Kelly Ann Carr advances in 400m hurdles
LIMA, Peru— Kelly Ann Carr did just enough to advance to the semi-final of the women’s 400m hurdles during Wednesday morning’s session at the World Athletics Under 20 Championships in Lima, Peru.
Carr led the race up to the eighth hurdle before being overtaken, finishing in 1:00.61 behind Australia’s Alesha Bennetts, who won in 59.04 seconds. Haiti’s Gloria Guerrier was third with 1:00.65 and will also advance to Friday’s semi-final.
It was a tough outing for Deschanique Douglas, who hit the third hurdle and was unable to recover, finishing at the back of the race with a time of 1:05.43.
Douglas, who has a personal best of 59.72 seconds and is set to take up a scholarship at Lincoln University in Missouri after the championships, told Observer Online that she had been unable to hurdle for the past two weeks leading up to the event but gave it her best shot.
-Paul A Reid
