University of Houston announces Wilson’s Records Earn Conference Honor
From January 31, 2023 post.
University of Houston's junior hurdler De'Vion Wilson broke the school and conference record twice on Friday, earning American Athletic Conference Male Track Athlete of the Week honors.
The Austin, Texas, native ran the fourth-fastest time in the country in the 60-meter hurdles with a time of 7.69 seconds. The time is the 13th-fastest time in the world so far this season. Wilson ranks fifth nationally and 22ndd in the world on the descending order list. In the preliminary heat of the 60 hurdles, Wilson ran 7.70 seconds, beating the school record by one one-hundredth of a second. In finals, the hurdler topped his previous time by another hundredth of a second to win the event for the third consecutive week.
Houston's previous school record of 7.71, set by Marcus McWilliams (2016) and then tied by Amere Lattin (2019), also stood as the conference record until Wilson ran 7.69 at the Houston Invitational.
Wilson is the first Cougar track and field athlete to win a weekly conference honor in 2023.
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