Lopes-Schliep Makes Olympic Final

Beijing - Priscilla Lopes-Schliep kept her Olympic dream alive on Monday night (6:48 a.m. Central time) in Beijing in the 100-meter hurdles by advancing to Tuesday’s final with a time of 12.68. The Whitby, Ontario, native shaved .07 seconds off her preliminary time from Sunday, finishing third in her heat and fifth overall in the two heat semifinal.<?xml:namespace prefix="o" ns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office"?>

In her heat, Lopes-Schliep finished behind Lolo Jones (USA), who ran a personal-best time of 12.43 and Delloreen Ennis-Londong (Jamaica), who was .01 second faster than Lopes-Schliep at 12.67.

Lopes-Schliep will now compete in the 100-meter hurdle final at 9:30 a.m. (Central) on Tuesday. She will look to capture the Huskers’ first medal in the hurdles in the history of the program and the first Olympic medal on the women’s side since Merlene Ottey (Jamaica) was part of the silver medal winning 4x100-meter relay team in Sydney in 2000.