Despite rainy conditions that tempered times on the first day of U.S. Olympic Team Trials Friday at Tracktown, Ginnie Crawford got her weekend off to a great start.

Ginnie took second in Heat 5 of the 100-meter hurdles, clocking a 12.89 and coming just a lean short of winning the heat. Her time ranked sixth overall among the field of 33 women in the event, allowing her to advance easily to the next round.

Semi-finals for the women’s 100-meter hurdles are set for 3:15 p.m. PDT on Saturday afternoon. Ginnie will run in Heat 1 out of lane seven. She must finish in the top 2 of her race or have the fastest or second fastest time overall outside of Top 2 finishers to advance to the final at 5:45 PDT.

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