Huge intermediate hurdles PR for Timber Creek graduate Nasir Ali Saturday at the Raleigh Relays.
In his first outdoor race for Chicago State after spending last year at Long Island University, Ali ran 53.39, lowering his PR nearly a full second.
Ali’s best time in his one year at LIU was 54.23 in a meet last April in Storrs, Conn. He placed 2nd in the Northeast Conference Championships in Easton, Mass., with a 54.71.
Ali resurfaced this indoor season at Chicago State and ran 49.17 indoors in a meet in Chicago. This was his first outdoor race competing for the Cougars.
There’s no all-time performance list on the Chicago State web site – come, Chicago State sports information people, get on the ball. They do list a school record of 52.52 in the 400 hurdles set last year by Raymond Oriakhi, although TFRRS shows his fastest time as 52.73 with no sign of a 52.52. Oriakhi is now at Pitt.
At Timber Creek, Ali had a 400IH best of 55.09 from 2024 Group 3 Sectionals at Delsea and a 400 best of 48.96, also in a meet at Delsea.
From the Backstretch by Reuben Frank 