Canada's Morales Williams runs world-leading time to win SEC men's 400-metre title

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Canada's Christopher Morales Williams broke a few more records in what's been a dazzling breakout season to date.

The 19-year-old Vaughan, Ont., native ran a world-leading time of 44.05 seconds to win the men's 400-metre event at the Southeastern Conference outdoor championships on Saturday. The University of Georgia sophomore broke Tyler Christopher's Canadian record of 44.44 from 2005, reigning Olympic 100 silver medallist Fred Kerley's meet record of 44.09 from 2017, along with his school's and the facility's records.

"I was really happy to execute the way I did last night at the SECs," he said in a text Sunday."It took a few races for me to find my rhythm outdoors. I obviously had confidence after the indoor season I had but I still had to get the job done outdoors.Morales Williams's time was also faster than Antonio Watson's 44.22 that won the Jamaican gold at last year's world championships.Morales Williams entered the event being the SEC and NCAA national 400 indoor champion.

He set a Canadian record and all-time best mark of 44.49 seconds at the SEC indoor championships in February.

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