Texas Aggie track and field athletes were very active on day 7 of the Rio Olympics.
Bralon Taplin of Grenada won his heat in the men’s 400 meters at 45.15 seconds to advance to the semi-finals. Taplin runs again at 6:44 PM on Saturday. Trinidad & Tobago’s Deon Lendore missed the semi-finals in the same event at 46.15 seconds.
Fabrice Lapierre advanced to the men’s long jump final with a distance of 7.96 meters on Friday. The final will be held Saturday night at 6:53 PM.
Jennifer Madu (11.61 seconds) and Brenessa Thompson (11.72 seconds) both missed the semi-finals in the women’s 100 meters.