Abdul-Rashid takes 8th at World Junior Championships

AUSTIN, Texas – It was a great day for Longhorn hurdlers at the IAAF World Junior Championships. Rising sophomore Mariam Abdul-Rashid ran in the final of the 400 meter hurdles while also advancing in another event with a future teammate of hers.

Abdul-Rashid finished in eighth place in the 400 meter hurdles for Team Canada on Friday from the World Junior Championships as she crossed the line in 59.66 seconds.

The day started with Abdul-Rashid taking second in her heat of the 100 meter hurdles. She clocked 13.65 seconds to finish behind Alexis Duncan from Team USA. Duncan, an incoming freshman at UT, posted the No. 2 time of the preliminaries at 13.11 seconds.

The two Longhorns will run in the semifinals at 10:15 a.m. CT. Abdul-Rashid could possibly run during the semifinals of the 4x400 relay for Canada as well during the early session on Saturday.

Fans can keep up with the action from Poland with live results provided at iaff.org. The IAAF will also be running a live blog and have radio broadcast during the meet on its website. Updates from the meet can be found on the IAAF's official Twitter account @iaaforg. Texas Track & Field will have updates on its athlete on its Twitter account as well, @utexastrack.

Texas Longhorns at 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships

Team USA
Elena Bruckner: Shot Put (7^th place), Discus (7^th place)
Alexis Duncan: 100m Hurdles (Advanced to Semifinals)
Alex Rogers: 3,000m Steeplechase (17^th place)
Destiny Collins: alternate for 3,000m

Team Canada
Mariam Abdul-Rashid: 400m Hurdles (8^th place), 100m Hurdles (Advanced to Semifinals), 4x400m Relay

Team Jamaica
Obrien Wasome: Long Jump (Foul during Qualifying Rd.)

The University of Texas at Austin Athletics

Abdul-Rashid takes 8th at World Junior Championships

Players Mentioned

Mariam Abdul-Rashid

Alex Rogers