Sydney McLaughlin, Masai Russell advance at USATF Outdoor Championships

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: Sydney McLaughlin torched the competition in a race.

Participating in the Toyota USA Track & Field Outdoor Championships out in Eugene, Oregon, McLaughlin-Levrone advanced to 400m finals after clocking a 49.60 in the semifinals on Friday. The Xfinity Women’s 400m Final is scheduled for 9:19 p.m. ET live on CNBC.

The former Wildcat previously set a personal record (PR), 49.51 at the NYC Grand Prix back in June before running a 49.79 on Thursday to advance to Friday evening’s semifinal.

McLaughlin-Levrone isn’t the only UK Track & Field alum turning heads out in Eugene. Graduate Masai Russell also advanced to the semifinals of the women’s 100m hurdles after finishing second in her heat and sixth overall with a time of 12.74 (0.0). She will run again on Saturday in the semifinal at 9:02 p.m. ET.

Should the former Wildcat advance, she will conclude the weekend a little over an hour later on Saturday in the 100H final at 10:55 p.m. ET — both events televised on CNBC.

Elsewhere, Keni Harrison won her heat in the first round of the 100H with a time of 12.50 (0.4) to advance to the semifinals on Saturday, scheduled for 9:02 p.m. ET. Keaton Daniel will compete in the Men’s Pole Vault Final at 9 p.m. ET, while Abby Steiner (Women’s 200M, 8:09 p.m. ET) and Daniel Roberts (Men’s 110H, 8:37 p.m. ET) will compete in the first round of their respective races, as well.

In other events Friday evening, recent transfer Charity Griffith finished just outside the qualification requirement for the World Championships in fourth with a high jump of 6’0.25”/1.86 meters in her UKTF debut.

Both volunteer coaches Devynne Charlton and Christian Coleman punched their tickets to the World Championships this evening. Charlton earned her spot after winning the 100H at the Bahamas National Championships with a time of 12.93 (-1.1) while Coleman placed runner up by a tenth of a second in the 100m final crossing the line at 9.96 seconds at the USATF Outdoor Championships.

Below is a list of current UKTF student-athletes, incoming UKTF student-athletes, and UKTF alumni that are competing at the USATF Outdoor Championships and USATF U-20 Outdoor Championships this weekend, courtesy of UK Athletics.

Men

• Christian Coleman (UK Volunteer Assistant Coach, UT alumnus) – 100m, 200m
• Keaton Daniel – Pole Vault
• Andrew Evans (Class of 2014) – Discus
• Brian Faust – 400m
• Miles Jones (U20) – 100m
• Daniel Roberts (Class of 2019) – 110m hurdles
• Josh Sobota – Shot Put

Women

• Ava Alexander (U20) – Triple Jump
• Karimah Davis – 200m
• Morgan Davis (U20) – Long Jump
• Charity Griffith – High Jump
• Micaela Hazlewood (Class of 2019) – Discus
• Keni Harrison (Class of 2015) – 100m hurdle
• Alexis Holmes (UKTF Class of 2022) – 400m
• Cynteria James (U20) – 100m, 200m, 400m
• Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (UKTF Class of 2018) – 400m
• Javianne Oliver (UKTF Class of 2016) – 100m
• Masai Russell – 100m Hurdles
• Abby Steiner (UKTF Class of 2022) – 200m
• Sha’Keela Saunders (Class of 2017) – Long Jump
• Shelby Wingler (U20) – Shot Put

Track & Field school.

(UK Athletics)