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Emma Cooper - Photo Credit: Maddie Hays
Emma Cooper - Photo Credit: Maddie Hays

Cooper claims school records in the 60 and 200 at the Iowa Open

IOWA CITY, Iowa - Emma Cooper added not one but two school records to her achievements this indoor season to highlight Simpson's day at the Iowa open.

MEET HIGHLIGHTS

  • Emma Cooper continued to rack up school records, not only beating her own record once again in the 60m but also in the 200m.
  • Cooper eclipsed her own record in the 60m by 0.01 of a second, finishing at 7.76 seconds, and her 25.71 mark in the 200m beat out Maddie Hays' mark set in 2024.
  • Jrakke Johnson set the fourth fastest time in the 200m dash with a time of 22.43 seconds. Kendrick Achebe took 10th in the 60m dash and Joseph Sams finished eighth in the 200m.

TOP PERFORMERS

Women 60m Finals - 4. Emma Cooper - 7.76 (School Record)
Women 60m Prelims - 7. Emma Cooper - 7.81
Women 200m - 13. Emma Cooper - 25.71 (School Record)

Men 60m Prelims - 10. Kendrick Achebe - 6.94
Men 200m - 8. Joseph Sams - 22.37 | 10. Jrakke Johnson - 22.43 (4th fastest time in school history)

UP NEXT

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