Alabama Track and Field’s Kirani James Wins 400m Silver Medal at the World Championships
7/22/2022 11:08:00 PM | Track & Field, Cross Country
With Kirani James (Grenada) taking silver and Champion Allison (USA) taking fourth, half of the World Championships top-four are Crimson Tide alums
EUGENE, Ore. – Alabama track and field alum Kirani James earned a silver medal in the 400 meters on day eight of the World Championships being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
James (Grenada) ran a 44.48, while fellow Crimson Tide alum Champion Allison (USA) went 44.77 to take fourth, giving Alabama half the top four. With his silver medal, James how now won gold, silver and bronze in the 400 meters at both the Olympics and World Championships.
In other Tide action, Remona Burchell ran the third leg on Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay on Friday, which posted a 42.37, qualifying the quartet for the final.
Alabama Results at the World Championships
- Kirani James (Grenada) took second in the sixth heat of the 400-meter preliminaries and third overall with a time of 45.29, advancing him to the semifinals, where he won the second heat with a 44.74, earning a spot in the finals, where he took silver with a 44.48
- Champion Allison (USA) won the fifth heat of the 400-meter preliminaries with a time of 45.56, ranking him seventh coming out of heats and advancing him to the semifinals, where he won the third heat with a time of 44.71, advancing him to the finals, where he ran a 44.77 to take fourth place
- Remona Burchell ran the third leg on Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay, which ran a 42.37, qualifying the quartet for the final
- Tamara Clark (USA) won the fourth heat and ranked fifth overall with a 22.27 coming out of prelims of the women's 200 meters, before winning the second semifinal with a 21.95, advancing to the final, where she finished sixth with a time of 22.32
- Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago) won the second heat of the men's 200 meters with a 20.35 to advance to the semifinals, before going 19.86 to finish third in the second semifinal to earn a spot in the final, where he ran a 20.08 to take sixth in the world
- Tarsis Orogot, the first Ugandan man in history to run the 200 meters at the World Championships, ran a 20.44 in the fourth heat to advance to the semifinals where he ran a 20.35 to take 13th overall on the night
- Shelby McEwen (USA) tied for ninth in the prelims of the men's high jump with a leap of 2.28 meters, before jumping 2.30 meters in the finals to take fifth place
- Olivia Fotopoulou posted a top-30 finish in the women's 200 meters, posting a 23.25 to take 27th overall
- Natassha McDonald (Canada) posted a top-30 finish in the women's 400 meters at the World Championships, taking 28th with a time of 52.41
- Daniel Haugh (USA) finished second in the prelims of the men's hammer throw with a toss of 79.34 meters, advancing him to finals, before taking eighth in finals with a toss of 78.10 meters
- Portious Warren (Trinidad and Tobago) took 25th in the women's shot put with a best toss of 16.65 meters
Crimson Tide Action on Day Nine (Saturday)
- Quanesha Burks (USA) and Flippa Fotopoulou (Cyprus) will compete in the women's long jump which gets underway at 12 p.m. PT
- Natassha McDonald is part of Canada's 4x400-meter relay crew which gets underway at 5 p.m. PT
- Champion Allison (USA) and Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago) both have a chance to compete in the 4x400-meter relay prelims starting at 5:30 p.m. PT
- Remona Burchell is part of Jamaica's 4x100-meter relay contingent, with the finals getting underway at 7:30 p.m. PT
Alabama's World Championships Contingent
- Champion Allison, United States - Men's 400 meters and 4x400m relay pool
- Alex Amankwa, Ghana - Men's 800 meters
- Remona Burchell, Jamaica - Women's 4x100m relay pool
- Quanesha Burks, United States - Women's long jump
- Tamara Clark, United States - Women's 200 meters
- Olivia Fotopoulou, Cyprus - Women's 200 meters
- Flippa Fotopoulou, Cyprus - Women's long jump
- Daniel Haugh, United States - Men's hammer throw
- Kirani James, Grenada - Men's 400 meters
- Natassha McDonald, Canada - Women's 400 meters and 4x400m relay pool
- Shelby McEwen, United States - Men's high jump
- Tarsis Orogot, Uganda - Men's 200 meters
- Jereem Richards, Trinidad and Tobago - Men's 200 meters and 4x400m relay pool
- Portious Warren, Trinidad and Tobago - Women's shot put
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