Ranking The National Records: Which MVP Performance Was The Best?


2. Trey Cunningham breaks a national record in the prelims, and then he breaks his own national record -- set a day earlier -- in the finals, seemingly in one swift motion

The Winfield City (AL) High senior whooshed through the 60m hurdles on Saturday in a national-best 7.45 seconds. And at the time, who could have expected anything more? Perhaps that's why Cunningham threw his arms in the air in glee. 

But times are meant to be broken -- in the all-time best cliche -- and Cunningham was seemingly destined to secure the same glory times two on Sunday in a national-best 7.40 seconds, a world U20 record. 

He also set the 55m hurdle record en route to the 60, hitting the mark in 6.87 seconds. 

The Florida State University signee had himself a heck of a weekend.  

What else is there to say? 

When you break two -- if you're counting the 55m marks as well, that's four -- national records in a span of 24 hours, you're probably at the top of any MVP list. 

But saying that, there was another guy...