ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. — Jasmine Jones placed first in the second heat of round one of the women's 400m hurdles, advancing her to the semifinals.
She won with a time of 53.60, getting the same time as world record-holder Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone in the fifth heat.
She will run again at 2:07 p.m. Tuesday in the semifinals.
Jones attended the University of Southern California and is from Atlanta, Ga. She's the daughter of Henry Jones, who was an All-Pro safety for the Bills from 1991 to 2000.
In a 2019 Q&A posted on the Bills' website, Henry Jones discussed the lessons that he learned from his career and how he used them when coaching his daughter when she was in high school.
"I am always telling the kids, 'Make the reps count. Don't count the reps,' that kind of stuff," he said. "How to get through injuries, how to fight through pain, how to know when you're injured or when it's just painful (is what I help them with). There are a lot of lessons from football or sports in general, that carry over to other sports for sure."
For more information on Jasmine Jones, view our Get 2 Know article here.
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