Hannah Cunliffe runs her fastest time in the 100 meters since 2017...

In Clermont, Florida, Federal Way HS graduate Hannah Cunliffe (left/file photo by Paul Merca) ran her fastest 100 meter time in three years Saturday at the Showdown in OTown at the National Training Center just outside of Orlando.

Cunliffe, the 2017 NCAA national champion indoors at 60 meters, won her semi-final race in 11.29, then finished second in the finals to the 2019 NCAA 100 meter champion Sha'Carri Richardson, with Richardson running 11.05 to Cunliffe's 11.14 with a negligible wind reading of +0.5 meters per second.

Cunliffe was snake-bit by a series of injuries over the last three seasons, after running 10.99 in 2016 at the Mt. SAC Relays. Since then, she's run 11.11 in 2017, 11.42 in 2018, and 11.53 last year.

Assuming that the Showdown in OTown was sanctioned by USA Track & Field, Cunliffe's mark would qualify her for the 2020NE US Olympic Track & Field Trials, after the federation announced earlier last week that marks set in sanctioned meets between April 6th and November 30th would count towards both the Trials and the 2021 USATF Indoor Championship meet.

Cunliffe needs to run faster than 11.15 between December 1st and June 27, 2021 to attain the Olympic Games qualifying standard, as World Athletics will not count marks set between April 6 and November 30th for Olympic qualifying.

Complete results of the Showdown in OTown are available here.

NOTE: Half Mile Timing contributed to this report.

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