LONDON — Former Allen Community College All-American Isiah Young qualified for the men’s 200-meter semifinals at the London Olympic Games. Young ran in this morning’s qualifying heat races in London.
Young finished third in his heat, which was won by Jamaica’s Usain Bolt in 20.39 seconds. Young ran his qualifying race in 20.55 seconds.
All three American sprinters advanced to the semifinal round of the 200 meters. Wallace Spearmon posted a 20.47 time in his heat race while Maurice Mitchell qualified in 20.54 seconds.
Young, who is from Junction City, had the 12th fastest time in this morning’s heat races. Alex Quinonez of Ecuador had the fastest qualifying time in 20.28 seconds.
Young is in Bolt’s semifinal heat race also. Those will be run Wednesday afternoon, around 2 o’clock (CDT).
