Bruckner Places 15th In Qualifying Round
Tomás Carradero
Elena Bruckner reached the World Championships for the first time this year.

T&F8/20/2023 1:38 AM | By: Cal Athletics

Bruckner Places 15th In Qualifying Round

Volunteer Assistant Coach Makes World Championships Debut

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BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – California track & field's second representative at the World Athletics Championships made her debut on the big stage on Sunday morning, representing both the Golden Bears and her undergraduate institution of Texas as she fulfilled a long-held dream to compete in the same field as several of the world's finest.
 
Volunteer assistant coach Elena Bruckner, who has trained and lent her expertise to the Golden Bears for the past two seasons, posted a mark of 55.94m (183-6) to finish 15th in the first qualifying group. She remained steady throughout the contest, beginning with a mark of 55.63m (182-6) and following that up with a distance of 54.23m (177-11) before posting her best throw on her final attempt.
 
The only throwers in Group A to surpass the auto-qualification mark of 64.00m (209-11) were world leader Valarie Allman (USA – 67.14m/220-3), reigning world champion Feng Bin (China – 65.68m/215-6) and Sandra Perkovic (Croatia – 65.62m/215-3).

One more competition remains for Cal's discus throwers as Mykolas Alekna prepares for the men's final on Monday, which is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. PT.
 
World Athletics Championships – Women's Discus Qualifying Group A
  1. Valarie Allman (USA) – 67.14m (220-3)
  2. Bin Feng (China) – 65.68m (215-6)
  3. Sandra Perkovic (Croatia) – 62.62m (215-3)
  4. Shanice Craft (Germany) – 63.42m (208-1)
  5. Liliana Cá (Portugal) – 63.34m (207-9)
  6. Silinda Oneisi Morales (Cuba) – 62.76m (205-11)
  7. Daisy Osakue (Italy) – 61.31m (201-1)
  8. Vanessa Kamga (Sweden) – 60.02m (196-11)
  9. Ieva Zarankaite (Lithuania) – 59.98m (196-9)
  10. Andressa de Morais (Brazil) – 59.15m (194-0)
  11. Taryn Gollshewsky (Australia) – 58.63m (192-4)
  12. Lisa Brix Pedersen (Denmark) – 57.96m (190-2)
  13. Ashley Anumba (Nigeria) – 57.77m (189-6)
  14. Subenrat Insaeng (Thailand) – 56.19m (184-4)
  15. Elena Bruckner (USA) – 55.94m (183-6)
  16. Salla Sipponen (Finland) – 54.72m (179-6)
  17. Nora Monie (Cameroon) – 54.50m (178-9)
  18. Dóra Kerekes (Hungary) – 54.41m (178-6)
  19. Maki Saito (Japan) – 53.20m (174-6)
     
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