BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Coastal Carolina junior
Melissa Jefferson shattered both the Sun Belt Conference and the Coastal Carolina University program records for the indoors 60-meter dash on Friday night, as she turned in a time of 7.10 in the preliminaries to qualify for the finals at the 2022 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships.
Jefferson's time of 7.10 was the fastest time in section 2 of the preliminaries and was the fourth-fastest time over both sections to send her to the finals of the 60-meter dash tomorrow night. Her time of 7.10 is also the fourth-fastest time in all of the NCAA DI this season.
Her previous record time in the 60-meter dash was 7.22 set back at the 2022 Sun Belt Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships on Feb. 21, 2022.
The women's 60-meter finals race is set for 8:10 p.m. ET/7:10 p.m. CT on Saturday night from the Birmingham CrossPlex Complex in Birmingham, Ala.
Fans can watch the 60-meter dash and the other finals events tomorrow night on ESPN3.
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