Hasay Advances to IAAF World Junior Championships
DES MOINES, Iowa ? Jordan Hasay finished second in the women’s 3,000 meters Thursday at the USA Junior Track & Field Championships to advance to the IAAF World Junior Championships July 19 in Moncton, Canada.
The freshman from Arroyo Grande, Calif., waged an entertaining battle with Emily Sisson the final two laps of the race, before Sisson pulled out the victory in 9:18.73. Hasay was just behind in 9:18.92 as both runners automatically qualified for the World junior meet. Hasay’s time was also an outdoor personal best by less than a second.
Later Thursday, Hasay dropped out of the Senior women’s 1,500 meters in order to concentrate on the Junior 1,500. The first round of that race is at 9:55 a.m. PDT Friday.
Also Thursday at Drake Stadium, current Duck Elijah Greer and former Duck Matt Scherer both advanced to the Friday’s semifinals of the men’s 800 meters. Greer, a freshman from Lake Oswego, Ore., was fifth in his heat in 1:47.92 and advanced on time, while Scherer, an 8-time All-American for Oregon from 2003-06, ran third in heat three in 1:48.01 to automatically move on to the semifinal.
Becca Friday advanced to Friday’s finals of the junior women’s 800 meters by finishing second in her heat. The freshman from Bellingham, Wash., clocked 2:09.74.
Junior Mandy White finished eighth in her heat of the Senior women’s 100 meters in 11.79.
A reminder that television coverage for the meet begins Friday when ESPN will broadcast the meet from 5-7 p.m. PDT. Saturday and Sunday, the coverage will be on ESPN from 10-11:30 a.m. Pacific and from noon to 1 p.m. on NBC.
Here’s the remaining schedule for current and former Oregon-affiliated competitors (all times Pacific):
Friday, June 25
8:15 a.m. Junior Men’s Hammer Throw final (Tanner Harris)
9:55 a.m. Junior Women’s 1,500 meters first round (Friday, Hasay)
11:30 a.m. Junior Women’s 800 meters final (Friday)
4:00 p.m. Women’s Javelin Throw final (Rachel Yurkovich)
4:25 p.m. Men’s 1,500 meters first round (A.J. Acosta, Matthew Centrowitz)
5:30 p.m. Men’s 800 meters semifinal (Greer, Scherer)
6:14 p.m. Women’s 5000 meters final (Nicole Blood)
6:35 p.m. Men’s 5,000 meters final (Acosta)
Saturday, June 26
12:00 p.m. Women’s Long Jump final (Lauryn Jordan)
1:20 p.m. Women’s Hammer Throw final (Britney Henry)
2:30 p.m. Women’s 200 meters first round (Amber Purvis)
3:25 p.m. Junior Women’s 1,500 meters final (Friday, Hasay)
Sunday, June 27
10:00 a.m. Women’s Pole Vault final (Melissa Gergel, Becky Holliday)
10:00 a.m. Men’s Javelin final (Cyrus Hostetler, Alex Wolff)
10:15 a.m. Women’s 200 meters semifinal (Purvis)
12:00 p.m. Men’s 800 meters final (Greer, Scherer)
12:30 p.m. Women’s 200 meters final (Purvis)
12:40 p.m. Men’s 1,500 meters final (Acosta, Centrowitz)
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