Brazier shocks with 1:43.53 to win NCAA Championships 800m
Posted by: Watch Athletics
Saturday, 11 June 2016
Donavan Brazier highlighted the second day of the NCAA D1 track and field championships in Eugene, Oregon.
A Freshman from Texas A&M University, Brazier, destroyed the men's 800m field clocking a sensational 1:43.55 to win the NCAA title.
Brazier broke the NCAA championships meet record by Mark Everett of 1:44.70 and almost broke Jim Ryan's collegiate record of 1:43.3. The 19-year-old's time is also the third fastest in the world this season.
The second place in the men's 800m final took Senior of Miss State Brandon McBride in 1:44.50, Meanwhile Shaquille Walker of BYU finished in third in 1:45.17.
| Place | Athlete | Affiliation | Time | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Donavan Brazier | FR | Texas A&M | 1:43.55 | ||||
| 2 | Brandon McBride | SR | Miss State | 1:44.50 | ||||
| 3 | Shaquille Walker | JR | BYU | 1:45.17 | ||||
| 4 | Isaiah Harris | FR | Penn State | 1:45.76 | ||||
| 5 | Sampson Laari | JR | Mid. Tenn. State | 1:47.15 | ||||
| 6 | Chris Sanders | JR | La Salle | 1:47.50 | ||||
| 7 | Eliud Rutto | JR | Mid. Tenn. State | 1:48.54 | ||||
| 8 | Robert Heppenstall | FR | Wake Forest | 1:51.14 |
