EUGENE, Ore – Two weeks after leading the Oregon women’s track and field team to its first championship in 30 years, Jenna Prandini brought the Hayward Field crowd of 10,746 to its feet again as she became only the second collegian to win a U.S. women’s 200-meter title, Sunday.
After a strong start, Prandini rounded the Bowerman Curve and showed her amazing top-end speed down the home stretch before raising both arms in joy as she crossed the finish line in 22.20, breaking her own school record. The performance added to an already remarkable year for the redshirt junior who won an NCAA Championship in the long jump indoors, the 100 outdoors and will now represent her country on the world stage for the first time.