In the 100m hurdles heats, Lateisha Willis and Samantha Johnson did enough to qualify for the semi-finals.

Willis dipped on the line to grab third place and secure automatic qualification with a time of 13.92 seconds while Johnson finished fifth in her heat but her time of 13.97s was enough to go through. 

There will be no Australian women in the 1500m with both Sarah Eckel and Abbey Caldwell were unable to qualify.

Eckel, whos heat had a slow start, finished seventh in 4:24.90 as Caldwell found herself in the heat with a quicker pace but unfortunately started to drift and with one lap to go was out of contention. 

“It’s been a really good experience so far. It was pretty crazy out there today like nothing I had ever experienced before. It’s a good learning experience,” said Eckel.

“At the start of the race it was quite physical because it was a fast start, for the first 100m it was quite pushy," Caldwell said.

"We were all lucky to stay on our feet.”

Steeplechasers Montanna McAvoy and Brielle Erbacher closed their campaign placing 13th (10:06.37) and 15th (10:16.84) in a fast 3000m steeplechase final. Kenyan Celliphine Chepteek Chespol won goal in a championship record time of 9:12.78.

In the 4x100m qualification, Australia were in heat 1 with a team of Nana Owusu-Afriyie, Kristie Edwards, Samantha Johnson and Grace Brennan. Australia needed to place in top three or be one of the next two fastest qualifiers to progress.

Brennan crossed the line after running past the Americans who dropped the baton in the final change but Australia had to watch heat 2 to see if they would qualify.

Ireland took the win in 44.27 while Jamaica were disqualified and it looked like Australia had missed until a crazy turn of events saw China disqualified. Australia has made the final for Saturday night.

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