Jordan 4:14.50 HSR! Makes Finals!

published 4 months, 15 days ago, submitted by ActiveKix 4 months, 15 days ago

In the first heat of the women's 1500, Christine Babcock CA qualified for Friday's semifinals by finishing 7th in 4:18.32. After the 18 automatic qualifiers overall (top 6 from each race), she had the first time qualifier. She led a close pack early, drifted to the middle and back later, then was gapped somewhat when the kicking started, but she held well enough for a time less than 2 seconds off her PR. In the 2nd heat of the women's 1500, Jordan Hasay CA also qualified for Friday's semifinals by taking 7th, her 4:18.39 being .07 off Babcock's time, but as the 2nd time qualifier after the autos. Hasay led the race through 400s of 68 and 2:22; several elites kicked past her when the racing began in the last 400, but she got one on the stretch. Edit: Hasay was originally not going to be able to run the semis due to Friday's scheduled trip to the World Juniors in Poland, but she has been granted an extension to travel there later after competing in Eugene Friday. In the men's high jump prelims, Erik Kynard OH cleared 2.15 (7-00.50) on his 3rd attempt, but missed 3 times at 2.20 (7-02.50) to finish tied for 17th and out of the finals. Kynard, however, is also headed for the World Juniors. read more...

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