Clement Takes Fourth in 400-Meter Hurdles, Williams-Mills Sprints into History at IAAF World Championships
Tuesday, August 25, 2015 | Track and Field
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BEIJING – Four-time world champion and former Florida track and field star Kerron Clement turned in his best performance of the year, but missed out on a trip to the podium by one-hundredth of a second on day four of the IAAF World Championships in Beijing.
Racing in his fifth 400-meter hurdles final—the second-most in World Championships history—Clement crossed in a season-best 48.18 seconds, finishing just behind Jeffery Gibson of Bahamas (48.17) and Denis Kudryavtsev of Russia (48.05). Both Gibson's and Kudryavtsev's times broke their national records. Kenya's Nicholas Bett took the gold medal with a time of 47.79 seconds, the world's top mark for 2015.
In the 400 meters semifinals, Novlene Williams-Mills clocked a season-best time of 50.47 seconds to earn a spot in her fifth final, breaking a five-way tie for the most finals appearances in World Championships history.
A medal of any color for Williams-Mills, the 2007 bronze medalist in the 400 meters, would be the sixth of the Jamaican's World Championships career. Entering this year's World Championships, only 16 women boasted at least six medals. Among former Gators, only Dennis Mitchell has as many as Williams-Mills does heading into Thursday night's 400 meters final.
Wednesday morning's triple jump qualifying round—which begins Tuesday at 10 p.m. ET and will air live on Universal Sports—features former Gators Will Claye, Omar Craddock, Marquis Dendy, and Christian Taylor. The group is attempting to become the first quartet of fellow countrymen to reach the men's triple jump final.
GATORS AT IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS (all local times – 12 hours ahead of Eastern Time)
| Day One – Saturday, August 22nd | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) – Result |
| SP | 24. Keely Medeiros (Brazil) – 15.17m/49-9.25 |
| 400mH | 3. Kerron Clement (USA) – 48.75 | won Heat 3, advanced to semifinals |
| Day Two – Sunday, August 23rd | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) -- Result |
| SP | Kemal Mesic (Bosnia) – DNS |
| 400mH | 7. Kerron Clement (USA) – 48.50 | second place in Heat 1, advanced to final |
| Day Three – Monday, August 24th | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) -- Result |
| 3,000m SC | 22. Genevieve LaCaze (Australia) – 9:39.35 |
| LJ | 21. Marquis Dendy (USA) – 7.78m/25-6.25 |
| 400m | T-12. Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) – 51.07 | second place in Heat 6, advanced to semifinals; season-best time |
| Day Four – Tuesday, August 25th | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) -- Result |
| 400m | 6. Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) – 50.47 | third place in Heat 3, advances to final; season-best time |
| 400mH | 4. Kerron Clement (USA) – 48.18 | season-best time |
| Day Five – Wednesday, August 26th |
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| Time | Athlete (Country) -- Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:00 a.m. | Will Claye (USA) – Triple Jump | Men | Qualifying |
| Omar Craddock (USA) – Triple Jump | Men | Qualifying | |
| Marquis Dendy (USA) – Triple Jump | Men | Qualifying | |
| Christian Taylor (USA) – Triple Jump | Men | Qualifying | |
| 11:20 a.m. | Eddie Lovett (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 110mH | Men | 1st Round |
| Day Six – Thursday, August 27th |
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| Time | Athlete (Country) -- Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:20 a.m. | Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – Long Jump | Women | Qualifying |
| 7:05 p.m. | Eddie Lovett (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 110mH | Men | Semifinals |
| 7:10 p.m. | Claye, Craddock, Dendy, Taylor (USA) – Triple Jump | Men | Final |
| 8:40 p.m. | Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) – 400m | Women | Final |
| Day Seven – Friday, August 28th |
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| Time | Athlete (Country) -- Event | Gender | Round |
| 7:50 p.m. | Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – Long Jump | Women | Final |
| 9:20 p.m. | Eddie Lovett (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 110mH | Men | Final |
| Day Eight – Saturday, August 29th |
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| Time | Athlete (Country) -- Event | Gender | Round |
| 10:15 a.m. | Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) – 4x400 Relay | Women | 1st Round |
| 10:40 a.m. | Tony McQuay (USA) – 4x400 Relay | Men | 1st Round |
| Day Nine – Sunday, August 30th |
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| Time | Athlete (Country) -- Event | Gender | Round |
| 8:05 p.m. | Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) – 4x400 Relay | Women | Final |
| 8:25 p.m. | Tony McQuay (USA) – 4x400 Relay | Men | Final |
IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS BROADCAST SCHEDULE
| Television Coverage |
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| Date | Time (ET) | Network | Session |
| Tuesday, August 25 | 9:30 p.m.-12 a.m. | Universal Sports | Morning |
| Wednesday, August 26 | 8 a.m.-9:30 a.m. | Universal Sports | Evening |
| Wednesday, August 26 | 9:30 p.m.-12 a.m. | Universal Sports | Day |
| Thursday, August 27 | 7:30 a.m.-9 a.m. | Universal Sports | Evening |
| Thursday, August 27 | 8:30 p.m.-1 a.m. | Universal Sports | Day |
| Friday, August 28 | 7:30 a.m.-10 a.m. | Universal Sports | Evening |
| Friday, August 28 | 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. | Universal Sports | Morning |
| Saturday, August 29 | 2:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. | NBC; NBC Sports Live Extra | Evening |
| Saturday, August 29 | 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | Universal Sports | Re-Air |
| Saturday, August 29 | 7:30 p.m.-10:30 p.m. | Universal Sports | Morning |
| Sunday, August 30 | 2 p.m.-3:30 p.m. | NBC; NBC Sports Live Extra | Evening |
| Sunday, August 30 | 5 p.m.-6:30 p.m. | Universal Sports | Re-Air |
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