Wilson breaks college record
Fred Jeter | 4/27/2023, 6 p.m.
Former Richmond-area athlete Britton Wilson has raced to the top in the NCAA track and field record book.
The University of Arkansas athlete set a college record of 49.51 for the 400 meters on April 15 at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Fla.
The old mark of 49.57 was set by Texas A&M’s Athing Mu in 2021.
Wilson doubled her pleasure in Gainesville.
On April 14 she won the 400-meter hurdles in what is a world-leading 52.23 for 2023.
The 5-foot-5, 22-year-old Wilson first starred at Mills Godwin High in Western Henrico County and under Coach Gene Scott with the Central Virginia Track Club.
At Godwin, she won 10 Virginia High School League State titles in the 200, 400 and 300 hurdles outdoors and 300 and 500 indoors.
Wilson is the daughter of Vince and LeYuani Wilson. Vince Wilson was a starting guard for VCU’s basketball team from 1987-89. LeYuani Wilson was a sprinter at Douglas Freeman High and later a cheerleader at James Madison University.
