Fabulous Friday
March 12, 2010
While you slept (well most of you anyway), Brown graduate Anna Pierce won the first heat of the 800-meter run at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Doha, Qatar, thus qualifying for the six-woman final, which will take place at 10:15 am Eastern time on Sunday.
Pierce ran a tactical race and took it out in the final 200 meters. As you can see in the photo finish, she eased into the finish line in 2:03.05.
The second heat was much faster as Great Britain’s Jennifer Meadows led from the start and finished in 2:00.39. American Alysia Johnson was third in that heat and qualified for the final.
Harvard graduate Samyr Laine, representing Haiti, finished 16th in the triple jump with a best leap of 16.30 meters (53-5 3/4). That is more than a meter (3.28 feet) shorter than his personal best and it wasn’t enough to advance to the finals. Neither American in the field — Brandon Roulhac nor Walter Davis — advanced to the eight-man final.
Later today, the three Columbia Lions who advanced to the NCAA Championships in Fayetteville, Ark., will each compete.
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