Borden product Savannah Sutherland (pictured) continues to ramp up towards, possibly, representing Canada at the Paris Olympics this summer.
The 20-year-old sprinter and 400-metre hurdles specialist was named the Sask Sport Athlete-of-the-Month for April Monday. Sutherland ran a 2024 world-fastest time of 54.86 seconds in the women’s 400-metre hurdles at a meet in Gainesville, Florida in early April. She followed that up by running a personal best time of 23.32 seconds in the women’s 200-metres to claim gold the following week at a meet in Lexington, Kentucky. The U of Michigan competitor also won a second 400-metre hurdles gold medal in late April. Following is the news release from Sask Sport…..
| Sutherland has month of success to secure April Athlete of the Month
After breaking a meet record and claiming three gold medals at separate competitions, Savannah Sutherland is named April Athlete of the Month. Sutherland ran a world leading time of 54.86 seconds in the women’s 400-metre hurdles at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in early April. She remains one of the fastest women in the world in this event and claimed her first gold medal of the month. A week later, Sutherland attended the Jim Green Invitational to compete for a second time. She ran a personal best of 23.32 seconds in the women’s 200-m event to claim gold. In the final competition, Sutherland ran a record-breaking time of 55.36 seconds, to break the previous meet record set in the women’s 400-m hurdles, in 1995. Her performance helped improve her world ranking and brought Sutherland her third gold medal. Sutherland was nominated by Saskatchewan Athletics. Other Nominees: · Ali Diehl, Para swimming, nominated by Prince Albert Sharks Swim Club and supported by Swim Saskatchewan · Shelby Newkirk, Para swimming, nominated by Swim Saskatchewan |
