Monday, March 12, 2012

This Day In Running... March 12th

2005- Kerron Clement of the University of Florida set a new Indoor World Record at the NCAA championships for the 400 meters.  Kerron's time of 44.57 beat all-time great Michael Johnson's previous record by .06 seconds.  Clement was born in Trinidad and Tobago and now represents the USA.  He is a 400m hurdles specialist and was the World Champion in 2007 and 2009 with a silver at the Olympics between those years.

Clement after silver at 2008 Olympics

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