On Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M., Edmonton sprinter Grace Konrad grew to become the primary Canadian athlete to set an open nationwide document in 2025. Competing on the Dr. MLK Jr. Indoor Invitational, hosted by the College of New Mexico, Konrad sprinted to a brand new Canadian indoor 300m document of 36.60, breaking the earlier mark by three-tenths of a second.
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Getting back from a leg damage, Grace Konrad wins the ladies 300m on the Dr Martin Luther King Jr. invitational in 36.60s breaking Canada NR pic.twitter.com/Ulj2ktBNvg
— Spot Athlete (@SpotAthlete) January 26, 2025
Two-time Olympian Kyra Constantine beforehand held the Canadian document at 36.94 seconds, which she set in 2022. Each Constantine and Konrad have been members of the Canadian girls’s 4x400m relay workforce that positioned fourth on the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.
Konrad stated on social media after the race that she was excited and grateful to be again racing after breaking her foot a yr in the past. Her damage sidelined her from January to Could 2024, which jeopardized her possibilities to qualify for the Paris 2024 Canadian Olympic workforce within the girls’s 400m occasion.
The 25-year-old’s time presently stands because the second quickest on the earth this yr, behind solely American dash phenom JaMeesia Ford, who holds the world U20 document over the space.
Konrad lives and trains in Edmonton with Capital Metropolis Observe Membership underneath the steerage of dash coach Rob Fisher. Her new Canadian document time is pending ratification by Athletics Canada.