Your Alabama Pro Athlete of the Week is Cindy Ouelett. Ouellet scored 30 points and dished out 7 assists to lead Canada to a 76-68 win over the USA for the gold medal at the IWBF Americas Cup.
Others of note:
Kirani James picked up a silver medal in the Men’s 400 Meter at the World Athletics Championships, marking the 6th time he had medaled at either the world championships or the Olympics.
Champion Allison won a gold medal as part of the Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay at the World Athletics Championships, and also finished 4th in the finals of the Men’s 400 Meter.
Remona Burchell won a silver medal as part of the Women’s 4×100 Meter Relay at the World Athletics Championships.
Tamara Clark reached the finals of the Women’s 200 Meter at the World Athletics Championships.
Jereem Richards reached the finals of the Men’s 200 Meter and the Men’s 4×400 Meter Relay at the World Athletics Championships. Richards posted the second-fastest segment in the field in the relay event.
Quanesha Burks finished 4th in the finals of the Women’s Long Jump at the World Athletics Championships with a season-best jump of 6.88 meters.
Shelby McEwen finished 5th in the finals of the Men’s High Jump at the World Athletics Championships.
Natassha McDonald reached the finals of the Women’s 4×400 Meter Relay at the World Athletics Championships.
Kimberley Ficenec won her first Women’s 1500 Meter race in two years at a meet in the Czech Republic.
Emmanuel Bor won the Wharf to Wharf Race in California.
Jake Walters threw five shutout innings, allowing just 2 hits and a walk, while striking out five batters.
David Robertson picked up a win and a save for the Chicago Cubs.
Jordan Bruner was 4-for-4 on 3-pointers and scored 13 points total in a win for the The Nerd Team in The Basketball Tournament.
Robby Shelton finished T-2nd at the Price Cutter Charity Championship, and mathematically clinched his PGA Tour card for next season.
Dru Love finished T-6th at the Colorado Open.
Cheyenne Knight finished T-19th at the Evian Championship, an LPGA major.
Alexa Guarachi reached the doubles semifinals at the Palermo Ladies Open.
