Former Wichita State track and field athlete Deja Young won the bronze medal in the T47 100-meters on Tuesday. Young finished with a time of 12.21 seconds, securing her third place finish in the race.
Young advanced to the finals of the race earlier on Monday night, after finishing in second place in her heat with a time of 12.29 seconds, automatically qualifying her for the finals of the event.
“It’s very exciting,” WSU Director of Track and Field Steve Rainbolt said. “She certainly has been operating at that level for five or six years now at the very top of the world in her classification.