IAAF Day 6 – Hiltz Advances to Semifinal in 1500m

DOHA, Qatar - A trio of former Razorbacks including Nikki Hiltz, Dominique Scott-Efurd and Omar McLeod were in action Wednesday afternoon at the IAAF Track & Field World Championships from Khalifa Stadium.

Hiltz was the first one on the track on day six of the IAAF Championships, running in the prelims of the women's 1,500-meters. Hiltz, who punched her ticket to the world championships with a third-place finish at the USATF Championships back in July running a personal-best 4:03.55, saw her season continue as she advanced to the semifinal running 4:04.00 that finished as the third-best in her heat and the third-best of the round. Hiltz will run in the semifinal of the 1,500-meters Thursday afternoon at 1 p.m. CT.

WOMEN'S 1500-METER RESULTS

POS	RANK	HEAT	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	1	1436	Sifan HASSAN	NED	4:03.88 Q
2	2	1	1310	Faith KIPYEGON	KEN	4:03.93 Q
3	3	1	1976	Nikki HILTZ	USA	4:04.00 Q
4	4	1	1811	Winnie NANYONDO	UGA	4:04.04 Q
5	5	1	1072	Ciara MAGEEAN	IRL	4:04.18 Q
6	6	1	881	Sarah MCDONALD	GBR	4:04.42 Q
7	7	1	725	Lemlem HAILU	ETH	4:05.61 q
8	8	1	596	Kristiina MÄKI	CZE	4:06.61 q PB
9	9	1	678	Esther GUERRERO	ESP	4:06.99 q
10	1	3	2004	Jenny SIMPSON	USA	4:07.27 Q
11	2	3	429	Gabriela DEBUES-STAFFORD	CAN	4:07.28 Q
12	3	3	883	Laura MUIR	GBR	4:07.37 Q
13	4	3	682	Marta PÉREZ	ESP	4:07.48 Q
14	10	1	197	Georgia GRIFFITH	AUS	4:07.73 q
15	5	3	1615	Claudia Mihaela BOBOCEA	ROU	4:07.76 Q
16	6	3	1382	Malika AKKAOUI	MAR	4:08.05 Q
17	7	3	198	Linden HALL	AUS	4:08.12 q
18	8	3	284	Darya BARYSEVICH	BLR	4:08.19 q
19	1	2	1383	Rababe ARAFI	MAR	4:08.32 Q
20	2	2	1300	Winny CHEBET	KEN	4:08.36 Q
21	3	2	728	Gudaf TSEGAY	ETH	4:08.39 Q
22	4	2	1977	Shelby HOULIHAN	USA	4:08.51 Q
23	9	3	720	Axumawit EMBAYE	ETH	4:08.56
24	5	2	200	Jessica HULL	AUS	4:08.71 Q
25	11	1	748	Sara KUIVISTO	FIN	4:08.85 PB
26	10	3	1803	Esther CHEBET	UGA	4:08.89
27	6	2	1726	Yolanda NGARAMBE	SWE	4:09.22 Q
28	11	3	1860	María Pía FERNÁNDEZ	URU	4:09.45 NR
29	7	2	1198	Aisha PRAUGHT-LEER	JAM	4:09.81
30	8	2	1060	Palakeezh UNNIKRISHNAN CHITRA	IND	4:11.10 PB
31	9	2	947	Caterina GRANZ	GER	4:12.36
32	10	2	889	Jemma REEKIE	GBR	4:12.51
33	11	2	1663	Maruša MIŠMAŠ	SLO	4:14.94
34	12	2	546	Carla MENDES	CPV	4:23.56
35	12	3	139	Neide DIAS	ANG	4:28.27

Next up was Scott-Efurd in the prelims of the 5,000-meters. Representing South Africa, Scott-Efurd crossed the line in 15:05.01q taking eighth in her heat and 14th-overall. She'll return to the track Saturday at 1:25 p.m. CT for the final of the 5,000-meters.

WOMEN'S 5,000-METERS RESULTS

POS	RANK	HEAT	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS	MS*
1	1	1	1314	Hellen OBIRI	KEN	14:52.13 Q
2	2	1	2002	Karissa SCHWEIZER	USA	14:52.41 Q PB
3	3	1	721	Hawi FEYSA	ETH	14:53.85 Q
4	4	1	880	Eilish MCCOLGAN	GBR	14:55.79 Q
5	1	2	722	Tsehay GEMECHU	ETH	15:01.57 Q	.562
6	2	2	953	Konstanze KLOSTERHALFEN	GER	15:01.57 Q	.569
7	3	2	1308	Margaret Chelimo KIPKEMBOI	KEN	15:01.58 Q
8	4	2	1315	Lilian Kasait RENGERUK	KEN	15:02.03 Q
9	5	1	1507	Camille BUSCOMB	NZL	15:02.19 Q PB
10	5	2	894	Laura WEIGHTMAN	GBR	15:02.24 Q
11	6	2	731	Fantu WORKU	ETH	15:02.74 q
12	6	1	1256	Nozomi TANAKA	JPN	15:04.66 q PB
13	7	1	440	Andrea SECCAFIEN	CAN	15:04.67 q PB
14	8	1	1647	Dominique SCOTT	RSA	15:05.01 q
15	9	1	1996	Elinor PURRIER	USA	15:08.82 q
16	7	2	613	Anna Emilie MØLLER	DEN	15:11.76
17	10	1	1807	Sarah CHELANGAT	UGA	15:19.90
18	11	1	952	Hanna KLEIN	GER	15:28.65
19	8	2	2001	Rachel SCHNEIDER	USA	15:30.00
20	9	2	195	Melissa DUNCAN	AUS	15:37.37
21	10	2	427	Rachel CLIFF	CAN	15:41.27
22	11	2	878	Jessica JUDD	GBR	15:51.48
23	12	2	898	Valeriya ZHANDAROVA	GEO	15:52.11
24	13	2	1249	Tomoka KIMURA	JPN	15:53.08
25	12	1	142	Florencia BORELLI	ARG	15:56.49
26	13	1	2053	Cavaline NAHIMANA	BDI	16:25.82
		1	1438	Maureen KOSTER	NED	DNF
		1	1492	Karoline Bjerkeli GRØVDAL	NOR	DNF
		2	372	Tigist GASHAW	BRN	DNF

The reigning Olympic and World Champion at 110-meter hurdles, Omar McLeod was the final competitor for the Razorbacks Wednesday afternoon. McLeod breezed through the semifinal to the final running 13.08 that tied his season-best and led the round. In the final, McLeod was in second-place for most of the competition before stumbling over the final barrier and crashing to the ground. McLeod is still in contention to run as a member of Jamacia's 4×100-meter relay later in the meet.

MEN'S 110-METER HURDLE RESULTS

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	REACTION TIME
1	1894	Grant HOLLOWAY	USA	13.10	0.158
2	119	Sergey SHUBENKOV	ANA	13.15	0.150
3	784	Pascal MARTINOT-LAGARDE	FRA	13.18	0.161
4	474	Wenjun XIE	CHN	13.29	0.140
5	665	Orlando ORTEGA	ESP	13.30	0.130
6	230	Shane BRATHWAITE	BAR	13.61	0.149
7	1862	Devon ALLEN	USA	13.70	0.124
8	579	Milan TRAJKOVIC	CYP	13.87	0.150
	1167	Omar MCLEOD	JAM	DQ	0.128

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