Tarsis Orogot Records Third-Fastest 200m In Collegiate History At SECs

Could Walter Dix's NCAA record be in jeopardy? Alabama's Tarsis Orogot might have something to say about that.

May 12, 2024 by Cory Mull

Tarsis Orogot Records Third-Fastest 200m In Collegiate History At SECs

It was only a month ago that Alabama's Tarsis Orogot clocked a career-best 200 meter performance at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in 19.90 seconds.

He wasn't done.

On Saturday at the SEC Outdoor Championships, Orogot, the 21-year-old Ugandan college junior, ran the third-fastest performance in collegiate history for 200 meters, clocking a wind-legal time of 19.75 seconds.

Nearly a year ago, Orogot finished fourth in the 200m at the NCAA Outdoor Championships, registering a wind-legal time of 19.94 seconds. He followed that a few months ago with another fourth-place finish indoors at NCAAs, hitting 20.46 seconds on the dial.

With the meet near its conclusion in Gainesville on Saturday, Orogot ripped off a winning time that proceeded to land into the record books. Only Walter Dix (19.69) and Divine Oduduru (19.73) have gone faster all-time, and Dix last ran his NCAA record in 2007.

Florida's Wanya McCoy was second in 19.93 seconds.

Orogot also finished fifth in the 100m in 10.06 and helped Alabama to a sixth-place finish in the 4x100.

No. 3 collegiate ALL-TIME 😨

Tarsis Orogot of @AlabamaTrack clocks 19.75 to win the men’s 200m at SECs.
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— FloTrack (@FloTrack) May 12, 2024

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