UGENE, Oregon - Tennessee junior Christian Coleman set a collegiate record in the 100m and advanced to the finals in both the 100m and 200m dashes on day one of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championship at Historic Hayward Field on Wednesday.
Coleman's time of 9.82 seconds broke Ngoni Makusha's collegiate record of 9.89. Coleman surpassed that mark by .07 seconds, which is the same amount of time between Makusha's mark and the ninth-best time in collegiate history. Coleman's mark also ranks as the best 100m time in the world during the 2017 year. The wind-legal time also ties Coleman for ninth place on the all-time world list and makes him the fourth fastest American in history, trailing only Tyson Gay, #VFL Justin Gatlin and Maurice Greene.