DES MOINES, Iowa – Northwestern State senior All-American Amir James and another of the Demons' all-time great sprint stars, 2014 All-American Justin Walker, both advanced Saturday to the 200 meter dash semifinals Sunday at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

Walker, competing professionally, had the fourth-fastest qualifying time, 20.53, and won his heat. James, in his last meet as a Demon, was ninth-fastest among the 22 competitors, 16 advancing, with a 20.79 mark.

They compete in the semifinals at 2 p.m. Sunday in Drake Stadium, aiming to reach the finals at 4:10. Ameer Webb led all qualifiers Saturday in 20.39.

James set the NSU school record, 20.41, in May at the NCAA East Preliminary Round after initially breaking it with a 20.47 at the Southland Conference Championships.

Walker took third in the 200 at the 2014 NCAA Outdoors, after finishing fourth in the 100, to earn his two first-team All-America honors.

James ran the pivotal third leg of the Demons' record-shattering 4x100 team that posted a 38.92 in the NCAA semifinals earlier this month and earned first-team All-America honors with a seventh-place finish in the finals. Two years earlier, he was a second-team All-American in the 4x100 after the Demons finished 15^th at the NCAA Outdoors.

Also Saturday, Lady Demons senior De'Shalyn Jones wrapped up her remarkable career at NSU when she finished 22^nd in the women's 200 opening round, running 23.87. Jones was the two-time Southland Female Track and Field Athlete of the Year who also this year was the Southland's Female Track and Field Student-Athlete of the Year, and she was honorable mention All-America on the Lady Demons' 4x100 relay team that reached the NCAA Outdoors.

Sunday's 200 meter final will be carried on NBC during its telecast from 3-5. The semifinals will be on NBC Sports Gold.