EUGENE, Ore. – Alabama track and field enjoyed a huge Saturday on day nine of the World Championships being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
Quanesha Burks (USA) used a leap of 6.88 meters to take top honors in the prelims of the women’s long jump, heading into finals as the No. 1 seed.
Later in the day, Remona Burchell earned a bronze medal as part of Jamaica’s 4×100-meter relay contingent after running a leg on the squad in prelims.
To close the night, Natassha McDonald anchored Canada’s 4×400-meter relay, which ran a 3:28.49 to advance to the finals, while Jereem Richards led Trinidad and Tobago’s 4×400-meter relay to finals with a time of 3:02.75.
Alabama Results at the World Championships
- Quanesha Burks (USA) leapt 6.88 meters in the prelims of the women’s long jump, advancing to finals
- Remona Burchell ran the third leg in the prelims of Jamaica’s 4×100-meter relay, earning a bronze medal after the country took third in finals
- Jereem Richards led Trinidad and Tobago to a spot in the finals of the 4×400-meter relay, running the quartet’s fastest leg, leading the relay to a time of 3:02.75
- Natassha McDonald anchored Canada’s 4×400-meter relay, which ran a 3:28.49 and qualified for finals
- Kirani James (Grenada) took second in the sixth heat of the 400-meter preliminaries and third overall with a time of 45.29, advancing him to the semifinals, where he won the second heat with a 44.74, earning a spot in the finals, where he took silver with a 44.48
- Champion Allison (USA) won the fifth heat of the 400-meter preliminaries with a time of 45.56, ranking him seventh coming out of heats and advancing him to the semifinals, where he won the third heat with a time of 44.71, advancing him to the finals, where he ran a 44.77 to take fourth place
- Tamara Clark (USA) won the fourth heat and ranked fifth overall with a 22.27 coming out of prelims of the women’s 200 meters, before winning the second semifinal with a 21.95, advancing to the final, where she finished sixth with a time of 22.32
- Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago) won the second heat of the men’s 200 meters with a 20.35 to advance to the semifinals, before going 19.86 to finish third in the second semifinal to earn a spot in the final, where he ran a 20.08 to take sixth in the world
- Tarsis Orogot, the first Ugandan man in history to run the 200 meters at the World Championships, ran a 20.44 in the fourth heat to advance to the semifinals where he ran a 20.35 to take 13th overall on the night
- Shelby McEwen (USA) tied for ninth in the prelims of the men’s high jump with a leap of 2.28 meters, before jumping 2.30 meters in the finals to take fifth place
- Olivia Fotopoulou posted a top-30 finish in the women’s 200 meters, posting a 23.25 to take 27th overall
- Natassha McDonald (Canada) posted a top-30 finish in the women’s 400 meters at the World Championships, taking 28th with a time of 52.41
- Daniel Haugh (USA) finished second in the prelims of the men’s hammer throw with a toss of 79.34 meters, advancing him to finals, before taking eighth in finals with a toss of 78.10 meters
- Portious Warren (Trinidad and Tobago) took 25th in the women’s shot put with a best toss of 16.65 meters
Crimson Tide Action on Day 10 (Sunday)
- Quanesha Burks (USA) will compete in the women’s long jump finals which gets underway at 5:45 p.m. PT
- Natassha McDonald is part of Canada’s 4×400-meter relay contingent which runs in the finals at 7:30 p.m. PT
- Champion Allison (USA) and Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago) both have a chance to compete in the 4×400-meter relay finals starting at 7:45 p.m. PT
The Crimson Tide’s World Championships Contingent
- Champion Allison, United States – Men’s 400 meters and 4x400m relay pool
- Alex Amankwa, Ghana – Men’s 800 meters
- Remona Burchell, Jamaica – Women’s 4x100m relay pool
- Quanesha Burks, United States – Women’s long jump
- Tamara Clark, United States – Women’s 200 meters
- Olivia Fotopoulou, Cyprus – Women’s 200 meters
- Flippa Fotopoulou, Cyprus – Women’s long jump
- Daniel Haugh, United States – Men’s hammer throw
- Kirani James, Grenada – Men’s 400 meters
- Natassha McDonald, Canada – Women’s 400 meters and 4x400m relay pool
- Shelby McEwen, United States – Men’s high jump
- Tarsis Orogot, Uganda – Men’s 200 meters
- Jereem Richards, Trinidad and Tobago – Men’s 200 meters and 4x400m relay pool
- Portious Warren, Trinidad and Tobago – Women’s shot put
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