Illinois junior Pedrya Seymour, right, broke her own national record in the women's 100m hurdles yesterday, running 12.86 seconds in the semi-finals of the event at the NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Champtionships in Eugege, Oregon, USA. She will run in the event's final on Saturday.
Bahamians Pedrya Seymour and Tynia Gaither continue to impress, running for their respective schools at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, USA, yesterday.
Seymour ran a stunning 12.86 seconds in the women's 100 meters (m) hurdles to break her own national record of 12.92 seconds that she ran at the Big Ten Championships in May. The Illinois junior advanced to the final of that event at the NCAAs last night with the third fastest time.
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, a freshman at Kentucky, turned in the fastest qualifying time of 12.75 seconds, and Michigan senior Cindy Ofili had the second fastest qualifying time of 12.80 seconds. Seymour also ran the opening leg of the Illinois Fighting Illini women's 4x100m relay team, but they failed to make the final, finishing 22nd overall in 45.19 seconds.
Gaither, a redshirt senior at the University of Southern California, ran a personal best time of 11.19 seconds in the women's 100m to make it to Saturday's final. She qualified for the final with the second fastest time, and matched Shaunae Miller as the fastest Bahamian this year with that 11.19 clocking. Ariana Washington, a freshman at Oregon, turned in the fastest qualifying time of 11.18 seconds.
Gaither also ran the anchor leg for the USC Trojans women's 4x100m relay team and helped them to make it to the final in 43.39 seconds. They qualified for the final with the fourth fastest time.
Carmiesha Cox, a junior at Purdue, and Jenae Ambrose, a freshman at Auburn, both ran the second legs for their respective schools in the women's 4x100m relay. Both teams failed to qualify for the final. The Purdue Boilermakers were 11th overall in 43.99 seconds, and the Auburn Tigers finished 20th overall in 45.04 seconds.
Cox was listed to run the second leg of their women's 4x400m relay semi-final last night, but the result was unavailable up to press time.
On Wednesday, Tadashi Pinder, a senior at Alabama, was seventh in his semi-final heat of the men's 100m in 10.42 seconds, and failed to advance to Friday's final. He finished 19th overall.
Also on Wednesday, Delano Davis, a junior at Long Island University (LIU) Brooklyn, ran the opening leg of their men's 4x100m relay team. They finished 12th overall in 39.56 seconds and failed to make it to the final. Texas Tech senior Elroy McBride ran the third leg for them , but they failed to finish.
Today, twin brothers Latario and Lathone Collie, along with Kaiwan Culmer will see action in the men's triple jump competition. Latario and Lathone are seniors at Texas A&M University, and Culmer is a sophomore at Nebraska.
Sheldon Longley, Guardian Sports Editor
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