2. A National Record 500m Race For Athing Mu
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Over her high school career, Athing Mu has shined through every kind of distance, whether it's been the 200m all the way up to the 800m, though she's even contested distances like the 1K and 1,500m.
This indoor season, her best race came at 500m. In January, Mu battled against the country's top indoor talents -- names like Kayla Davis, Michaela Rose and Aaliyah Pyatt -- and came away with a national record, authoring a performance of 1:10.22.
She also ran a US No. 1 mark in the 300m (37.36), a US No. 2 mark in the 400m (51.34) and a US No. 4 mark in the 800m (2:04.08), where she didn't get a chance to compete at New Balance Nationals Indoor when the event was canceled due to public safety concerns surrounding the coronavirus.
While the season is still up in the air, we may have seen the last of Mu, who had a legendary career that will go down in the history books. She'll continue her career at Texas A & M University.