AUSTIN -- The Texas women wasted no time setting off fireworks, smashing their own collegiate record in the women's 4x100m with a blistering 41.55 finish in the opening race on the track on Day 2 of the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Mike A. Myers Stadium.

TEXAS DOES IT RIGHT AWAY!!! 🤘

The new NCAA 4x100 record goes to @TexasTFXC in the preliminaries with a time of 41.55!!

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— NCAA Track & Field (@NCAATrackField) June 9, 2023

The Longhorns did a number on the record books in their first race of the meet. Their time broke the collegiate record of 41.89 they set at the Big 12 Championships in May, lowered the facility record of 42.00 they set at the Texas Relays in April, and took down the meet record of 42.09 set by LSU in 2018 and broke the facility record.

"It's amazing, and it's cool to get that momentum going to kind of give us energy for the rest of the championships," Rashidat Adeleke said. "I knew we had the lead, especially since Julien Alfred led us off." 

Texas has now broken the collegiate record three times this season.

The time currently ranks No. 1 in the world and ranks as the 18th fastest on the all-time world list.

Kentucky (42.30), Ohio State (42.68), LSU (42.84), USC (42.88), Georgia (42.93), Oregon (43.09) and Arkansas (43.10) advanced to Saturday's final behind Texas, which feels it still has more to showcase on Saturday.

"We'll see," Adeleke said. "I always feel like we can go so much faster, so, we'll see."