Alberta sprinter sets Canadian indoor track record

On Saturday in Albuquerque, N.M., Edmonton sprinter Grace Konrad became the first Canadian athlete to set an open national record in 2025. Competing at the Dr. MLK Jr. Indoor Invitational, hosted by the University of New Mexico, Konrad sprinted to a new Canadian indoor 300m record of 36.60, breaking the previous mark by three-tenths of a second.

✅️ National Record 🇨🇦

Coming back from a leg injury, Grace Konrad wins the women 300m at the Dr Martin Luther King Jr. invitational in 36.60s breaking Canada NR pic.twitter.com/Ulj2ktBNvg

— Spot Athlete (@SpotAthlete) January 26, 2025

Two-time Olympian Kyra Constantine previously held the Canadian record at 36.94 seconds, which she set in 2022. Both Constantine and Konrad were members of the Canadian women’s 4x400m relay team that placed fourth at the 2023 World Athletics Championships in Budapest.

Konrad said on social media after the race that she was excited and grateful to be back racing after breaking her foot a year ago. Her injury sidelined her from January to May 2024, which jeopardized her chances to qualify for the Paris 2024 Canadian Olympic team in the women’s 400m event.

The 25-year-old’s time currently stands as the second fastest in the world this year, behind only American sprint phenom JaMeesia Ford, who holds the world U20 record over the distance.

Konrad lives and trains in Edmonton with Capital City Track Club under the guidance of sprint coach Rob Fisher. Her new Canadian record time is pending ratification by Athletics Canada.