Acuff Advances to High Jump Final
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12th IAAF World Championships
August 18, 2009
Olympic Stadium
Berlin, Germany
4-time Olympian and 8-time World Championship Team Member Amy Acuff (Isleton, CA) qualified for Thursday's final in the Women's High Jump by clearing the automatic qualifying mark of 1.95m. Acuff cleared 1.80m/5-10.75, 1.85m/6-0.75 and 1.89m/6-2.25 on her first attempts but needed all three of her attempts to clear 1.92m/6-3.5. She then cleared 1.95m/6-4.75 on her second attempt to automatically advance to her sixth straight World Championship final. Afterwards, Acuff commented, "I'm really excited. I don't take making the finals for granted. Every one is a treasure. I'm really happy to be there, especially in Berlin. I felt like I got up at 6 a.m. I felt like it was early in the morning. I drank my little green tea, but it didn't really kick me up. I think I will feel better in the final. I want to go back (to the hotel), take a nap and get rested and try to have a more fluid run. I'm just going to let myself go and not micromanage everything."
Less than 48 hours after finishing 10th in her first international heptahtlon, Sharon Day (San Luis Obispo, CA) came out fresh and bouncy clearing 1.80m/5-10.75, 1.85m/6-0.75 and 1.89m/6-2.25 on her first attempts. At the next height, however, Day was unable to clear 1.92m/6-3.5 and failed to advance to the next round.
Wednesday's action will see Jake Arnold (Tucson, AZ) start day 1 of the Decathlon. Arnold will compete in the 100m, Long Jump, & Shot Put in the morning session and the High Jump, & 400m in the evening session.
