Rising Harvard junior Chris Lambert from the United Kingdom has become the school’s third athlete to meet a World ‘A’ qualifying standard this year after running a 100-meter dash in a personal-best 10.24 seconds on July 14 to place fourth at the Norwich Union World Outdoor Trials and AAA Championships.

Although Lambert achieved the qualifying standard, he did not earn one of the three spots on the British National Team for the World Championships. The top two finishers at the national championship meet automatically qualified for the Worlds Championships, and Lambert was not named to the team’s third spot, which was chosen at-large among the qualifiers.

Lambert’s performance did, however, guarantee him a spot on the British team for the World University Games, which will take place from Aug. 22 to Sept. 1 in Beijing.

Brenda Taylor ’01 and senior Dora Gyorffy have earned spots on their respective national teams and are eligible to compete in the World University Games. Taylor placed third in the 400-meter intermediate hurdles at the U.S. Nationals in late June, while Gyorffy is the top-ranked high jumper in Hungary.

Lambert did not compete in any major intercollegiate meets for Harvard during his first two undergraduate years. He came to Harvard originally intending to run track but has yet to compete due to his disagreements with the Harvard coaching staff.

Lambert believes his preferred way of training is best for his performance beyond the Harvard track season, which ends in June.

“I’ve got a longer season to think about,” Lambert said. “For me, it’s a question of what other sprinters are doing. It’s just a question of coaching techniques.”

Lambert’s personal best times in the 100 and 200-meter dash are significantly faster than the winning times this past season at Outdoor Heptagonals, the championship meet of the Ivy schools. No Harvard sprinter placed in the finals of either event at Outdoor Heps this season.