Ali Wins U.S. 100m Hurdles Title At USATF Outdoor Championships

Nia Ali won her first U.S. 100m hurdles title and five Trojans advanced to event finals or semifinals during the third day of the USATF Championships and Darius Rainey placed sixth in the 800m and Bryce Brock eighth in the 100m dash during the second day of the 2023 USATF U20 Championships, both held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. today (July 8).

At the USATF Outdoor Championships:

Nia Ali (USC, 2011) won the 2023 USA 100m hurdles title with a season-best time of 12.37 (+0.4). The 2019 World Champion in the event won her first U.S. outdoor title in the 100m hurdles. Ali advanced second to the final by winning her semifinal heat with a then season-best time of 12.43 (+0.5).
Caisja Chandler ran a PR of 22.32 (+0.2) to take second in her 200m heat and qualified fifth to the semifinal in the event tomorrow. Her time moved her from fourth to third on USC's all-time 200m list. TeeTee Terry (USC, 2021) won her 200m heat also with a PR of 22.38 (+2.0).
Dalilah Muhammad (USC, 2012) won her women's 400m hurdles semifinal with a time of 54.17. Her time was the fastest among the runners advancing to tomorrow's final. Anna Cockrell (USC, 2021) took second in her 400m hurdles semifinal with a time of 55.44 to advance fourth to the final.
Rai Benjamin (USC, 2019) had the fastest qualifying-time of 48.26 to advance to the men's 400m hurdles final tomorrow.

At the USATF U20 Outdoor Championships:

Freshman Darius Rainey ran a personal-best time of 1:50.02 to place sixth in the men's 800m final at the USATF U20 Track & Field Championships. It was just his third outdoor 800m race run this season.
Freshman Bryce Brock took eighth in the men's 100m dash final with a time of 10.55 (+2.0). Earlier in the day he advanced to the final with a time of 10.58 (+0.9) in the heats.
Freshman Tamaal Myers took second in his 400m hurdles heat to advance to tomorrow's final. Myers had the fifth-fastest qualifying time. It was his first official 400m hurdles race as a Trojan.
Freshman Christine M. Mallard won her women's 400m heat with a time of 52.20 and advanced to tomorrow's final with the second-fastest qualifying time. Incoming freshman Madison Whyte took second in her heat and fourth overall to advance to the final with a time of 53.02.
Incoming freshman Jacob Andrews ran a slight PR of 46.26 to take second in his 400m heat to advance fourth to tomorrow's final.

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Players Mentioned

Bryce Brock

Caisja Chandler

Christine M. Mallard

Tamaal Myers

Darius Rainey

Ali Wins U.S. 100m Hurdles Title At USATF Outdoor Championships

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Players Mentioned

Bryce Brock

Caisja Chandler

Christine M. Mallard

Tamaal Myers

Darius Rainey

Ali Wins U.S. 100m Hurdles Title At USATF Outdoor Championships

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