CJ Allen seventh in 400H at Xiamen Diamond League stop Saturday...
XIAMEN, China-- Washington State alum CJ Allen (Paul Merca file photo) finished seventh Saturday night in the men's 400 hurdles at the Xiamen stop of the season long Wanda Diamond League series. Competing on the second stop of the 15-meet tour, Allen ran 49.18 out of lane 2, as Alison dos Santos of Brazil won his second straight Diamond League meet in a world leading time of 46.72. dos Santos, a former world champion in this event, finished ahead of Norway's former world and Olympic champion Karsten Warholm, who ran 46.82. Former Seattle Pacific All-American Kaylee Mitchell was tenth in the women's 3000 steeplechase, as she ran 9:24.54. Woodinville native Olivia Markezich finished 16th in 9:38.79. Peruth Chemutai of Uganda won her second straight Diamond League steeplechase in a world leading and meet record time of 8:51.06. Highlights of the meet are available in the video below, courtesy of the Wanda Diamond League. The Wanda Diamond League tour moves to Rabat, Morocco o...
