Crimson Tide Track and Field Duo Advances to World Championships 200-meter Finals

By Press release submission

Jul 20, 2022

Alabama track and field alums Tamara Clark (USA) and Jereem Richards (Trinidad and Tobago) advanced to the finals of the women's and men's 200 meters on day five of the World Championships being held at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.

Clark won the second heat of the women's 200-meter semifinals with a time of 21.95 to earn her spot in the finals with the third-fastest time overall. Richards ran a 19.86, which ranked third in the second semifinal heats, and fourth overall on the evening.

Alabama Results at the World Championships

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 as the third overall seed coming out of the semis
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 and fourth overall earning a spot in the finals
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
Kirani James (Grenada) took second in the sixth heat of the 400 meters preliminaries and third overall with a time of 45.29, advancing him to the semifinals
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 semfinals
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 Six (Wednesday)

Alex Amankwah (Ghana) runs the second heat of the men's 800-meter prelims at 5:15 p.m. PT
Kirani James (Grenada) and Champion Allison (USA) will run in the semifinals of the 400 meters at 7:15 p.m. PT, with James in the second heat and Allison in the third

The Crimson Tide's World Championships Contingent