LONDON – Former Arizona State NCAA champion Amy Cragg earned the bronze medal at the IAAF World Championships in the marathon as one of seven Sun Devils competing at the championships in London Aug. 4-13.
Cragg's finish was a historic one as it snapped a 34-year medal drought for American women in the marathon.
She completed the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 27 minutes and 18 seconds, just seven seconds off the gold-medal time and less than a second from the silver medal.
The thrilling finish marked the first American medal in the marathon since 1993 when Mark Plaatjes won gold in the men's race.
Cragg's achievement came a year after she finished ninth at the Rio Olympics.
Bryan McBride secured a bid in the high jump world final when he jumped a near personal-best 2.29m/7-6 feet. He was one of four Americans entered in the prelims, but the former Sun Devil was the only one to advance to the final, clearing each mark of his series until the bar was raised to 2.31m, about an inch better than his PR of 2.30m.
Fellow American Olympian Ryan Whiting advanced to the shot put final and finished seventh in his third outdoor World Championships since 2011.
Whiting graduated from ASU in 2010 after winning six NCAA titles and earning nine All-America honors.
Chris Benard made easy work of the triple jump qualifying rounds as it only took the former Sun Devil one attempt to secure his bid in Thursday's final.
Benard led all competitors into the final with his qualifying-round leap of 17.20m/56-5.25 feet.
In the final, Benard leapt into fourth-place on his final attempt of the series, but was knocked to sixth by two other athletes who also matched his mark of 17.16m on the sixth attempt.
The Rio Olympian was one of three Americans in the men's triple jump final, including now three-time World and Olympic champion Christian Taylor and two-time Olympic silver medalist Will Claye.
Shelby Houlihan qualified for the 5,000-meter final in exciting fashion when she and three other women crossed the finish line within hundredths of a second of each other. She recorded a personal best 15:00.37 to take third in the heat and move on to Sunday's final.
Sun Devil senior Maggie Ewen capped off her historic season with a 21st-place finish in the hammer throw at her first World Championships.
Ewen recorded a throw of 66.24m/217-4 feet and finished 12th in her flight.
The 22-year-old collegiate record-holder and Bowerman Award finalist returns to ASU for her senior season, looking to defend her NCAA hammer throw title and her three Pac-12 titles in the hammer, discus and shot put.
Canadian record-holder Christabel Nettey came up short in the women's long jump qualifying round. The dreary London weather did not provide ideal conditions for the jumpers and none of the world's best could secure an automatic qualifying mark of 6.70m/21-11.75 feet.
Nettey finished eighth in her group and 19th overall with her mark of 6.36m/20-10.5 feet, just four inches off the final qualifying mark.
Houlihan returns to the London Stadium for the women's 5,000 Sunday, and McBride's high jump final is also Sunday.
All events can be seen on the NBC family of networks and live results are available on IAAF.org.
Cragg's finish was a historic one as it snapped a 34-year medal drought for American women in the marathon.
She completed the 26.2-mile race in 2 hours, 27 minutes and 18 seconds, just seven seconds off the gold-medal time and less than a second from the silver medal.
The thrilling finish marked the first American medal in the marathon since 1993 when Mark Plaatjes won gold in the men's race.
Cragg's achievement came a year after she finished ninth at the Rio Olympics.
Bryan McBride secured a bid in the high jump world final when he jumped a near personal-best 2.29m/7-6 feet. He was one of four Americans entered in the prelims, but the former Sun Devil was the only one to advance to the final, clearing each mark of his series until the bar was raised to 2.31m, about an inch better than his PR of 2.30m.
Fellow American Olympian Ryan Whiting advanced to the shot put final and finished seventh in his third outdoor World Championships since 2011.
Whiting graduated from ASU in 2010 after winning six NCAA titles and earning nine All-America honors.
Chris Benard made easy work of the triple jump qualifying rounds as it only took the former Sun Devil one attempt to secure his bid in Thursday's final.
Benard led all competitors into the final with his qualifying-round leap of 17.20m/56-5.25 feet.
In the final, Benard leapt into fourth-place on his final attempt of the series, but was knocked to sixth by two other athletes who also matched his mark of 17.16m on the sixth attempt.
The Rio Olympian was one of three Americans in the men's triple jump final, including now three-time World and Olympic champion Christian Taylor and two-time Olympic silver medalist Will Claye.
Shelby Houlihan qualified for the 5,000-meter final in exciting fashion when she and three other women crossed the finish line within hundredths of a second of each other. She recorded a personal best 15:00.37 to take third in the heat and move on to Sunday's final.
Sun Devil senior Maggie Ewen capped off her historic season with a 21st-place finish in the hammer throw at her first World Championships.
Ewen recorded a throw of 66.24m/217-4 feet and finished 12th in her flight.
The 22-year-old collegiate record-holder and Bowerman Award finalist returns to ASU for her senior season, looking to defend her NCAA hammer throw title and her three Pac-12 titles in the hammer, discus and shot put.
Canadian record-holder Christabel Nettey came up short in the women's long jump qualifying round. The dreary London weather did not provide ideal conditions for the jumpers and none of the world's best could secure an automatic qualifying mark of 6.70m/21-11.75 feet.
Nettey finished eighth in her group and 19th overall with her mark of 6.36m/20-10.5 feet, just four inches off the final qualifying mark.
Houlihan returns to the London Stadium for the women's 5,000 Sunday, and McBride's high jump final is also Sunday.
All events can be seen on the NBC family of networks and live results are available on IAAF.org.