The 2022 World Athletics Championships are set to start on July 15 and will feature three athletes with ties to the University of Louisville track and field program. Gabriela Leon, who graduated in May 2022, will compete for the United States in the women’s pole vault; 2016 graduate Ben Williams will represent Great Britain in the men’s triple jump and volunteer assistant coach Shelby McEwen will compete for USATF in the men’s high jump.
The first-ever outdoor World Championships to be hosted on U.S. soil will take place July 15-24 at Hayward Field on the campus of the University of Oregon.
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Update as of July 21
Ben Williams finished 26th in the men’s triple jump while competing for Great Britain. The 2016 Louisville graduate recorded a leap of 15.98m (52-5.25) on his final attempt.
Update as of July 18
Shelby McEwen finished fifth in the men’s high jump. Louisville’s volunteer assistant cleared heights of 2.19m (7-2.25), 2.24m, 2.27m (7 5.25), and 2.30m (7-6.5) – all on his first attempts, but missed bars of 2.33m (7-7.75) and 2.35m ( 7-8.5).
Update as of July 17
Gabriela Leon finished 12th in the Women’s Pole Vault at World Athletics Championship. The 2022 NCAA and ACC Women’s Pole Vault champion cleared 4.30m (14-1.25) on her first attempt, but was unable to clear the next bar of 4.45m (14-7.25).
Update as of July 15
Shelby McEwen advanced to the men’s high jump final after a mark of 2.28m (7-5.75) and an 11th place finish in the qualification round. McEwen registered leaps of 2.17m (7-1.50) and 2.21m (7-3) on his initial tries and recorded a mark of 2.28m on his third attempt to reach the finals. McEwen will return to action on Monday, July 18 at 5:45 p.m. (ET).
Gabriela Leon qualified for the women’s pole vault final after tying for 12th place in the qualification round with a clearance of 4.35m (14-3.25). The 2022 graduate cleared bars of 4.20m (13-9.25) and 4.35m (14-3.25) on her first attempts to finish among the qualifiers who will compete on Sunday, July 17 at 8:27 p.m. (ET).
About WCH Oregon22
The World Athletics Championships began in 1983 and will be taking place in the United States for the very first time at Hayward Field at the University of Oregon July 15-24, 2022.
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