Two former Texas A&M track & field standouts, now Olympians, Bryce Deadmon and Charokee Young, have advanced to their respective men’s and women’s 4x400m finals in the 2022 World Athletics Championships, representing Team USA and Team Jamaica, respectively.
Deadmon ran the third, 400m leg for Team USA in heat one and handed the baton off with the second-fastest split of the day (44.48 seconds). Only Team USA teammate, Elija Godwin, ran a faster split (44.46 seconds). Both of these top split times propelled Team USA to run the fastest qualifying time of 2:58.96.
Young helped propel Team Jamaica to win heat two in their qualifying race, and finish third overall with a time of 3:24.23, as the anchor with a 50.22 second split. Young’s split was registered as the third-fastest split on the day.
The men’s and women’s 4x400m finals will be run tonight at 9:35PM CT and 9:50PM CT, respectively.
Two Aggies advanced to the 4x400m finals. #GigEm https://t.co/JN6mRvaShp
— Texas A&M Track & Field/Cross Country (@aggietfxc) July 24, 2022