Lauryn Williams Advances in the 200m at US Championships

June 27, 2009

EUGENE, Ore. – Former University of Miami Hurricane Lauryn Williams advanced to the semifinal of the 200-meter dash, Saturday at the USA Track and Field Championships at the University of Oregon’s Hayward Field.

Former Hurricane, Lauryn Williams grabbed the bronze medal Friday evening in the 100-meter final, qualifying for the World Championships later this summer in Berlin. Saturday evening she qualified for the 200-meter semifinal with a time of 22.95 seconds. The semifinal is scheduled for 3:24 p.m. EST on Saturday, the top-eight women by time will advance to the finals which will start at 5:52 p.m.

Another former Hurricane, Dominque Darden, placed seventh in the 400-meter dash final with a time of 52.19 seconds. While at Miami, Darden collected the most All-America honors of any other Hurricane with a total of 15.

Miami junior, Mikese Morse leapt 7.87m (25-10.00) in the long jump, finishing in 13th-place. Morse’s mark on Saturday was the longest of the outdoor season by 10 inches. During the indoor season, the Tampa native broke UM’s long standing long jump record with a mark of 7.90m (25-11.00).

Freshman Janet Price, Miami’s top 800-meter runner on the year, participated in US Junior National Championships in the event this evening where she placed 11th with a time of 2:13.18.

For results and live streaming video visit www.usatf.org, for daily recaps of all the Hurricane participants visit www.hurricanesports.com. Sunday’s events will be televised live beginning at 4 p.m. on NBC.