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RIO de JANEIRO -- Wichita State junior
Deja Young will run in T47 200 meter preliminary action at 4:33 p.m., this afternoon at the 2016 Paralympic Games in an effort to advance to Friday's final and win a second Gold Medal in Brazil.
The 200 meter final is set for 9:27 a.m., Friday, Sept. 16. Times are subject to change. Young's best 200 meter time is a 24.43, which she accomplished in 2015 at the University of Oklahoma John Jacobs Invitational for Wichita State.
Young won the Gold Medal in the T47 100 meters with a time of 12.15 on Sunday afternoon.
On Saturday, Young won her heat and finished preliminary competition with the fastest time of 12.12 in the T47 100 meters, edging 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.
