MEDVEDEV BEATS MURRAY IN FINAL

DOHA, Qatar (AP) —

“All of my events overlapped so the plan for the long jump and hurdles on Friday was to get a couple warm up approaches in, then get on the line with my hurdles preliminaries,” Taylor said. “Saturday was just as hectic as Friday, but I got to triple jump first before the hurdles final before I had to change gears to hurdles and I had to make the most of it.”

Despite the rush, Taylor got a medal for Tennessee. She thanked God for granting her good health and strength to get through the meet.

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Strachan in the mix

Across the waters in Birmingham, England, Anthonique Strachan had to settle for sixth place in the women’s 60m in 7.25.

The race was swept by the Great Britain’s duo of Dana Asher-Smith in 7.05 and Neita Daryll in 7.13. American Destiny Smith-Barnett was third in n 7.15. Strachan’s Jamaican training partners Shericka

Jackson and Tracy Morrison were fourth and fifth in 7.18 and 7.24 respectively.

Big Ten Championships Miller soars

At the Spire Institute in Geneva, Ohio, Shaun Miller, in his junior year at Ohio State, finished second in the men’s high jump with a leap of 7-1 (2.21m). It was the same height that Nebraska’s senior Mayson Connor used to win the title, pulling it off on fewer knockdowns. Oscar Smith, a junior at Ohio State, placed fifth in the final of the men’s

60m hurdles in 7.78. The winning time was 7.65 by Darius Luff, a junior at Nebraska.

Smith went into the event with the fifth fastest qualifying time of 7.78 in the preliminaries.

Purdue’s freshman Zachary Evans had a false start in the finals of the men’s 60m after he advanced with the third fastest qualifying time of 6.74.

Ohio State’s senior Adrian Curry was 14th in the preliminaries in 6.88. Evans was also 10th overall in the 200m in 21.31.

Daniil Medvedev won the Qatar Open on debut when he defeated Andy Murray 6-4, 6-4 in a final matchup of former No. 1s on Saturday.

Medvedev converted fast starts in each set. He reached 4-1 in the first and 3-1 in the second.

Murray fought back but Medvedev stifled him and earned his 17th singles title.

“Sometimes we were playing bad, then suddenly both of us were playing amazing,” Medvedev said.

“I’m happy to win.”

Medvedev also won in Rotterdam last weekend and his winning streak is at nine matches.