Abby Steiner, Sydney McLaughlin advance in World Championships

A pair of Kentucky Track and Field alumnus are moving on to the next stage at the World Athletics Championships in Oregon.

On Tuesday evening in Eugene, Abby Steiner qualified for the finals of the 200-meter finals while Sydney McLaughlin advanced to the 400-meter hurdles. Steiner, the current 200m title holder, finished with a time of 22.15 seconds in the semifinals and placed second overall in her heat, receiving an automatic bid for the finals. McLaughlin easily qualified for the semifinals after posting a time of 53.95 seconds.

The 400m hurdles semifinal takes place at 9:15 p.m. EST on July 20 while the 200m final featuring Steiner starts at 10:35 p.m. EST on July 21. 

.@abbysteiner1 is headed to her first @WorldAthletics final‼️

Steiner ran 22.15 for a big Q and finals berth! The final begins at 10:35 p.m. ET on July 21.#SteinerSpeed x #UKTF x #WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/Bj9pjfc3D5

— UK Track & Field (@KentuckyTrack) July 20, 2022

The world record holder is off to semis! 😺@GoSydGo eased through her race with a 53.95 run in the first heat of 400H prelims.#UKTF x #WorldAthleticsChamps pic.twitter.com/7eqRXSUoyg

— UK Track & Field (@KentuckyTrack) July 20, 2022

Steiner and McLaughlin aren’t the only former Wildcats participating at the World Championships, either. Alumnae Keni Harrison and Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, along with Kentucky volunteer coach Devynne Charlton, will all compete in the 100m hurdles. Another pair of one-time ‘Cats, Megan Moss and Dwight St. Hillaire, are representing the Bahamas and Trinidad & Tobago, respectively. The two will take the track on July 23 in the 4x400m heats.

Below is more information on all of the former Kentucky athletes participating at the World Championships, courtesy of UK Athletics.

Days 1-4
Kentucky track & field’s Coach Tim Hall coached volunteer coach Chrisitan Coleman to sixth in the World Athletics Championships 100-meter final while Steiner qualified for 200m semifinals in the first four days of competition.

Coleman finished sixth in the 100m with a time of 10.01 as one of four Americans in the event. Indoors, Coleman won the silver medal in the 60m at World Athletics Championships in Serbia during March.

#SteinerSpeed made its World Athletics debut with Steiner running 22.26 in the 200m heats, the third fastest time of the field going into Tuesday’s semifinal. She will compete in the semifinal at 9:50 p.m. ET.

Rising senior for UKTF Moss ran in the 4x400m mixed relay for The Bahamas on the first day of World Athletics Championships while All-American and recent graduate St. Hillaire competed in the 400m for Trinidad & Tobago. Both will compete again on July 23 in the 4x400m relay for their respective countries.

Andrew Evans, UK Class of ‘14 and 2022 U.S. champion, competed in the discus qualifying rounds but was unable to make it through to the final.

Daniel Roberts, the recent U.S. champion in the 110m hurdles, was disqualified after suffering a fall in the 110m hurdles heats.

Meet Information
Below is a list of UKTF-affiliated athletes who are competing, the country they represent and their events.

Men 

• Christian Coleman, volunteer coach – Team USA – 100m  
• Andrew Evans ‘14 – Team USA – Discus 
• Daniel Roberts ‘19 – Team USA – 110m hurdles 
• Dwight St. Hillaire ‘22 – Team Trinidad & Tobago – 400m, 4x400m 

Women 

• Celera Barnes ‘21 – Team USA – 4x100m 
• Jasmine Camacho-Quinn (2015-2018) – Team Puerto Rico – 100m hurdles 
• Devynne Charlton, volunteer coach – Team Bahamas – 100m hurdles 
• Keni Harrison ‘15 – Team USA – 100m hurdles 
• Sydney McLaughlin (2017, 2018) – Team USA – 400m hurdles 
• Megan Moss ‘23 – Team Bahamas – mixed 4x400m, 4x400m 
• Abby Steiner ‘22 – Team USA – 200m 

The meet schedule, start lists and live results can be found here.

The meet will be broadcast on NBCUniversal’s television networks and digital platforms.