Hurdler Sage Watson finishes sixth at Drake Relays

Canada’s Sage Watson finished sixth in the elite women’s 400m hurdles at Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa yesterday.

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The race was won by Georganne Moline in 54.86, making her the first professional female athlete to win back-to-back titles at Drake Relays. Moline and Watson both train at the University of Arizona, under coach Fred Harvey.

?? en action samedi aux @DrakeRelays :@anickabn 15h00@SageWats 15h17@JohnathanCabral 15h42@De6rasse 15h56#GoCanadaGo pic.twitter.com/s5lXBgOzcZ

— Athlétisme Canada (@AthleCanada) April 28, 2018

Watson, who grew up in Alberta and competed at the 2016 Olympics (finishing 11th in the 400m hurdles and fourth in the 4 x 400m relay), was coming off a disappointing fifth place finish at the Commonwealth Games earlier this month.

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She has expressed an intention to break the Canadian record in the 400h event, a record held for over 20 years by Rosey Edeh, whose daughter is Watson’s friend, Olympian Micha Powell.

Watson set a new Canadian indoor record in the 300m at the Millrose Games in New York in February.