World U20 Championships women’s 100m hurdles heats results – Jamaicans Kerrica Hill, Alexis James lead the way

CALI, Colombia (August 4) —— Jamaicans Kerrica Hill and Alexis James advanced to the semi-finals of the women’s 100m hurdles at the World Athletics U20 Championships 2022 here in Cali, Colombia, on Day 4 on Thursday (4). The full results of each heat are listed below along with other personal achievements, including national records and lifetime bests.

Leading the way was James, who clocked a new personal best of 13.04 seconds to win heat five comfortably ahead of Germany’s Naomi Krebs, who tied her PB with 13.45 secs in second place.

James entered these championships with a previous personal best of 13.13 secs, set at the Jamaica National Championships 2022 in June. Read more: How to watch day 4 – World Athletics U20 Championships 2022? Order of events, start lists

World U20 leader Kerrica Hill was also an easy winner of her heat, navigating over the barriers with relative ease to clock 13.30 secs. 

The 17-year-old owns the fastest time among the U20 women’s sprint hurdlers this season with 12.98, and she is the only athlete to have gone under 13-seconds in her age group in 2022.

USA’s Jalaysiya Smith, the second quickest among the entrants here in Cali, won her heat with a time of 13.42 to advance to the semi-final as the fourth-fastest performer from the first round.

Hawa Jalloh of Germany won heat three in a time of 13.30, the third-fastest heading into the next round, while Dina Aulia set a new Indonesia U20 national record of 13.44 to win heat two and Paula Blanquer of Spain took the sixth and final heat in 13.47.

Also making progress were Hungarian Anna Tóth (13.49), Great Britain’s Mia McIntosh (13.51), and Eddiyah Frye of USA (13.57).

World U20 Championships women’s 100m hurdles heats results

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	INA	Dina AULIA	13.44 NU20R	Q
2	USA	Eddiyah FRYE	13.57	Q
3	IND	Nandini AGASARA	13.58 NU20R	Q
4	GBR	Marli JESSOP	13.60	q
5	ROU	Cosmina Denisa BALABAN	13.66 PB	q
6	NOR	Josefina Maria BIERNACKI	13.81	q
7	ISR	Shir KARNIVSKIY	14.06

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	GER	Hawa JALLOH	13.30	Q
2	GBR	Mia MCINTOSH	13.51	Q
3	SUI	Valérie GUIGNARD	13.67 PB	Q
4	GRE	Hava DELIU	14.24
5	ITA	Sandra Milena FERRARI	14.72
	AUS	Emelia SURCH	DQ
	COL	Maria Alejandra MURILLO	DQ

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	GER	Hawa JALLOH	13.30	Q
2	GBR	Mia MCINTOSH	13.51	Q
3	SUI	Valérie GUIGNARD	13.67 PB	Q
4	GRE	Hava DELIU	14.24
5	ITA	Sandra Milena FERRARI	14.72
	AUS	Emelia SURCH	DQ
	COL	Maria Alejandra MURILLO	DQ

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	USA	Jalaysiya SMITH	13.42	Q
2	FIN	Vilma VÄLIHARJU	13.64 PB	Q
3	AUT	Lena SPAZIRER	13.75 PB	Q
4	EST	Anna Maria MILLEND	13.80	q
5	LTU	Gabija KLIMUKAITĖ	13.82 PB	q
6	RSA	Mila COMPAAN	14.07 PB
7	AUS	Delta AMIDZOVSKI	14.47

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	JAM	Alexis JAMES	13.04 PB	Q
2	GER	Naomi KREBS	13.45 =PB	Q
3	BRA	Giovana CORRADI	13.90	Q
4	IRL	Lucy MCGLYNN	13.92 PB
5	DEN	Annika HALDBO	13.95
6	SLO	Neža DOLENC	14.11
7	SVK	Michaela MOLNÁROVÁ	15.12

RESULT
POS	COUNTRY	ATHLETE	MARK	DETAILS
1	ESP	Paula BLANQUER	13.47	Q
2	HUN	Anna TÓTH	13.49	Q
3	FIN	Vilma ITÄLINNA	13.65 PB	Q
4	NOR	Lovise SKARBØVIK ANDRESEN	13.78	q
5	SUI	Alina FREI	13.84
6	CRO	Lucija GRD	13.89 PB
7	ISL	Glodis Edda THURIDARDOTTIR	14.53