PORTLAND, Ore. -- Angela Whyte, an assistant track and field coach at Washington State University, finished fifth in the women’s 60m hurdles Friday night at the IAAF World Indoor Championships at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland.
Whyte, competing for Team Canada, ran a season-best time of 7.99 seconds for fifth place. She ran a time of 8.09 in the qualifying heats Friday afternoon, third in her heat and the eighth and last racer to advance to the final on time. Her seed time of 8.05 seconds was ninth-best among the 22 women entered in the World Championships.