Redshirt senior Leah O’Connor made history on Saturday at the NCAA Indoor Track and Field Championship meet when she claimed the national title in the women's mile race.
She finished with a time of 4:27.18, which is the fastest time in the NCAA Track and Field Championships history and the second-fastest overall time in the history of the NCAA.
O’Connor is now a career, two-time individual national champion. She won her first national title in 2014 at NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships when she raced in the women's 3,000 meter steeplechase.
Her record-setting run names her the first-ever national champion in the Women’s indoor mile run from MSU, making her one of two indoor national champions in program history.
O’Connor currently holds MSU’s school record, which she surpassed on Saturday.
MSU kicks off the outdoor Track and Field season on March 27 and 28 at North Carolina State Raleigh Relays.
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