Alabama Track and Field Enjoys Big Saturday at the World Championships

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 silver 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 silver medal after the country took second 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…