IAAF Day 9 – Parker Strikes Bronze, Brown Advances in 100mH

DOHA, Qatar - Former Razorback Kiara Parker will return to the states with a bronze medal after running the anchor leg of the Team USA 4×100-meter relay at Khalifa Stadium Saturday night.

Parker, who ran in the prelims of the event Friday night, returned to take the track for the final of the women's 4×100-meter relay. Team USA's  Dezerea Bryant, Teahna Daniels, Morolake Akinosun and Parker posted a season-best time of 42.10 en route to a bronze medal. This is the first medal for Parker at an IAAF World Championships meet.

POS	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	MARK	REACTION TIME
1	JAM	JAMAICA	JAM	41.44 WL	0.147
2	GBR	GREAT BRITAIN & NI	GBR	41.85 SB	0.127
3	USA	UNITED STATES	USA	42.10 SB	0.161
4	SUI	SWITZERLAND	SUI	42.18 NR	0.141
5	GER	GERMANY	GER	42.48	0.171
6	TTO	TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO	TTO	42.71 SB	0.173
7	ITA	ITALY	ITA	42.98	0.154
	CHN	PR OF CHINA	CHN	DQ	0.169

Arkansas school record holder and multi-time All-American Janeek Brown made her World Championships debut Saturday afternoon in the first round of the women's 100-meter hurdles.

Brown, representing Jamacia, ran 12.61Q finishing second in her heat and fifth overall after the preliminary round. Brown will return for action in the semifinal and final Sunday at 11:02 a.m. with the final scheduled for 12:50 p.m.

POS	RANK	HEAT	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS	MS*	WIND
1	1	5	1462	Tobi AMUSAN	NGR	12.48 Q PB		+0.2
2	1	3	1204	Danielle WILLIAMS	JAM	12.51 Q		+0.4
3	1	4	1974	Kendra HARRISON	USA	12.55 Q		+0.3
4	1	1	1942	Nia ALI	USA	12.59 Q		+0.3
5	2	5	1176	Janeek BROWN	JAM	12.61 Q		+0.2
6	2	3	549	Andrea Carolina VARGAS	CRC	12.68 Q NR		+0.4
7	3	5	1445	Nadine VISSER	NED	12.75 Q		+0.2
8	2	4	961	Cindy ROLEDER	GER	12.76 Q SB		+0.3
9	4	5	1551	Karolina KOŁECZEK	POL	12.78 Q	.772	+0.2
10	2	1	1200	Megan TAPPER	JAM	12.78 Q	.773	+0.3
11	1	2	1117	Luminosa BOGLIOLO	ITA	12.80 Q		+0.2
12	3	4	288	Elvira HERMAN	BLR	12.84 Q		+0.3
13	2	2	1202	Yanique THOMPSON	JAM	12.85 Q		+0.2
14	3	2	265	Anne ZAGRE	BEL	12.91 Q SB		+0.2
15	5	5	751	Nooralotta NEZIRI	FIN	12.92 q		+0.2
16	4	4	742	Reetta HURSKE	FIN	12.96 Q		+0.3
17	6	5	1648	Rikenette STEENKAMP	RSA	12.97 q SB	.962	+0.2
18	3	3	746	Annimari KORTE	FIN	12.97 Q	.963	+0.4
19	3	1	884	Cindy OFILI	GBR	12.97 Q	.965	+0.3
20	7	5	201	Michelle JENNEKE	AUS	12.98 q SB		+0.2
21	4	3	1027	Luca KOZÁK	HUN	13.00 Q		+0.4
22	5	3	2051	Beate SCHROTT	AUT	13.08 q		+0.4
23	4	2	190	Brianna BEAHAN	AUS	13.11 Q	.101	+0.2
24	5	4	1026	Gréta KEREKES	HUN	13.11	.107	+0.3
25	6	3	187	Celeste MUCCI	AUS	13.14	.133	+0.4
26	4	1	2036	Genesis ROMERO	VEN	13.14 Q	.140	+0.3
27	6	4	1016	Vanessa CLERVEAUX	HAI	13.15		+0.3
28	5	2	1248	Ayako KIMURA	JPN	13.19		+0.2
29	5	1	1258	Asuka TERADA	JPN	13.20		+0.3
30	7	4	1839	Hanna PLOTITSYNA	UKR	13.30		+0.3
31	6	1	2087	Stanislava ŠKVARKOVÁ	SVK	13.44		+0.3
32	8	5	811	Laura VALETTE	FRA	13.47		+0.2
33	7	3	431	Phylicia GEORGE	CAN	13.49		+0.4
34	6	2	808	Fanny QUENOT	FRA	13.51		+0.2
35	7	1	1522	Adrine MONAGI	PNG	14.00		+0.3
36	8	4	1740	Irina VELIHANOVA	TKM	14.79		+0.3
		1	806	Solène NDAMA	FRA	DNF
		2	1985	Brianna MCNEAL	USA	DQ

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