New Delhi: At the 2025 Federation Cup in Kochi last month, Jyothi Yarraji spoke passionately about overcoming a freak injury before clocking 13.23s to win the women’s 100m hurdles.

But her greatest moment came a year earlier, when she set a record time of 52.61 seconds in the 400 meters hurdles at the 1995 World Championships, according to a wonderful 2016 story by Alan Morrell.

Leap after leap, the Iowa State volleyball commit went stride for stride against her Class 2A counterparts in the 100-meter hurdles at the Iowa high school state track and field meet on May 24.