LSU’S RIKER HYLTON QUALIFIES FOR WORLD RELAY FINAL WITH JAMAICA
DAEGU, South Korea –
While running the second leg on Jamaica’s 4x400-meter relay team that
broke three minutes in Thursday’s qualifying round at Daegu Stadium,
LSU junior Riker Hylton helped lead his team to a spot in Friday’s
relay final at this year’s IAAF World Championships in Athletics. Hylton
joined teammates Allodin Fothergill, Lansford Spence and Leford Green
to take second place with the first of two qualifying heats as Jamaica
crossed the finish line in 2 minutes, 59.13 seconds. That
performance gave the Jamaicans the second-fastest time overall during
Thursday’s action in the final event of the morning session as they
finished second to the United States (2:58.82) in the first qualifier.
A team from South Africa also broke three minutes in relay qualifying
with a time of 2:59.21. Hylton is dangerously poised to
bring home a medal from this year’s World Championships as he is ready
to compete in the 4x400-meter relay final set to run at 7:15 a.m. CDT
on Friday morning. Sophomore teammate Damar Forbes also
saw action for the Jamaican squad as he made his championship debut on
Thursday in the men’s long jump competition. After fouling his first
two jumps of the qualifying round, Forbes posted a wind-legal mark of
25 feet, 11 ½ inches on his third and final jump of the round as he
finished in 20th place overall with the top 12 finishers advancing to
Friday’s long jump finals.
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