<p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">Pretty impressive.
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</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">STARKVILLE, Miss. - A pair of Mississippi State first-year runners have earned spots on their respective countries' junior national teams for the upcoming IAAF World Junior Outdoor Championships, July 8-13, in Bydgoszcz, Poland.</span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">After posting the top qualifying time in the men's 400-meter dash, O'Neal Wilder ran 45.62 seconds to win the event title on Sunday afternoon. Wilder becomes the first Bulldog to win a junior national title while enrolled at MSU.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">At the Trinidad Olympic Trials, Manny Mayers broke the Trinidad junior national record in the 400-meter hurdles, running 52.21 during Saturday afternoon's competition. Mayers finished fourth in the event with a time of 51.92 and earned a spot on the Trinidad Junior National Team.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">The two will join assistant coach Bryan Fetzer, who was recently selected as an assistant coach for the United States' men's team for the World Junior Championships.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">The United States Olympic Trials begin Friday in Eugene, Ore. Current Lady Bulldog Marrissa Harris will compete, as will Golden Coachman and Jamil Hubbard, both who just finished stellar careers at MState. Former Lady Bulldog all-American Tiffany McWilliams is also scheduled to compete.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">Other former MSU athletes scheduled to compete at their countries respective Olympic Trials include Pierre Browne, Travis McKay and Keston Nelson (Canada) and Dion Crabbe (British Virgin Islands).</span></p>
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</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">STARKVILLE, Miss. - A pair of Mississippi State first-year runners have earned spots on their respective countries' junior national teams for the upcoming IAAF World Junior Outdoor Championships, July 8-13, in Bydgoszcz, Poland.</span></p> <p style="font-weight: bold;" class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">After posting the top qualifying time in the men's 400-meter dash, O'Neal Wilder ran 45.62 seconds to win the event title on Sunday afternoon. Wilder becomes the first Bulldog to win a junior national title while enrolled at MSU.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">At the Trinidad Olympic Trials, Manny Mayers broke the Trinidad junior national record in the 400-meter hurdles, running 52.21 during Saturday afternoon's competition. Mayers finished fourth in the event with a time of 51.92 and earned a spot on the Trinidad Junior National Team.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">The two will join assistant coach Bryan Fetzer, who was recently selected as an assistant coach for the United States' men's team for the World Junior Championships.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">The United States Olympic Trials begin Friday in Eugene, Ore. Current Lady Bulldog Marrissa Harris will compete, as will Golden Coachman and Jamil Hubbard, both who just finished stellar careers at MState. Former Lady Bulldog all-American Tiffany McWilliams is also scheduled to compete.</span></p> <p class=""><span style="font-size: 11px;">Other former MSU athletes scheduled to compete at their countries respective Olympic Trials include Pierre Browne, Travis McKay and Keston Nelson (Canada) and Dion Crabbe (British Virgin Islands).</span></p>
