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Future Longhorn Duncan finishes 4th at World Junior Championships
07.24.2016 | Track & Field / Cross Country
Hurdler posts personal best in final
2016 IAAF World Junior Championships | Bydgoszcz, Poland
July 19-24, 2016
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AUSTIN, Texas – Future Longhorn Alexis Duncan closed the IAAF World Junior Championships with the best run of her life and came away in fourth place. Duncan crossed the finish line with a new personal best time of 12.93 seconds in the 100 meter hurdles and just missed the medal stand.
Duncan finished in fourth place for Team USA and trailed third by just .04 to just miss winning bronze. Her time would rank seventh in school history after running 13.02 in the semifinals.
The performance by Duncan marks the highest finish of all six current or future Longhorns competing at the IAAF World Junior Championships.
Texas did see four top eight finishes from its student-athletes competing in Poland over the last week. Incoming freshman Elena Bruckner finished seventh in both the shot put and discus, and rising sophomore Mariam Abdul-Rashid was eighth in the 400 meter hurdles.
Texas Longhorns at 2016 IAAF World Junior Championships
Team USA
Elena Bruckner: Shot Put (7th place), Discus (7th place)
Alexis Duncan: 100m Hurdles (4th place)
Alex Rogers: 3,000m Steeplechase (17th place)
Destiny Collins: alternate for 3,000m
Team Canada
Mariam Abdul-Rashid: 400m Hurdles (8th place), 100m Hurdles (17th place)
Team Jamaica
Obrien Wasome: Long Jump (Foul during Qualifying Rd.)
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