New Westminster's Mihailo Stefanovic qualified for the semifinals at the World youth track and field championships in Russia with a B.C. record in the 110-metre hurdles.
The New West Spartans club athlete moved on to the second round, finishing fourth in his pool in a personal-best and provincial record time of 13.98 seconds in the qualifying heats in Donetsk, Ukraine on Thursday.
Stefanovic missed second place in his heat by six one-hundredths of a second.
Japan's Naoya Kawamura won the heat in a time of 13.86.
The semifinals were run Friday (after Record deadlines).
In the women's 400m hurdles, Spartan athlete Stephanie Cho was fifth in her semifinal heat in a personal-best time of 100.05, but failed to qualify.
