Nia Akins of the Brooks Beasts wins her first round heat of the women's 800...
BUDAPEST, Hungary--In a very light morning session Wednesday at the World Athletics Championships at the National Athletics Centre, Nia Akins (Paul Merca photo) of Seattle's Brooks Beasts took the win in the fifth of seven heats in the first round of the women's 800 meters.
Akins was in a group up front with Jemma Reekie of Great Britain before she made her move exiting the top of the final turn to win comfortably in 1:59.19.
She moves on to Friday's semifinals at 8:25 pm local time (11:25 am Pacific).
Due to a heat wave hitting the Budapest area, the first round of the women's 5000, with Washington alum Amy-Eloise Markovc was moved to 7 pm local time (10 am Pacific), from its original start time of 11 am local time (2 am Pacific).
Former Pullman resident, and defending world and Olympic champion Katie Moon goes in the women's pole vault, along with the defending world under-20 champion, sole record holder of the American high school and U20 records Hana Moll of Olympia's Capital HS.
Moon and Moll go at 7:30 pm local time (10:30am Pacific).
Finally, Josh Kerr of the Brooks Beasts and Great Britain runs in the finals of the men's 1500 in a quest to keep the world championship on British soil after the forced withdrawal of defending champion Geoff Wightman due to injury. Kerr runs at 9:15 pm local time (12:15 pm Pacific).
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NOTE: World Athletics, the WABudapest 23 Organizing Committee, and USA Track & Field contributed to this report.
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