IAAF World Relays Results

Australia had a great night at the IAAF World Relays in front of 15 000 people at Nissan Stadium in Yokohama. Victorian Institute of Sport’s Morgan Mitchell competed in the 4x400m relay, with her team finishing sixth in their heat in a time of 3.31.34.

Victorian Institute of Sport’s Morgan Mitchell competed in the 4x400m relay, with her team finishing sixth in their heat in a time of 3.31.34.

The team of Ellie Beer, Morgan Mitchell, Caitlin Jones and Lauren Wells will race in the B Final (13/05/2019).

Other team Australia results:

The mixed 2x2x400m team of Catriona Bisset and Joshua Ralph finished second in a time of 3.37.61. Second is the Australia’s equal best ever performance at the World Relays (run since 2014).
The 4x100m men set their best ever performance at World Relays with 39.05, finishing 17th overall. The team was made up of Trae Williams, Jake Doran, Zach Holdsworth, Alex Hartmann.
The mixed 4x400m finished in 14^th with 3.21.80, the team is made up of Ian Halpin, Luke Stevens, Angie Blackburn and Rebecca Bennett.

The mixed hurdles team, including VIS's Celeste Mucci, progressed through to the final after finishing third in their heat (fourth overall) but unfortunately were disqualified after a false start.

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