Fields Set for IAAF World U20 Championships
7/9/2018 5:11:00 PM | Track & Field
WACO, Texas – USATF junior 400-meter champion Howard Fields III will represent Team USA at the IAAF World U20 Championships, which begin Tuesday and continue through Sunday, at Tampere Stadium in Tampere, Finland.
The All-American and USATF Outdoor Champion will compete in the 400 meters preliminaries on Wednesday at 3:20 a.m. CT. The semifinals will take place at 11:40 a.m. CT on Thursday, followed by the final at 12:35 p.m. CT on Friday.
The meet features the future of USA Track & Field as 1,462 athletes from 158 countries compete in Tampere.
Coming into the meet, Fields has the world's fourth-best qualifying time at 45.50. His title-winning time broke his previous personal best of 45.66 and helped him qualify for Team USA at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships held June 15-17 in Bloomington, Ind.
Jamaica's Christopher Taylor holds the top qualifying time heading into the preliminaries at 44.88.
Fans can watch the action live daily on the Olympic Channel and on the NBCSN App.
Follow the team's social media accounts all season long: @BaylorTrack.
The All-American and USATF Outdoor Champion will compete in the 400 meters preliminaries on Wednesday at 3:20 a.m. CT. The semifinals will take place at 11:40 a.m. CT on Thursday, followed by the final at 12:35 p.m. CT on Friday.
The meet features the future of USA Track & Field as 1,462 athletes from 158 countries compete in Tampere.
Coming into the meet, Fields has the world's fourth-best qualifying time at 45.50. His title-winning time broke his previous personal best of 45.66 and helped him qualify for Team USA at the USATF Junior Outdoor Championships held June 15-17 in Bloomington, Ind.
Jamaica's Christopher Taylor holds the top qualifying time heading into the preliminaries at 44.88.
Fans can watch the action live daily on the Olympic Channel and on the NBCSN App.
Follow the team's social media accounts all season long: @BaylorTrack.
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