EUGENE, Ore. — Gabby Thomas could be sprinting toward a title she never imagined: World’s Fastest Epidemiologist.
World’s Fastest Woman is a possibility, too.
The newly crowned American 200m champion, who majored in neurobiology at Harvard, is currently working on a master’s degree in epidemiology/health care management at Texas.
First, though, the Tokyo Olympics. At the track and field trials Saturday night, Thomas finished the 200m in 21.61 seconds.
It doesn’t take an Ivy League education to recognize that’s fast. Her time broke not only the meet record held by her idol, Allyson Felix, but also made her the second-fastest woman ever in the event, trailing only two times posted by the late Florence Griffith Joyner.