IAAF Day 7 – Hiltz Advances to 1500m Final

DOHA, Qatar – Team USA’s Nikki Hiltz grabbed a spot in the IAAF final of the women’s 1,500-meters Thursday night at the World Championships from Khalifa Stadium.

Former Razorback Nikki Hiltz ran faster than she ever had in the semifinal of the women’s 1,500-meter semifinal. Hiltz, who entered today’s race with a PR of 4:03.55 from the USATF Championships back in July, crossed the line in seventh-place stopping the clock in a new lifetime-best of 4:01.52 earning the all-important little “q” to advance to her first World Championship final.

“Yea I knew I had to run whatever I had to to get seventh,” said Hiltz” “I thought I was in 4:01 shape and i ran 4:01 so I’m stoked!”

The American will be joined by teammates Jenny Simpson and Shelby Houlihan as Team USA was able to advance all three of its athletes to the final.

Hiltz and crew will return to the track for the 1,500-meter final Saturday, Oct. 5 at 12:55 p.m.

WOMEN’S 1500-METER RESULTS

POS	RANK	HEAT	BIB	ATHLETE	COUNTRY	RESULTS
1	1	2	2004	Jenny SIMPSON	USA	4:00.99 Q
2	2	2	429	Gabriela DEBUES-STAFFORD	CAN	4:01.04 Q
3	3	2	883	Laura MUIR	GBR	4:01.05 Q
4	4	2	728	Gudaf TSEGAY	ETH	4:01.12 Q
5	5	2	1300	Winny CHEBET	KEN	4:01.14 Q
6	6	2	1811	Winnie NANYONDO	UGA	4:01.30 q
7	7	2	1976	Nikki HILTZ	USA	4:01.52 q PB
8	8	2	200	Jessica HULL	AUS	4:01.80 PB
9	9	2	1726	Yolanda NGARAMBE	SWE	4:03.43 PB
10	10	2	198	Linden HALL	AUS	4:06.39
11	11	2	682	Marta PÉREZ	ESP	4:10.45
12	1	1	1436	Sifan HASSAN	NED	4:14.69 Q
13	2	1	1977	Shelby HOULIHAN	USA	4:14.91 Q
14	3	1	1383	Rababe ARAFI	MAR	4:14.94 Q
15	4	1	1310	Faith KIPYEGON	KEN	4:14.98 Q
16	5	1	1072	Ciara MAGEEAN	IRL	4:15.49 Q
17	6	1	881	Sarah MCDONALD	GBR	4:15.73
18	7	1	725	Lemlem HAILU	ETH	4:16.56
19	8	1	678	Esther GUERRERO	ESP	4:16.66
20	12	2	1382	Malika AKKAOUI	MAR	4:16.83
21	9	1	284	Darya BARYSEVICH	BLR	4:17.04
22	10	1	197	Georgia GRIFFITH	AUS	4:17.15
23	11	1	596	Kristiina MÄKI	CZE	4:17.65
24	12	1	1615	Claudia Mihaela BOBOCEA	ROU	4:18.25

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