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Masai Russell wins gold in hurdles at SEC Indoor Championships

Michael Clubb

Kentucky track and field finished a successful showcase at the SEC indoor championships in Fayetteville, Arkansas, over the weekend. The Wildcats finished the weekend with nine medal winners with four coming on Friday and five coming on Saturday.

The Arkansas Razorbacks hosted the event that started on Friday.

Graduate student Masai Rusell put on a clinic in the womens hurdles to take home the gold medal. Russell broke the SEC championships and facility records, leading to her first 60-meter hurdles conference title. Russell’s time of 7.77 was only .02 seconds off her own record that she set in January at Lubbock, Texas.