IAAF World
Championships
Day 4

Edmonton, Canada (08/06/01) - Stacy Dragila the World Record holder and 2000 Olympic Champion did not dissapoint in Edmonton on the 4th day of competion. Dragila and Russian Svetlana both jumped 4.75m a championships record. The bar was then raised to 4.82, where both vaulters missed three times. Dragila won having missed fewer times at the lower heights.

Adam Goucher ran an excellent race in the 5000, taking the lead from the beginning and staying in the thick of things through out the race. As they came around the last turn Goucher pulled himself into third place to advance to the final on Friday August 10th. The USA's Nick Rogers finishes 16th in his heat and fails to qualify for the final.

In Michigan news Cadillac native and the former Western Michigan Track star Phil McMullen finished the first day of the Decathlon in 17th place. Fruitport native and the 2001 US Steeple champion Tom Chorny finished 11th place in 8:51.74 in his heat of the steeple. Chorny's time failed to qualify him for the finals of the Steeple. The USA 4K XC Champion and indoor 3000 Champion Tom Broe qualified for the 3K Steeple final with his time of 8:27.26.

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