher Morales Williams.
Remarkably, the 400m Canadian file he simply took down is as previous as he’s. Set in 2005 by Tyler Christopher.
Morales Williams simply posted a 44.05 to interrupt it and win the SEC Championship. pic.twitter.com/ltdwA0WHfT
— Devin Heroux (@Devin_Heroux) Might 12, 2024
The Ontario sprinter, who races for the College of Georgia, surpassed the mark of Tyler Christopher (44.44) set in 2005, persevering with his yr of notable victories. In February, he took down the world 400m indoor file (although his end result was ineligible for ratification). In March, he grew to become the primary Canadian male to win the NCAA indoor 400m title. In an interview with Canadian Working across the time of those victories, Olympic-bound Morales Williams declared he was assured he may make it to the Olympic finals within the 400m later this summer season. Including yesterday’s victory to his already-impressive resume, there’s little doubt he will likely be one to look at in Paris.
Morales Williams shares the identical coach as Canada’s most adorned observe and area Olympian, Andre De Grasse. Morales Williams is in good palms with Tony Sharpe of Toronto’s Velocity Academy, and Smith Gilbert, who mentored De Grasse throughout his NCAA profession on the College of Southern California.
Paris 2024 will likely be Morales Williams’ first Olympic Video games. He had raced for Staff Canada as a part of the World Athletic Relays earlier this month, however the males’s 4×400 relay didn’t qualify for the Olympics at that occasion.
