LONDON –
Kerron Clement (2004-05) did not collect the historic third IAAF World Championships 400-meter hurdles gold medal he sought, but the reigning Olympic gold medalist nabbed bronze, the Gators' second of the week.
Paired with his 2007 and 2009 world titles, Clement, who turns 32 years old in October, is just the
fourth three-time 400 hurdles medalist in World Championships history. He joins the likes of Samuel Matete, Stephane Diagana, and Felix Sanchez. Of the four,
Clement and Sanchez are the only two with a pair of world titles and an Olympic gold.
TJ Holmes (2015-17), the USATF Outdoor Championships bronze medalist, capped a season of tremendous improvement with a fifth-place finish in the same final, missing fourth by 0.01 seconds.
In the Gators' other final Wednesday (Aug. 9) night,
Novlene Williams-Mills,
the oldest female 400 meters finalist in World Championships history, crossed eighth. The Jamaican team captain and six-time World Championships medalist will be back this weekend as a member of her country's 4x400 relay.
Incoming freshman
Hakim Sani Brown supplanted Usain Bolt as the youngest World Championships 200 meters finalist in history.
Bolt made the 2005 final the day before he turned 19 years old,
while Sani Brown, also a 100 meters semifinalist, turned 18 in March. Sani Brown earned an automatic berth with a runner-up finish in his semifinal heat.
Two-time Olympian
Genevieve LaCaze (2009-12)
became the first Australian and Gator in history to qualify for the World Championships 3,000-meter steeplechase final, doing so automatically with a third-place finish in her heat. LaCaze, the Australian record holder and still Florida's school record holder, posted a season-best time of 9:27.53. She runs the final Friday (Aug. 11) at 4:25 p.m. ET.
Appearing in her sixth World Championships, the second-most by a female Gator, Great Britain's
Shara Proctor (2007-10) finished 13th in long jump qualifying. Proctor missed the last qualification spot by one centimeter.
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Genevieve LaCaze fought through an injury-laden season to qualify for her first World Championships final. (Photo: Jeff Cohen)
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IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS MEET INFORMATION (all times Eastern)
- Live Results
- Complete TV / Streaming Schedule
- Thursday, Aug. 10 TV / Streaming
- TV: NBC Sports Network (2-5 p.m.)
- Online Streaming: NBC Sports Gold (TV Broadcast:: 2-5 p.m. / Triple Jump feed: 4:20 p.m.)
- Tape-Delay Replays: Olympic Channel (8 p.m. – 12 a.m.)
- Venue: London Stadium
| Sunday, August 6 (only finals listed) |
| Event |
Place, Gator, Country (Years at UF) – Time / Mark [Wind | Notes |
| SP (M) |
3. Stipe Zunic, Croatia (2011-15) – 21.46 meters (70-5) | Bronze medalist; first World Championships medalist in Croatian history |
| Wednesday, August 9 (* - preliminary / qualifying; ^ - semifinal ) |
| Event |
Place, Gator, Country (Years at UF) – Time / Mark [Wind | Notes |
| 200m (M) ^ |
10. Hakim Sani Brown, Japan (Class of 2017) – 20.43 [-0.3] | Advanced to final (automatic) |
| 400m (W) |
8. Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica (2003-04) – 51.48 |
| 400mH (M) |
3. Kerron Clement, United States (2004-05) – 48.52 | Bronze medalist |
|
5. TJ Holmes, United States (2015-17) – 49.00 |
| 3kSC (W) * |
7. Genevieve LaCaze, Australia (2009-12) – 9:27.53 | Advanced to final (automatic); season-best time |
| LJ (W) * |
13. Shara Proctor, Great Britain (2007-10) – 6.45 meters (21-2) [-0.9] |
| Thursday, August 10 (all events are finals) |
| Time |
Gators, Country (Years at UF) – Event |
| 3:20 p.m. |
Will Claye, United States (2010-11); Christian Taylor, United States (2009-11) – Men's Triple Jump |
| 4:50 p.m. |
Hakim Sani Brown, Japan (Class of 2017) – Men's 200 meters |
| Friday, August 11 (all events are finals) |
| Time |
Gators, Country (Years at UF) – Event |
| 4:25 p.m. |
Genevieve LaCaze, Australia (2009-12) – Women's 3,000-meter Steeplechase |
| Saturday, August 12 (unless denoted otherwise all events are finals) |
| Time |
Gators, Country (Years at UF) – Event |
| 5:35 a.m. |
Kyra Jefferson, United States (2013-17) – 4x100 Relay (prelims) |
| 5:55 a.m. |
Hakim Sani Brown, Japan (Class of 2017) – 4x100 Relay (prelims) |
| 6:20 a.m. |
Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica (2003-04) – Women's 4x400 Relay (prelims) |
| 6:50 a.m. |
Tony McQuay, United States (2010-12) – Men's 4x400 Relay (prelims) |
| 4:30 p.m. |
Jefferson, United States (2013-17) – 4x100 Relay |
| 4:50 p.m. |
Sani Brown, Japan (Class of 2017) – 4x100 Relay |
| Sunday, August 13 (all events are finals) |
| Time |
Gators, Country (Years at UF) – Event |
| 3:55 p.m. |
Novlene Williams-Mills, Jamaica (2003-04) – Women's 4x400 Relay |
| 4:15 p.m. |
Tony McQuay, United States (2010-12) – Men's 4x400 Relay |
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