Khaleb McRae wins the 400m (© World Athletics 
Dan Vernon)
USA’s Khaleb McRae produced the highlight performance at the Tyson Invitational – a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting – in Fayetteville on Friday (13), clocking a world short track 400m record of 44.52*.
The world 4x400m silver medallist sped through the first lap in 21.24 with William Jones close behind. McRae then opened up a significant lead to cross the line in 44.52, 1.11 seconds ahead of Jones. World silver medallist Jereem Richards won the other final in 45.56.
If ratified, McRae’s time would be a 0.05 improvement on the official world short track record of 44.57, set by Kerron Clement on the same track back in 2005. Since then, both Michael Norman (44.52) and Christoper Morales Williams (44.49) have posted quicker times, but neither could be ratified for record purposes.
KcRae, who won at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix earlier this year, had a previous short track PB of 45.02. He set his outdoor PB of 43.91 last year and went on to reach the semifinals at the World Championships in Tokyo.
Most of the standout performances at the Tyson Invitational came in the sprints. NCAA indoor and outdoor Jordan Anthony took 0.04 off his PB to run a world-leading 6.43 in the men’s 60m, finishing ahead of Traunard Folson (6.49 PB) and Davonte Howell (6.52).
In the women’s event, Olympic champion Julien Alfred clocked a world-leading 6.99 to win ahead of by Jacious Sears (7.03) and Brianna Lyston (7.07).
Elsewhere, world 110m hurdles champion Cordell Tinch claimed victory in the long jump with 8.29m ahead of Gregory Foster (8.19m PB), while Britton Wilson won the women’s 400m in a meeting record of 50.66.
Hocker runs 3:45.94 mile, Lutkenhaus sets world U20 record in Winston Salem
USA’s world and Olympic gold medallist Cole Hocker set a North American short track record of 3:45.94 to win the mile at the ASICS Sound Invite – a World Athletics Indoor Tour Silver meeting – in Winston Salem on Saturday (14).
It improves on the 3:46.63 achieved by Yared Nuguse a year ago in New York, which at the time was a world short track record, and moves Hocker to second on the world all-time list behind the 3:45.14 run by Norway’s Jakob Ingebrigtsen in Liévin last year.
Cooper Teare was second in 3:50.49.
Another record fell in the 800m as USA’s Cooper Lutkenhaus clocked 1:44.03 for a world U20 short track record*.
That time moves the 17-year-old to sixth on a senior world all-time list that is topped by the world short track record of 1:42.50 set by his compatriot Josh Hoey in Boston last month.
US 10,000m champion Nico Young won the 3000m in 7:33.32 to beat Nuguse, who clocked 7:33.78. Ethan Strand was third in 7:35.29.
Sage Hurta-Klecker dipped under two minutes for 800m indoors for the first time, winning the women’s race in 1:58.78 ahead of Olivia Baker in 1:59.18.
Nikki Hiltz won the 3000m in 8:34.98.
*Subject to the usual ratification procedure
