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IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS : Former Razorbacks win 200-meter heats to advance in Berlin

By UA Media Relations

Posted: August 20, 2009 at 6:48 a.m.

FAYETTEVILLE — Former Razorback NCAA champions Veronica Campbell-Brown and Wallace Spearmon, Jr. fared well in their respective rounds of the 200 meters at the 2009 IAAF World Championshipsin Berlin on Wednesday.

Campbell-Brown won her heat of the 200-meter qualifying round in a time of 23.01. She will run in lane five of heat one in today's semifinals.

Spearmon, Jr. ran the 200-meter semifinals and wonhis heat with a time of 20.14, clocking the second-fastest qualifier overall. He will run in lane four in today's finals.

Spearmon, Jr. said he has been working on leading off the turn.

"I've been trying to go out and finish in the toptwo in every race and do it as easily as possible," Spearmon, Jr. said. "I don't want to use all I have before the finals. I know it's going to take everything I have to try to beat Usain Bolt in the final. Leading up to this final, everyone is talkingabout Bolt. I just want to go out there and run to the best of my ability. If I run a personal best, I'll be happy with that."

Former Razorback Alain Bailey will compete in the opening round of the long jump, Jeremy Scott will compete in the opening round of the pole vault and Alistair Cragg will run the qualifying round of the 5,000 meters today.

The IAAF World Championships airs today from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Versus.

Sports, Pages 7 on 08/20/2009

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