Devin Dixon breaks U.S. collegiate record, Aggie school record in 800m

LUBBOCK – Texas A&M’s Devin Dixon broke the U.S. collegiate and Aggie school record Saturday in winning the 800 meters in 1 minute, 45.27 seconds at the Texas Tech Classic.

Dixon, who had a previous indoor best of 1:47.37 from the 2018 season, bettered the U.S. collegiate mark of 1:45.88 set by Missouri’s Derek Peterson in 1999. Dixon currently ranks as the No. 3 performer with the No. 4 performance on the all-time collegiate list. On the American all-time list, Dixon ranks as the No. 3 performer with the No. 5 performance.

The previous Texas A&M school record was 1:45.93 set in 2016 by Donavan Brazier.

Having lowered his indoor best in the 400m a week ago to 46.95, Dixon powered to a convincing 800m victory inside Tech’s Sports Performance Center as he defeated USC’s Isaiah Jewett (1:46.91) and Aggie teammate Carlton Orange (1:47.05), who moved to No. 4 performer with the No. 7 performance on the A&M all-time list.

Dixon’s splits in his record breaking race were 24.32, 26.21 (50.53), 27.18 (1:17.71), 27.56.

Story courtesy of Texas A&M Athletics

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