Chris Robinson Of Alabama Storms To Victory In 400m Hurdles At NCAAs
Chris Robinson Of Alabama Storms To Victory In 400m Hurdles At NCAAs
Chris Robinson on Alabama dominated the back half of the race and powered his way to victory in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Track & Field Championships.
AUSTIN ---Chris Robinson on Alabama dominated the back half of the race and powered his way to victory in the 400m hurdles at the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium.
Robinson's time of 48.12 seconds lowered his personal best of 48.36, broke the stadium record of 48.44 set in 2015 by Michael Stifler of Kansas and established a new collegiate leader.
"I mean, getting out in the race, I felt pretty good," Robinson said. "I got out of rhythm on hurdle three, I stood up a little bit, but I was able to get back into my rhythm. When I got to 200m, I said, 'Ok, I'm feeling good. Time to kick it in and bring it home."
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Robinson's teammate Cord Long finished second in 48.53 and Nathaniel Ezekiel of Baylor finished third in 48.54.
Caleb Dean of Texas Tech finished fourth in 48.56; Rasheeme Griffith of Tennessee finished fifth in 49.17; Caleb Cavanaugh of Georgia finished sixth in 49.20; Cass Elliott of Washington finished seventh in 49.21; James Smith II of Texas A&M finished eighth in 49.29; and Craig Saddler II of North Carolina finished ninth in 49.70.
After the race, Robinson was so overjoyed he nearly injured himself celebrating.
"At the beginning of the year, I was trying to work on my celebration, and I was inspired by someone on Instagram," he said "It was a nice celebration to do, and I know I had to crawl around there for a second, but I'm good now."