Tretez Kinnaird Moves On to Semi-Finals in France

UPDATE

Tre was 4th in his heat with a 1:52.81 to advance to the Semi-Finals at the World Youth Championship in Lille, France.  It runs at 12:15 PM Eastern Time on Thursday.

 

 

 

 

         Tretez Kinnaird will run in the 1st Round of the World Youth Championship on July 6th at 9:50 local time in Lille, France.  That is 3:50 AM Eastern Time and 2:50 AM for those of you in the western part of the state. 

 

There will be several rounds of qualifying to make it to the finals.  Tretez has a best of 1:50.56 which ranks 10th best based on previous times on the entry list.  There are some stellar athletes in the 800m including two under 1:46, Mohammed Aman of Ethiopia and Timothy Kitum of Kenya.  Check back to this article under the comments for updates.