Athletics: Japan's Sani Brown breaks 10-sec barrier in men's 100m in U.S. meet

Abdul Hakim Sani Brown became the second sprinter from Japan to join the sub-10 second club Saturday when he clocked 9.99 seconds in the men's 100 meters at the Southeastern Conference U.S. collegiate athletics championships.On the final day of the three-day meet at the University of Arkansas, the 20-year-old student-athlete from the University of Florida shaved 0.06 second off his personal best to win the final and meet the qualification standard for next year's Tokyo Olympics.Yoshihide Kiryu is the only other Japanese to break the 10-second barrier, having set a national record of 9.98 se…READ FULL ARTICLE