Texas A&M’s Jazmine Fray Runs Massive PB to Break NCAA 800m Record
by LetsRun.com
February 11, 2017
Texas A&M University is becoming 800m University.
Sophomore Jazmine Fray, a virtual unknown on the national stage, ran a massive PB of 2:00.69 at the Clemson Tiger Paw Invitational to break the NCAA indoor 800m record of 2:00.85 (Nicole Cook from 2005) .
Prior to today’s Fray’s personal best was 2:03.25 outdoors and 2:04.76 indoors. She skipped the 2:01s and 2:02s in their entirety to get the NCAA record.
Fray had shown in 2017 that she has good speed and endurance as she had run 53.91 for 400m and run 4:44.87 for the mile, coming close to the Texas A&M record in the mile. None of that showed she was ready for her amazing performance on Saturday.
Post-race, Fray said, “I just think it’s crazy, that’s not what I was striving for. I wanted to run fast, I wanted to run 2:02 or 2:01. I didn’t even know what the collegiate record was going into the race. When I ran 2:00 I didn’t know I had broken the collegiate record. … It’s really exciting and one of the first times that I’m genuinely really proud of myself. It was really special, and it was special to do it for my team. I looked to the side and the whole team was cheering for me. They’re standing up to watch me, they’re so excited and clapping. I feel like I did it for them.”
Last year A&M had men’s 800m sensation Donavan Brazier who would run 1:43.55 by the end of the season under the tutelage of coach Alleyne Francique.
Event 28 Women 800 Meter Run
==========================================================================
Facility: F 2:06.27 2007 Brie Felnagie, North Carolina
Clemson: C 2:01.64 2015 Natoya Goule, Clemson
Name Year School Finals H# Points
==========================================================================
Finals
1 Fray, Jazmine SO Texas A&M 2:00.69F 1
29.347 (29.347) 58.958 (29.612) 1:29.378 (30.420)
2:00.683 (31.305)
2 Farrow, Ersula SO Clemson 2:05.01F 1
29.568 (29.568) 59.333 (29.765) 1:30.843 (31.510)
2:05.008 (34.165)
3 Barnett, Grace JR Clemson 2:07.91 1
31.466 (31.466) 1:02.923 (31.457) 1:34.579 (31.657)
2:07.903 (33.324)
4 Williams, Kristyn SO Alabama 2:07.99 1
29.613 (29.613) 1:01.403 (31.790) 1:34.851 (33.448)
2:07.986 (33.135)
5 Warner, Lakeisha FR Clemson 2:09.37 1
29.905 (29.905) 1:01.445 (31.540) 1:35.358 (33.913)
2:09.370 (34.013)
6 McGowan, Imani SO Clemson 2:09.93 2
30.053 (30.053) 1:02.552 (32.499) 1:35.874 (33.323)
2:09.923 (34.050)
7 Gaudreault, Gabriella Unattached 2:10.11 2
31.186 (31.186) 1:04.023 (32.838) 1:36.315 (32.292)
2:10.106 (33.791)
8 Maydew, Dana SO Clemson 2:12.41 2
30.835 (30.835) 1:03.940 (33.105) 1:37.756 (33.816)
2:12.403 (34.648)
In the video below Fray talks about coming to A&M and how when she was first recruited by the Aggies she thought the school was too good for her. “No I won’t do an official visit there because I can’t run there… (They are too good) I can’t do that,” she says. Clearly that is not the case. Congrats to Jazmine.
Talk bout the CR on our messageboard. MB: Jazmine Fray of Texas A&M breaks NCAA record out of nowhere — 2:00.69 800.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27Li39mRnFU