Nylah Perry ran the 7th-fastest 400 time in Iowa history Friday morning at the Big Ten Championships in Geneva, Ohio.
Perry won the 6th of seven heats in the 400 trials at SPIRE Institute in 53.89, finishing more than 1 ½ seconds ahead of 2nd place in her race. Despite racing solo, she posted the 6th-fastest qualifying time for Saturday’s final.
Perry’s 53.89 is fastest by an Iowa quarter-miler indoors in six years, since Briana Guillory ran 51.68 when she placed 6th at the 2018 NCAA Championships in College Station, Texas.
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The women’s 400 final is schceduled for 1:40 p.m. Saturday.
Perry had just PR’d two weeks ago with a 54.26 at the Tyson Invitational in Fayetteville, Ark. Since her specialty is the 400 hurdles, she hasn’t run an outdoor flat 400 as a collegian. At Winslow, Perry ran 55.97 outdoors at the 2017 Meet of Champions at Northern Burlington and 56.19 indoors when she won the 2018 Meet of Champions at Ocean Breeze.
50.66 … Nadia Davey [Bridgeton], 2003, Sacramento
51.70 … Michelle Brown [Seneca], June 13, 2014, Eugene, Ore.
51.72 … Denise Mitchell [Edgewood], June 27, 1987, San Jose, Calif.
52.24 … Tonya Lee [Rancocas Valley], March 16, 1996, Westwood, Calif.
52.42i … Arianna Sharpe [Clayton], Feb. 10, 2023, Clemson, S.C.
52.77 … Eusheka Bartley [Highland], March 23, 1996, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
52.80 … Krystal Cantey [Winslow Twp.], May 12, 2007, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
52.86 … Tina Johnson [Burlington Twp.], May 20, 2001, Bloomington, Ind.
53.20 … Gabrielle Farquharson [Williamstown], April 23, 2016, Atlanta
53.28 …….. Sharpe, March 24, 2023, Tallahassee, Fla.
53.37 … Amirah Sharpe [Clayton], March 24, 2023, Tallahassee, Fla.
53.45 … Okechi Ogbuokiri [Willingboro], Atlanta May 14, 2005
53.51 … Dana Burnett [Williamstown], June 15, 1996, Raleigh, N.C.
53.64 … Nijgia Snapp [Oakcrest], June 21, 2008, Greensboro, N.C.
53.73 … English Gardner [Eastern], March 24, 2012, Los Angeles
53.78i … Kiara Lester [Deptford], Feb. 23, 2019, Ann Arbor, Mich.
53.79 … Kiara Lester [Deptford], May 1, 2021, Lubbock, Texas
53.89 … Nylah Perry [Winslow Twp.], 2024, Geneva, Ohio
53.97 … Sianni Wynn [Pennsauken], June 10, 2023, Franklin Twp., N.J.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 