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Delta’s Hailey Williams advances to semifinals in Junior Olympics track
FAIRBANKS — Delta Junction’s Hailey Williams, a three-time winner at this year’s high school state meet, advanced to the semifinals of the girls 200-meter dash in the AAU Junior Olympics Track and Field National Championships at Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.
The incoming junior placed 19th overall in 25.12 seconds Tuesday in the 200 dash preliminaries for the girls ages 15-16 division. Williams, who is competing for Eagle River-based Team Alaska, was among the top 24 finishers who advanced to today’s semifinals, which will be at 9:15 a.m. AKDT.
The top eight finishers in the semifinals race in the 200 finals at 11:15 a.m. AKDT Saturday, the last day of the eight-day Junior Olympics.
Williams competes in the 400 dash semifinals at 11 a.m. AKDT Friday. The 400 finals are set for 9:45 a.m. AKDT Saturday.
She competed Monday in the 100 dash preliminaries, placing 17th in 12.16 seconds to qualify for Wednesday’s semifinals.
She finished 19th in 12.58 in the semifinals. The top eight qualified for Saturday’s finals.
Williams won the girls 100, 200 and 400 races in the combined Division II category of the Alaska School Activities Association/First National Bank Alaska Track and Field State Championships in May at Palmer High School.
The Junior Olympics marks the second Outside meet for Williams this summer. She placed ninth among 32 finishers in 11.95 in the 100 dash at the New Balance Nationals in June in Greensboro, North Carolina.
Her finish was a personal best and she is only the second Alaska girl to finish the 100 in less than 12 seconds. The other was Starlett Jackson, of Bartlett High School in Anchorage, who posted a hand-held time of 11.8 at the 1981 state meet.
Williams’ time at the New Balance Nationals was electronically recorded.