Savannah Sutherland expressed the way she expressed her record feat after having broken the 400m Haidles collegiate record of Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at the NCAA championships in 2025. Sutherland also broke the NCAA, the meeting of the NCAA championships and the Canadian national records with her latest efforts.
Savannah Sutherland, who participates in the NCAA level for Michigan, was a strength with which it is necessary to count on the last day of the NCAA athletics championships. On June 14, the 21 -year -old managed a 52.46 stellar to exceed the Texan athlete, Akala Garrett and Michelle Smith. Sutherland’s latest national record time was 53.26, which she established in June 2024.
Sutherland, after having broken the college record for the 400m world record holder, said that she had demonstrated the victory since February this year and focused on obtaining the goal throughout the season.
“I already alluded it before, but UM in February, I wrote on the whiteboard of my room 52.70 and therefore every morning I woke up and watched it and I knew it was what it was going to break the college record and it was a goal for me throughout the season. (2:42)
Savannah Sutherland shared the 400m hurdles range with Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Although the first recorded the fourth fastest time in the semi-final, she finished seventh from the 400m hedges final in her first game. She became the first Canadian to participate in the event from Rosey Edeh in 1996.
Savannah Sutherland revealed that the break of the Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone record was a moment of “full circle” for her
Savannah Sutherland began her career in 2019, winning money at the 100m hedges and bronze in the 200m apartment at the national Canadian championships for the under 20s. She forged success on athletics much later than Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone, but has always admired the latter throughout her career.
In a post-course interview, Sutherland shared that the record for the quadruple Olympic gold medalist was a full moment for her.
“”I grew up watching in Sydney and I was able to meet her this summer, running in the Olympic final, so that made me a full loop. “(From 0:48)
Savanah Sutherland won bronze in the 400 hedges at the 2021 U20 athletics championships, establishing a new personal time of 57.27.
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