On May 4-5, three Liberty athletes, Omari Lewis, Reese Webster, and former All-American Alejandro Perlaza Zapata will compete in the World Athletics Relays at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas. The event features relay squads from 54 nations vying for Olympic qualifying spots.
The first day of competition will see the top two teams from each heat advance to the finals on day two. Teams in the finals will compete for prize money and obtain Olympic lane seeding positions. Additionally, teams that do not advance on the first day will have another chance on day two to secure their spot in Paris.
On May 4th, Peacock will televise events starting with mixed 4 x 400 heats at 7:05 p.m Eastern followed by women’s 4 x 100 heats at 7:50 p.m., and men’s 4 x 100 heats at 8:25 p.m Eastern time. On May 5th, both Peacock and CNBC will broadcast races starting with mixed 4 x 100 heats at 7:05 p.m Eastern time followed by women’s and men’s individual events throughout the evening until August when track and field events take place at Stade de France during the Paris Olympics from August 1st to August 11th where they hope to qualify for Olympic games.
Perlaza Zapata is looking to make his third Olympic appearance having represented Colombia in Rio and Tokyo editions of the games while Lewis and Webster are hoping to make their debut in Paris this summer as part of Liberty’s track team .