Young's Results | Video Replay of 200 Prelim | Finals Live Stream

RIO de JANEIRO  --  Wichita State junior Deja Young ran the fastest T47 200 meter preliminary time (25.58) today at the 2016 Paralympic Games and will look to earn a second Gold Medal at the games with tomorrow's final set for 9:27 a.m. CT.

Young ran away from the field in the second heat with Angelina Lanza of France finishing second in a time of 26.77, and Li Lu of China finishing third in 27.20. The second-best time of the day came in the first heat by Alicja Fiodorow (25.85) of Poland, followed by Anrune Lienberg of South Africa (26.63).

The Mesquite, Texas, native's best 200 meter time is 24.43, which she ran in 2015 at the University of Oklahoma John Jacobs Invitational for Wichita State.

On Sunday afternoon, Young won the Paralympic Games Gold Medal in the T47 100 meters with a time of 12.15. On Saturday, Young won her heat and finished preliminary competition with the fastest time of 12.12 in the T47 100 meters, edging Cuba's Yunidis Castillo, who ran the heat in 12.13.

The Wichita State All-American still holds the American Record in the T47 100 meter classification - with a time of 11.92 at the 2015 Missouri Valley Conference Championship in Normal, Ill. - which is also a World Best time.

Young earned All-American honors as a freshman member of the Shockers' 2015 4x100 meter relay team that finished 16th at the NCAA Outdoor Track and Field Championships, and also holds the WSU 4x100 meter relay record (44.30).

She is one of 47 athletes (30 male, 17 female), including four guides, that were named to the 2016 U.S. Paralympics Track and Field National Team in July following the Team Trials.  She was named to the U.S. National Team in January.

A relative newcomer to Paralympic competition, the junior from Mesquite, Texas, made a name for herself in Doha, Qatar, at the 2015 International Paralympic Committee Athletics World Championships, winning the Gold Medal in the T47 100 meters with a time of 12.69. It was her second medal in the games as she won the Silver Medal in the T47 200 meters in a time of 25.08.

Young earned a spot on the 2015 team after winning the 100 meter dash at the 2015 United States Paralympics June 20, 2015, in Minneapolis, Minn., in a time of 12.26. Her time, in addition to running a 25.08 in the 200 meters, qualified her for the World Championships in Qatar, her first international competition.