Mississippi State track and field announced that two former Bulldogs will be competing at the World Indoor Championships in Kujawy Pomorze, Poland, this weekend. Navasky Anderson and Abdullahi Hassan will both compete in the men’s 800m event, which begins with the preliminary round on Friday.
Anderson, a member of Team Jamaica, currently ranks ninth in the world for the 800m and is a bronze medalist at the Pan American Games. He was an SEC Champion as well as an All-SEC and All-American selection in his time at MSU, and was the national runner-up in the 800m.
Anderson set a new Jamaican indoor national record earlier this season, finishing with a time of 1:44.75 in Poland at the same arena hosting this year’s World Championships.
Hassan earned an at-large invite to compete with team Canada, and is currently ranked 40th in the event. He recorded a time of 1:45.92 in Chicago last month.
Hassan, like Anderson, was an All-SEC and All-American selection in his time at MSU, and was a runner-up at both the conference and national level in the 800m. He owns the current MSU program records for the indoor 800m and indoor mile.
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