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The US won five medals on Saturday and three of them were gold. Two of them came on the track with Francena McCorory in the women’s 400m and Nia Ali in the women’s 60m hurdles while the other was from Ashton Eaton’s dominating win in the heptathlon. Eaton couldn’t set the world record settling for the second best all time behind the last time he competed in the heptathlon.

Men’s High Jump

The qualification round for the men’s high jump was held on Saturday. Dusty Jonas was looking good until he hit 2.25m and couldn’t clear it in three attempts. Erik Kynard got over the 2.25 and 2.28m. 2.28m was the top distance cleared by all the top six and since they’d all qualified already the qualifying round stopped there. The final on Sunday should be interesting to see who at the top can keep going the farthest.

Women’s 400m

The US was strong on Saturday in the women’s 400m as Francena McCorory took home the gold for the US winning by 0.42 seconds. Her teammate Joanna Atkins finished 6th, a half second out of the medals.

Women’s Shot Put

The US qualified both of their athletes into the final of the women’s shot put. Michelle Carter moved into the final by clearing the automatic qualifying distance of 18.70m on her first throw, an 18.79m throw. Jeneva McCall needed to qualify on spot and finished eighth with an 18.20m throw to reach the final. Carter did improve her score in the final with a 19.10m on her second throw but would up fifth, 0.14m behind the third place finisher. McCall wasn’t able to throw as long and finished eighth with an 18.05m throw.

Men’s 400m

In the men’s 400m final the US grabbed a medal when Kyle Clemons came in third a half second behind the winner. Clemons was followed by teammate David Verburg who finished fourth almost a full half second behind Clemons.

Women’s 60m

In the women’s 60m heats on Saturday the US qualified both of their athletes for Sunday’s semifinals. Tianna Bartoletta won the fourth heat by 0.06 seconds while LaKeisha Lawson was in a group of three runners who crossed the finish line with the same time to the hundredth of a second. Lawson finished second on a photo finish.

Women’s Long Jump

 

The US got one of their two long jumpers into the final from the qualification round on Saturday. Tori Polk jumped 6.53m on her first jump which was long enough to finish seventh and move on to Sunday’s final while Tori Bowie never could get a score higher than 6.12m and finished 13th.

Men’s Heptathlon

Ashton Eaton started Saturday off with a big score in the 60m hurdles as he placed first with a 7.64 second time to extend his lead back to 187 points. He followed it up with a tie for 3rd in the pole vault clearing 5.20m which actually extended his lead again to 249 points.

Eaton wrapped up the day with a 2:34.72 in the 1000m and giving himself a final margin of 329 points. The time was just a slight bit too slow for him to set a world record for the fourth straight time he’s competed in the heptathlon but he did put up the second highest score ever.

Men’s 1500m

Will Leer was the only American in the men’s 1500m final. Leer had a strong run and finished sixth which was about two seconds behind the winner.

Men’s 60m Hurdles

Both Dominic Berger and Omo Osaghae qualified for Sunday’s semifinals in the 60m hurdles. The margins in the heats were razor thin at Berger won heat two by a hundredth of a second and Osaghae was second in heat three by two hundredths of a second.

Men’s 4x400m Relay

The men’s 4x400m got a nice confidence boost as they beat the Jamaican team in the semifinals by 1.76 seconds in their heat. The two will meet again in Sunday’s final.

Women’s 60m Hurdles

Both US women advanced to the 60m hurdles finals with Nia Ali squeaking out a win in the second heat by one hundredth of a second and Janay Deloach Soukup finishing second in her heat by 0.12 seconds. They were together in the final where Nia Ali showed she was clearly the best in the field winning the event by five hundredths of a second. Deloach Soukup was just a tenth of a second slower but finished fifth and was four hundredths behind the bronze.

Men’s 60m

In the men’s 60m Marvin Bracy qualified for the final by winning his heat by fife hundredths of a second but Trell Kimmons missed out on the final after finishing fourth in his heat and not being one of the two fastest non-top two finishers. Bracy went on to finish second in an extremely close final where he missed out on gold by two hundredths of a second and beat the bronze medalist by one hundredth of a second.

Men’s Triple Jump

Chris Carter is the lone US competitor in the triple jump and qualified for the final without too many problems finishing fifth in the qualifying round with a score of 16.54m. Carter will compete in Sunday’s triple jump final.

Women’s 1500m

In the women’s 1500m Treniere Moser was right with the second and third place runners but ended up 0.72 seconds behind the silver and 0.23 seconds behind the bronze in fifth place. Heather Kampf was also in the race but was disqualified for a lane violation after stepping over the inside line.

Women’s 4x400m Relay

Just like in the men’s 4x400m relay event the women advanced to the final with a win in their heat over Jamaica as well. This one was a little closer with just 0.37 seconds between the two teams. They’ll meet again in Sunday’s final.

Upcoming:

The US has competitors in 11 more events on Sunday with 14 competing in the nine individual events in addition to the men’s and women’s 4x400m relay teams. WeSupportTheUS.com will have final coverage of the championships tomorrow night. The US would need six golds and 12 total medals to match their totals from two years ago.

Schedule:

• March 9th
  • 9 AM ET – Women’s Pole Vault – Final
    • Mary Saxer
    • Jenn Suhr
  • 9:05 AM ET – Women’s Long Jump – Final
    • Tori Polk
  • 9:15 AM ET – Women’s 60m – Semifinals
    • Tianna Bartoletta
    • LaKeisha Lawson
  • 9:45 AM ET – Men’s 60m Hurdles – Semifinals
    • Dominic Berger
    • Omo Osaghae
  • 10:10 AM ET – Men’s 3000m – Final
    • Bernard Lagat
    • Galen Rupp
  • 10:30 AM ET – Men’s High Jump – Final
    • Erik Kynard
  • 10:35 AM ET – Women’s 800m – Final
    • Chanelle Price
  • 10:50 AM ET – Women’s 3000m – Final
    • Gabe Grunewald
    • Shannon Rowbury
  • 11:10 AM ET – Men’s Triple Jump – Final
    • Chris Carter
  • 11:45 AM ET – Women’s 4x400m Relay – Final
    • Joanna Atkins, Monica Hargrove, Natasha Hastings, Jernail Hayes, Francena McCorory, Cassandra Tate
  • 12:05 PM ET – Women’s 60m – Final
  • 12:20 PM ET – Men’s 60m Hurdles – Final
  • 12:40 PM ET – Men’s 4x400m Relay – Final
    • Ricky Babineaux, Kind Butler, Kyle Clemons, Clayton Parros, Calvin Smith, and David Verburg