Potomac native and Bullis alumna Masai Russell set an Olympic trials record and qualified for the Paris Olympics with a 12.25 in the 100m hurdles. On Saturday, she won 100m hurdles gold by .01 seconds with a 12.33.
ESPN wrote, “America’s Masai Russell won a photo finish Saturday in the women’s 100-meter hurdles, where the biggest cheer came for Cyréna Samba-Mayela, whose silver medal marks the first of any color for France at the Olympic track meet.”
While at Bullis, Masai accomplished the following as a student athlete:
- Top-ranked 300m hurdler all four years in high school
- Eight-time National Champion (sprint relays and shuttle hurdle)
- Two-time National record holder (4×2, shuttle hurdle)
- Bronze medalist at the 2018 Pan American Junior Games in 400m hurdles
- Runner up at USATF Junior Championships in the 400m hurdles
- Gatorade Athlete of the Year – Maryland 2018
- Ocean breeze 400 meet record champion (sophomore and junior year)
- Three-time All-Metropolitan Area from sophomore to senior seasons
- All-Met Athlete of the Year (2018)
- Maryland No. 1 and U.S. No. 2 in the 55H in 2018
- Maryland No. 1 U.S. No. 7 in 60mH of 2018
- Maryland No. 1 in the 300 and 500 oh sophomore year
- U.Ss. No. 5 in 500m
Featured photo courtesy Team USA