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Celebrating A Century of NCAA Track & Field Championships
Georgia’s Irby Doubled Down, Set 400 MR
June 9, 2018
There were 14 instances of women scoring in both the 200 and 400 at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships between 1982 and 1989.
That number dropped to five from 1990 to 2003 and then zero in the next 14 years.
It’s safe to say Lynna Irby brought a throwback feel to the 2018 meet at Hayward Field.
Irby, then a freshman at Georgia, set her sights on becoming the only woman in meet history to win both the 200 and 400. She entered the weekend with the fastest 200 in the nation at 22.25 – the 14th fastest performance in collegiate history – from her victory at the SEC Championships and sat fifth on the seasonal 400 chart at 50.95.