Jazmine Fray breaks Texas AandM 1,000m record in defending Reveille title

Published by Texas A&M SID on Decamber 10th, 2016

COLLEGE STATION – In breaking the Texas A&M school record she just missed a year ago, Aggie sophomore Jazmine Fray posted a winning time of 2 minutes, 43.15 seconds in the 1,000 meter to equal the 10th fastest time ever by a U.S. collegian during Saturday's Reveille Invitational held at Gilliam Indoor on Saturday. 

Fray, who clocked a meet record of 2:50.39 last December, dominated the race from the start and came through 800m in 2:09.46 on the way to her victory. In the process she bettered the facility record of 2:46.51 set by Baylor's Nichole Jones in 2009 as well as the Texas A&M school record 2:49.01 set in 2003 by Angeles Pantoja. 

"I knew that this was my first race and I wanted to gauge myself," noted Fray. "Me and Coach Francique talked a lot about times and splits to hit, and I wanted to focus on that. I wanted to come through my 800 in 2:10, and I came through in 2:09, so that was a really good sign.