Eliza McCartney has made the top 12 at the World Championships. Photo: fileThe only pain Eliza McCartney experienced in her pole vault qualifying at the world track and field championships was waiting to see if she would advance to the final. Eventually she did, as one of the "next best" vaulters after failing to reach the automatic qualifying mark of 4.60m. She took the 12th and last spot in qualifying on count back from Swiss Angelica Moser; McCartney failed one less time than Moser when clearing 4.50m. He finished fifth with a time of 10.31s in his heat, 0.07s outside qualifying as one of the six fastest outside the top three in each heat.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 05, 2017 06:22 UTC