Nayyir Newash-Campbell’s time of 46.14 is first in the Ivy League.
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Second-year sprinterNayyir Newash-Campbell of the men’s track and field team broke a 93-year-old school record on Saturday in the 400 meter at the Tom Jones Invitational hosted by the University of Florida.
Newash-Campbell’s time of 46.14 broke Bill Carr’s mark of 46.28, set in 1932. The Ivy League record in the 400 meter is held by Wendell Mottley of Yale, who ran a 45.34 in 1964.
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