Kaylyn Brown anchors USA to world record in mixed 4 x 400m

Track and field’s first day at Stade de France in the Paris Olympics included a world record of 3 minutes, 7.41 seconds in the prelims of the mixed 4 x 400m relay as Razorback 19-year-old Kaylyn Brown anchored the stellar effort with a 49.45 split.

Saint-Denis, France – Track and field’s first day at Stade de France in the Paris Olympics included a world record of 3 minutes, 7.41 seconds in the prelims of the mixed 4 x 400m relay as Razorback 19-year-old Kaylyn Brown anchored the stellar effort with a 49.45 split.

The previous world record of 3:08.80 was set by the United States at the 2023 World Championships in Budapest, Hungary. Razorback Rosey Effiong ran second leg on the winning effort.

Completing the first day of the decathlon, Arkansas alum Ayden Owens-Delerme is currently in second place with a score of 4,608 points. Germany’s Leo Neugebauer leads the field with a tally of 4,650 points. Norway’s Sander Skotheim is third at 4,588 while Canada’s Damian Warner is fourth with 4,561.

Arkansas alum Shafiqua Maloney improved her St. Vincent & the Grenadines 800m national record as she advanced to the semifinal with a 1:58.23 to place third in her heat. The previous 800m national records set by Maloney included 1:59.31 outdoors and 1:58.69 indoors.

Team USA, who also bettered the mixed relay Olympic record of 3:09.87 set by Poland in Tokyo, had an all-SEC line-up in shattering the world record. Vernon Norwood (LSU) led off the relay with a 44.47 split. Shamier Little (Texas A&M) posted the fastest women’s split in the race with a 49.32 and fellow Aggie Bryce Deadmon produced a 44.17 third leg.

Finishing behind the Americans in the first heat with national record times were France (3:10.60), Belgium (3:10.74), and Jamaica (3:11.06). Poland (3:11.43) finished fifth in the heat and advanced to the final.

Great Britain won the second heat in a national record of 3:10.61 over the Netherlands (3:10.81) and Italy (3:11.59).