2024 has been a record-breaking year for West Virginia track and field runner Cassandra Williamson.
The redshirt junior and Ajax, Ontario, Canada native had already settwo all-time best marksfor the program this winter during indoor season, adding her name to the 600-meter run and 800-meter run. Now, she has blown past the outdoor 800-meter record this weekend as well.
Williamson finished 31st out of a nationally competitive 238-women field at the Bryan Clay Invitational in Azusa, Calif. on Friday evening. She ran a time of2 minutes, 04.51 secondsin the event at the meet, breaking her own school record set in 2022 by over three-tenths of a second. Her mark came within one-tenth of a second of her all-time personal best in the event, which came during her indoor record earlier this year.
Record books are calling 📞@cassiewill03smashed her own record in the women’s 800 meters at the Bryan Clay Invitational with a time of 2:04.51!#HailWVpic.twitter.com/MFrEmyugqE
— WVU Cross Country/Track & Field (@WVUXCTF)April 13, 2024
Williamson's time would stand as the27th-best nationallyin Division 1 and 16th-best in the NCAA East Region headed into the weekend, though a full list of updated times from this weekend's meet has not been updated to the national lists.
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