Throwback Thursday: Masai Russell Hurdles the Competition


Masai Russell, the 2015, 2017 and 2018 ISL/MAC Championship champion in the 300m hurdles, had long shown her strength in the long hurdle races throughout her high school career. 

But in 2018, as she concluded her final lap as a Bullis School (MD) bulldog, Russell had one of her best performances overall, posting a time of 40.70 seconds in the 300mH at the Bullis Bulldog Invitational.

From the start of the race, Russell got out of her starting blocks aggressively and won the race by almost two seconds over Adriana Schockley of Western Branch.


2018 Bullis Bulldog Invitational 300mH Girls Results

Girls 300 Meter Hurdles
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 Meet Record: ! 44.41  4/16/2016   Lauren Hoffman, Battlefield                 
    Name                    Year School                  Seed     Finals  H# Points
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  1 Russell, Masai            12 Bullis Schoo           41.28      40.70! 13  10   
  2 Shockley, Adriana         11 Western Bran           45.40      42.88! 13   8   
  3 Warren, Keishayla         11 Western Bran           45.40      44.62  12   6   
  4 Nichols, Shardonnay       11 Western Bran           47.36      45.14   9   5   
  5 Ballard, Shadajah         11 Western Bran                     x45.44   1 
  6 Ballard, Na'Taja           9 Western Bran           43.00     x45.65  13 
  7 Konde, Fanta              12 Penn Wood              46.13      45.98  11   4   
  8 Lawson, Alexandra         11 Fairfax                45.44      46.39  12   3   


RetrospectiveRussell would go on to finish the year US No. 1 in the 300mH with a time of 40.16 seconds. From there, she placed third at the 2018 USATF Junior Outdoor Championships in the 400m hurdles, then earned the bronze medal at the Pan-American U20 Championships in the 400m hurdles before starting her collegiate career at  the University of Kentucky.