EUGENE, Ore. — When she was just a kid, Jenna Prandini dreamt of being a world champion. When she got to Oregon to run with the Ducks, that dream started to feel tangible.
Saturday night at Hayward Field, that dream was realized. Prandini, who was a three-time NCAA champion with the UO track and field program, won a gold medal in the World Athletics Championships by running the third leg of Team USA's victorious 4x100-meter relay.
Prandini and her three teammates ran a world-leading time of 41.14 seconds, edging out runner-up Jamaica — whose lead leg was the recent NCAA Outdoor runner-up at 100 meters for the Ducks, Kemba Nelson.