Don't bet against Julia "Hurricane" Hawkins.
The retired Louisiana teacher just became the first female track and field athlete in the 105+ age bracket to clock a time in the 100-meter dash.
Hawkins crossed the finish line in 1:02:95, a slightly slower time than she'd hoped for.
"It was wonderful to see so many family members and friends. But I wanted to do it in less than a minute," she
said after the race, according to the National Senior Games Association.
When someone in the crowd asked whether it made her feel any better to realize that her time was still less than her age, she simply said: "No."
Hawkins
nabbed the record over the weekend at the 2021 Louisiana Senior Games competition, which is the state's qualifying event for the biennial National Senior Games.
