The Tribune

By RENALDO DORSETT

Sports Reporter

rdorsett@tribunemedia.net

WHILE no final decision has been made as to whether Shaunae Miller will compete in the 200m or 400m at the upcoming IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China, Miller should have a better sense of where she stands against some of the top quarter- milers in the world following this week’s Diamond League meet.

Miller will be a part of a stacked field for the women’s 400m at the next leg in the Diamond League series, hosted July 9 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The 21-year-old sprinter will run in her second consecutive 400m after her appearance at the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ National Open Track and Field Championships two weeks ago, where she posted a time of 50.69.

Also in the field will be Sanya Richards, Natasha Hastings and Phyllis Francis of the United States, Regina George of Nigeria and Novlene Williams Milles of Jamaica.

Miller is the fifth fastest competitor in the world in the 400m with her time of 50.17 that she ran in Gainesville, Florida, April 24.

Francena McCorory has the top two leading times on the IAAF top list of 49.85 that she ran on June 26 in Eugene and 49.86 that she ran June 13 in New York.

Sanya Richards-Ross is next at 49.95 posted in the Jamaican meet on May 9, while Felix has done 50.05 in Eugene, Oregon, on May 30 and Jamaican Christine Day has a time of 50.16 in Kingston on June 28.

Hastings is listed at No.6 on the top list at 50.25 run at the US Nationals in Eugene, while Francis’ time of 50.67 has her ranked at No.10. Miller has qualified with one of the top five times in the world in both the 200m and 400m.

The 21-year-old is hoping to go to Beijing to add an individual medal to the World Indoor Championship bronze last year in Sopot, Poland, and the back-to-back gold at the World Junior and Youth Championships in Moncton, Canada and Lille, France in 2010 and 2011 respectively.

Miller is listed as the second fastest competitor in the world in the half-lap race in 22.14, which she recorded in Kingston, Jamaica, on May 9.

Only Felix has ran faster than Miller with her time of 21.98 that she did in Doha.