Proctor Claims Silver, Breaks Own British Long Jump Record at IAAF World Championships
Friday, August 28, 2015 | Track and Field
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BEIJING – Making her third IAAF World Championships long jump finals appearance, former Florida track and field standout Shara Proctor broke her own British record and won the silver medal, her first in five trips to the prestigious competition.
On her third attempt of the night, Proctor leapt 7.07 meters (23' 2.5”), topping her previous career-best mark of 6.98 meters. Proctor's silver medal-winning jump was also the 10th-longest wind-legal mark ever recorded in a World Championships women's long jump final.
Only Tianna Bartoletta of the United States went further, recording a leap of 7.14 meters (23' 5.25”)—tied for the fourth-longest wind-legal mark in a World Championships final, and the furthest at the event since 1991—and claiming the gold medal.
Friday night's final marked just the third time in history a World Championships women's long jump final featured two wind-legal jumps of the 7-meter variety.
The final two former Gators competing at the World Championships—sprinters Tony McQuay (United States) and Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica)—will race on their respective nation's 4x400-meter relay teams this weekend. Preliminary heats are scheduled to begin at 10:15 a.m. local time on Saturday morning.
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, advanced to final; season-best time |
| 400mH | 4. Kerron Clement (USA) – 48.18 | season-best time |
| Day Five – Wednesday, August 26th | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) – Result |
| TJ | 2. Christian Taylor (USA) – 17.28m/56-8.5 | advanced to final |
| T-4. Omar Craddock (USA) – 17.01m/55-9.75 | advanced to final | |
| 13. Marquis Dendy (USA) – 16.73m/54-10.75 | |
| 19. Will Claye (USA) – 16.41m/53-10.25 | |
| 110mH | 27. Eddie Lovett (U.S. Virgin Islands) – 13.65 |
| Day Six – Thursday, August 27th | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) -- Result |
| LJ | 11. Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – 6.68m/21-11 | advances to final |
| TJ | 1. Christian Taylor (USA) – 18.21m/59-9 | Gold Medalist; Second-longest mark in world history; American record |
| TJ | 4. Omar Craddock (USA) – 17.37m/57-0 |
| 400m | 6. Novlene Williams-Mills (Jamaica) – 50.47 | season-best time |
| Day Seven – Friday, August 28th | |
| Event | Place, Athlete (Country) -- Result |
| LJ | 2. Shara Proctor (Great Britain) – 7.07m/23-2.5 | Silver Medalist; British record |
| 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
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| Date | Time (ET) | Network | Session |
| 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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