EUGENE, Ore. — Kentucky track and field alumnus Abby Steiner finishes fifth in the 200 meters at her first World Track and Field Championships Thursday night at Hayward Field.
Steiner finished fifth with a time of 22.26, capping a long season of over 50 races.
The reigning Olympic gold medalist, reigning world champion and several other Olympic and world medalists joined Steiner in the talent-packed final that was eventually won by Shericka Jackson of Jamaica in a near world record time.
Steiner remains the second-fastest runner in the world this season with a 21.77 to win the United States 200m title in June.
Still to compete are UKTF graduates Keni Harrison and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, along with volunteer coach Devynne Charlton in the 100m hurdles.
Megan Moss and Dwight St. Hillaire, who competes for the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago respectively, will return to the track on July 23 for the 4x400m events.
Day 6
Sydney McLaughlin qualified for the 400m hurdles final with the best time of the semis, making 52.17 look easy.
Three years ago, 52.17 would have been a world record and McLaughlin showed signs of relief towards the end of the race. She will chase her world record of 51.41 in the 400H final at 10:50 PM ET on July 22.
Day 5
Steiner qualified for the 200m final while Sydney McLaughlin punched her ticket to the 400m hurdles semi-finals at the World Athletics Championships on Tuesday evening.
The reigning US 200-meter champion ran 22.15 in the semifinals and placed second in her season to receive an automatic bid to the finals at her first World Championships.
McLaughlin, who broke her own world record to win the US title in June, surprisingly qualified for the semifinals in the 400m hurdles, sailing in a time of 53.95.
Days 1-4
Kentucky track coach Tim Hall guided volunteer coach Chrisitan Coleman to a sixth-place finish in the World Athletics Championships 100-meter final, while Steiner qualified for the 200-meter semifinals in the first four days of competition.
Coleman finished sixth in the 100 meters with a time of 10.01 as one of four Americans in the event. Indoors, Coleman won silver in the 60m at the World Athletics Championships in Serbia in March.
#SteinerSpeed made its World Athletics debut with Steiner running 22.26 in the 200m, the third-fastest time in the field heading into Tuesday’s semi-finals. She will compete in the semifinals at 9:50 PM ET.
Rising senior for UKTF Moss ran in the 4x400m medley relay for the Bahamas on day one of the World Athletics Championships while All-American and recent St. Hillaire competed in the 400 meters for Trinidad & Tobago. Both will compete again on July 23 in the 4×400 meter relay for their respective countries.
Andrew Evans, the UK Class of ’14 and 2022 USA champion, competed in the discus qualifying rounds but failed to make the final.
Daniel Roberts, the reigning US 110m hurdles champion, was disqualified after suffering a fall in the 110m hurdles.
Meet the information
Below is a list of UKTF affiliated athletes competing, the country they represent and their events.
Men
- Christian Coleman, Volunteer Coach – Team USA – 100m
- Andrew Evans ’14 – Team USA – Discuss
- Daniel Roberts ’19 – Team USA – 110m Hurdles
- Dwight St. Hillaire ’22 – Team Trinidad & Tobago – 400m, 4x400m
Women
- Celera Barnes ’21 – Team USA – 4x100m
- Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (2015-2018) – Team Puerto Rico – 100m Hurdles
- Devynne Charlton, Volunteer Coach – Team Bahamas – 100m Hurdles
- Keni Harrison ’15 – Team USA – 100m Hurdles
- Sydney McLaughlin (2017, 2018) – Team USA – 400m Hurdles
- Megan Moss ’23 – Team Bahamas – 4x400m Medley, 4x400m
- Abby Steiner ’22 – Team USA – 200m
Fixtures, start lists and live results can be found here.
The match will be broadcast on NBCUniversal’s television networks and digital platforms.
NBC Sports will broadcast 43 hours from Eugene, with live afternoon and primetime shows both weekends, highlighted by the men’s and women’s 100m finals (July 16-17) and the 4x100m and 4x400m relays (July 23-24 July). Additional television coverage will air on USA Network and CNBC.
All network and cable windows will be simulcast via NBCSports.com/live and the NBC Sports app, with NBC programming also available on Peacock. Additionally, worldwide coverage of all competition sessions will be broadcast live on Peacock.
Full TV/streaming schedule available here.
Tickets can be purchased at ticketmaster.com.
UKTF-affiliated athletes will compete on each of the 10 days of competition in Eugene, highlighted by recent US champions Sydney McLaughlin, Keni Harrison, Daniel Roberts, Abby Steiner and Andrew Evans.
Harrison, the 2019 world silver medalist and Tokyo 2020 silver medalist in the 100m hurdles, will face fellow UKTF student Camacho-Quinn, the Tokyo 2020 gold medalist. Harrison is the record holder world (12.20) while Camacho-Quinn is the Olympic record holder (12.37). Volunteer coach Charlton is also tipped to be a medal contender. She finished sixth in the 100m hurdles final at Tokyo 2020 and won silver at the 2022 World Indoor Championships in the 60m hurdles.
McLaughlin, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, is the top seed in the 400-meter hurdles after breaking her world record for the U.S. title in late June.
Steiner currently has the second fastest 200m time in the world this year (21.77) behind Jamaica’s Shericka Jackson (21.55) and will be fighting for a medal at her first world championships.
USATF Outdoor Championships
In late June, Steiner found success in her first USATF outdoor championships by winning the 200 meters in a personal best time of 21.77, the best of all time in college, the sixth fastest in American history and the 17th fastest in world history.
(That means) Everything. “Coming off a collegiate season, a lot of people want to put limits on you, that you’re going to burn out, but me and my coach just trusted the process and I couldn’t be more excited,” Steiner said shortly afterward. the race.
McLaughlin clocked 51.41 to become the US 400-meter hurdles champion again, breaking her own world record by 0.05 seconds.
Olympic silver medalist Harrison won her fifth consecutive US 100m hurdles title, running a world and season best 12.34. She will face another UK student, Camacho-Quinn at the World Athletics Championships.
Roberts, a 2020 Tokyo Olympian, won the 110-meter hurdles title with a season-best 13.03 to officially qualify for Team USA. It was his second US title in the event after winning in 2019.
Evans, a 2016 Rio Olympian and UK Class of 2014 graduate, was seeded first in the discus and will compete for Team USA at the World Athletics Championships.
Coleman did not start in the semifinals or the final of the 200 meters. He has already qualified for the World Athletics Championships in the 100 meters by virtue of being the 2019 world champion in the event.
St. Hillaire was crowned 400m champion with a time of 45.46 at the Trinidad & Tobago National Championships on Saturday afternoon, setting a Commonwealth record and automatically qualifying for the World Championships in July.
Internationally, Charlton ran a new Bahamian personal best and national record of 12.60.
In total, six Wildcats won the US Championships this weekend: Evans (discus), Harrison (100m hurdles), McLaughlin (400m hurdles), Jordan Anthony (U20 200m), Steiner (200m) and Roberts (110m with obstacles). St. Hillaire won the 400m at the Trinidad and Tobago Championships and Charlton won the 100m hurdles at the Bahamas National Championships.
Masai Russell placed sixth in the 400m hurdles final with a time of 55.66 after running a personal best 55.02 in the semis. It was her first USATF Outdoor Championships final and she was just .004 away from a second final in the 100m hurdles. At the NCAA Championships, Russell placed third in the 100-meter hurdles and fourth in the 400-meter hurdles.
Javianne Oliver, Olympic silver medalist in the 4x100m, placed seventh in the 100m final in a season-best 10.94 after running 10.95 in the semi-finals hours earlier.
Keaton Daniel placed 10th in the pole vault with a height of 18’0.5”/5.50m.
Olivia Gruver placed sixth in the pole vault with a height of 14’9”/4.50m and Celera Barnes finished sixth in the 100m final (10.86w).
Josh Sobota competed in his first USATF Outdoor Championships and finished 13th in the shot put (64’6”/19.66m).
Sha’Keela Saunders placed sixth in the long jump with a season-best leap of 21’4.25”/6.51m.
Jade Gates was unable to register a mark in the hammer throw.
Alexis Holmes ran the 400 meters in 52.68 in the prelims.
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All times below are Eastern Daylight Time. Competitors are on Pacific Daylight Time.
| July 15 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 4x400m mixed relay | 2:45 pm ET | The heats | 15. Megan Moss (UK Class of ’23), Dormeus, Russell, Anderson – 3:19.74-3 |
| 100 m for men | 9:50 p.m. ET | The heats | 15. Christian Coleman – 10.08Q |
| July 16 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 110m hurdles for men | 2:25 in the afternoon | The heats | Daniel Roberts – DQ |
| 100 m for men | 9 pm | semis | 6. Christian Coleman – 10.05Q |
| 100 m for men | 22:50 | ultimate | 6. Christian Coleman – 10.01 |
| July 17 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 400m for men | 2:05 pm | The heats | 33. Dwight St. Hillaire – 46.60 |
| Disc for men | 8:05 p.m | training | 18. Andrew Evans – 62.20m |
| July 18 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 200 m for women | 9 pm | The heats | 3. Abby Steiner – 22.26Q |
| July 19 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 400 meters hurdles for women | 20:15 in the afternoon | The heats | 1. Sydney McLaughlin – 53.95Q |
| 200 m for women | 9:05 p.m | semis | 9. Abby Steiner – 22.15Q |
| July 20 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 400 meters hurdles for women | 9:15 p.m | semis | 1. Sydney McLaughlin – 52.17Q |
| July 21 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 200 m for women | 10:35 p.m | ultimate | 5. Abby Steiner – 22.26 |
| July 22 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 4x100m for women | 20:40 in the afternoon | The heats | Celera Barnes – Team USA |
| 400 meters hurdles for women | 22:50 | ultimate | Sydney McLaughlin |
| July 23 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 4x100m for women | 19:30 | ultimate | Celery Barnes |
| 4x400m for women | 8:10 p.m | The heats | Megan Moss |
| Men’s 4x400m | 20:40 in the afternoon | The heats | Dwight St. Hillaire |
| 100 meters hurdles for women | 2:20 in the afternoon | The heats | Kenny Harrison – Team USA Jasmine Camacho-Quinn – Team Puerto Rico Devynne Charlton – Bahamas Team |
| July 24 | time | round | sTATUS |
| 100 meters hurdles for women | 8:10 p.m | semis | Ken Harrison Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Devynne Charlton |
| 100 meters hurdles for women | 10 pm | ultimate | Ken Harrison Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Devynne Charlton |
