Knoxville, Tenn. - Auburn All-American Nathon Allen ran an electric 44.61 qualifying time in the men’s 400m prelims, posting the nation’s No. 2 time of 2018 and the world’s No. 6 time this year to highlight Day 2 of the Southeastern Conference Outdoor Championships at Tom Black Track. The sophomore’s run was No. 3 all-time at Auburn and was the fastest qualifying time in the event.
Sophomore Akeem Bloomfield, the NCAA runner up indoors at 400m, finished third in the preliminaries with a season-best time of 45.06. The two will run in Sunday’s finals at 6:10 p.