Moderate results for St. Lucians indoor

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February 23, 2020

St. Lucian athletes enjoyed moderate results from last weekend’s NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships.

Tarik Xavier of Butler CC was 3d (1:57.40, a shade off his PR) in the 800m, 11th (2:40.05, PR) in the 1000m, and he ran the Distance Medley and 4×800.

Santino Kenyi of Cloud Country won the 800m in 1:55.17; Andrew Kibert of Hutchinson topped the 1,000m in 2:24.72 and Highland took the 4x800m in 7:57.24

Zadie St. Louis had a busy weekend. The Butler CC freshman was 3d (1:38.95) in the women’s 600m, 2d (2:25.85) in 800m, and led her team off in the 4×800 and Distance Medley, in both of which they finished 2d.

Shanique Masters, also of Butler, won the 600m in 1:35.99.

The 4x800m finished second in 9:58.51 behind Cowley College, 9:47.09 and the distance medley, again second behind the same team – 12:30.89 to 12:40.68.

Abdel Girard was 8th for Cowley College in his first full heptathlon, scoring 2495 points. His best result by position was in the 1000m, where he ran 3:16.04 (516 points) to finish 6th. His best score was 560 (8.00 seconds) in the 60m.

Andrew Betton won the event with 4,658 points ahead of his Cloud Country teammate Marcquice Cade 4,628

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Jeannelle Scheper cleared 1.90m to win the gold medal in women’s high jump today at the Netherlands athletics championships.

Giovani Alfred ran 7.75 seconds to win the men’s 55m hurdles for Washington University at St Louis in the Illinois College Hilltop Classic.

Saint Lucians ran for Essex CC at Armory Last Chance. Samara Edward was 4th in women’s 500m (1:18.86); Carl Drakes FS in men’s 60 and 12th (22.68) in men’s 200; Shelton St. Rose 29th men’s 400 (52.93), 24th 200 (23.08).

At the VA Tech Challenge, competing in the 600m, Virginia Tech’s Eldon Phillips earned the first collegiate win of his career, clocking a time of 1:19.91.

Kamathe Daniel competed for Alcorn State at the SWAC Champs this week, in the Birmingham CrossPlex, Birmingham, AL. He was 21st in men’s 60m (7.17) and 30th in the 200 (23.49 PB)

Kevin Norville for the men’s triple jump WIN at the Nebraska Tune Up on Friday in Lincoln. 14.73m, an NCAA provisional mark, competing for Washburn University.

Blake 3rd in 400m, Hyde, Clayton win 200m at SW Isaac Henry Invitational

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February 22, 2020

Former world 100m champion Yohan Blake finished third in the men’s 400m at Saturday’s SW Isaac Henry Invitational at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Blake, who won the Deagu 2011 world 100m title, crossed the line in 47.59 seconds.
Terry Thomas, running unattached, won the event in 46.63, ahead of Devaughn Ellington finished second in 47.56.

Jodean Williams of Pelican TC ran 54.89 in the women’s 400m. Samantha James was second in 55.22 and Yanique McNeal of Pelican TC, 5th in 57.81.

Several 200m records

Jaheel Hyde topped the men’s 200m in 21.03 ahead of Oblique Seville, 21.06. Michael Ohara finished 5th in 21.69

World 400m hurdles bronze medallist, Rushell Clayton, won the women’s 200m in 24.12. Roneisha McGregor, 24.19, Candice McLeod, 24.78 were second and third respectively.

St. Jago’s duo of Bridgette Campbell 24.56 and Brianna Lyston 24.83 were the winners in classes 1 and 2 respectively.

Rajay Morris of Clarendon College ran 21.58 to win the boys’ 200m.

Kai Chang of UWI threw a record 56.76m to win the men’s discus over Basil Bingham of Pelican TC 55.25.

St. Jago girls dominated the sprint hurdles.
Camoy Binger ran a record 10.75 to win the Class 4 girls’ 70m hurdles. Sashell Reid clocked 13.82 to win the Class 2 girls’ 100m hurdles, and Rosealee Cooper, 13.95 to top the Class 1 girls’ 100m hurdles.

Jerome Campbell of Calabar ran 14.04 to win the Class 1 boys’ 110m hurdles. Kingston College’s (KC) Nicardo Johnson 13.78 won the Class 3 boys’ 100m hurdles.

St. Catherine High top the girls’ 4x400m in 3:53.33 to beat The Queens School 3:55.51.
St. James won the boys’ section in 3:38.07 ahead of BB Coke 3:38.13

Wolmer’s won the first-ever mixed 4x400m relay contested in Jamaica, 3:37.98 to beat Excelsior 3:38.61.

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VIDEOS: Wayde van Niekerk wins sprint double at local meet

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February 22, 2020

World 400m record holder Wayde van Niekerk continued his comeback with 100m and 200m victories at a small domestic meeting in South Africa on Saturday (22 Feb).

Race videos below

The South African has not competed on the international circuit since suffering a knee injury while participating in a celebrity rugby match in October 20178. He got married the same weekend.

In his second local appearance, Van Niekerk won the 200m in 20.31 and 100m in 10.10. He ran a hand-time 10.20 a week ago.

“Was good pushing the body today,” he tweeted.

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Venson in record-breaking form at SW Isaac Henry Invitational

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February 22, 2020

Kevroy Venson stands tall at Cooperate Meet — Kevroy Venson

Kevroy Venson was in record-breaking form at Saturday’s SW Isaac Henry Invitational on at the National Stadium in Kingston.

The Calabar 2nd year Class 1 athlete was the only one to break four minutes in the 1500m open. He ran 3:53.88 to beat the previous meet record of 4:04.19 set in 2017 by former Kingston College’s (KC) Nicholas Elliott.

Venson’s teammate Kimar Farquharson finished second in 4:04.66 and Jevanne Davy of EXED 4:06.26.

It took Latanya Johnson, running untouched, five minutes, 05.11 seconds to win the female event.

Troy Whyte of GC Foster College won the men’s 400m hurdles in a record 52.58 seconds, beating UWI’s Oshaine Levy, 53.76. The previous record was 53.30.

Safhia Hinds of St. Jago won the Class 2 girls’ 400m in 56.50.

Shanise Gordon of GC Foster College topped the women’s 3,000m run in 11:23.34.

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Texas A&M Set to Host Final Tune-Up

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February 21, 2020

COLLEGE STATION, Texas –A week after travelling to Clemson, S.C., the Aggies return home to host the Texas A&M Invite on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium.

“This meet serves as an opportunity for some athlete’s last chance to make the SEC Championships team,” head coach Pat Henry said. “Coaches will evaluate before we make our final decisions on the last few open spots.”

The one-day meeting will begin with field events at 4:30 p.m., followed by running events at 5:00 p.m. Live results are available for both days on Flash Results, there will not be a live stream. Tickets are available from $4-7 at the gate or call Texas A&M Athletic Ticket office at 888-9Aggie (992-4443) for more information.

The Competition

In competition with the Aggies will include local universities such as Sam Houston State, Stephen F. Austin, Houston Baptist, Incarnate Word and others.

Last Time Out

Texas A&M travelled to Clemson, S.C., to compete in the two day Tiger Paw Invitational. Eight Aggies finished the meet setting a personal best in their respective event, including Rachel Bernardo as the only Aggie to set a personal best (mile and 3000m) on both days. Jon Bishop was the lone Aggie to win an individual event (3000m), while Jamal Walton, Bryce Deadmon, Carlton Orange and Devin Dixon combined to take gold in the men’s 4x400m.

Tyra Gittens, Ashley Driscoll, Charokee Young, Eric Casarez, Zephyr Seagraves, Bernardo and Bishop each recorded marks that placed them among the Aggie all-time top-10 performers list. Despite not winning their event, Gittens (long jump), Young (800m) and Ciynamon Stevenson each placed as the top collegiate finisher.

Final Tune-Up

With some seeing the Texas A&M Invite as the last opportunity to make the SEC Championship team, others will have the meet serve as a final tune-up in preparation for next week. Some of the top Aggies currently in the top-10 of the SEC that plan on competing include Tyra Gittens, Kriby Matocha, LaJarvia Brown and Virginia Preiss on the women’s side. On the men’s side Logan Freeman, Zach Davis, Lagarious McQuirter, Alstian Walker, CJ Stevenson and Brittan Burns will do the maroon and white.

Rojas breaks world indoor triple jump record in Madrid

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February 21, 2020

With her final attempt of the evening, Venezuela’s Yulimar Rojas bounded out to a world indoor triple jump record of 15.43m at the Meeting Villa de Madrid, the final World Athletics Indoor Tour meeting of the season, on Friday (21).

The two-time world champion opened with a foul but then registered a valid 14.65m in round two to immediately move into the lead. After another foul in round three, she sailed out to 15.29m in round four, breaking her own South American indoor record and moving to second on the world indoor all-time list.

She wasn’t finished, though.

Following a third foul in round five, Rojas commanded the attention of the packed-out Polideportivo Gallur for her sixth and final attempt. She nailed every stage and landed at 15.43m, adding seven centimetres to the world indoor record that had stood since 2004.

It was also two centimetres farther than her outdoor PB and is the absolute second-best triple jump performance, indoors or outdoors.

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Hart Registers Ninth Best Shot Put in School History, Tigers Win 11 Event Titles at LSU Twilight

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February 21, 2020

Baton Rouge, La. – Amber Hart registered the ninth-best shot put in school history, and the rest of the LSU track and field team captured 11 event titles on Friday night to highlight the LSU Twilight at Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.

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Hart took bronze in the shot put with her career-best heave of 48’ 1.25” (14.66 meters). It was her fourth personal best of the season and it moved her into the No. 9 spot on the LSU list. Jake Norris registered a season-best of 70’ 8” (21.54 meters) to win the men’s weight throw with the 16th best toss in the NCAA this season.

The distance crew swept titles in the 600 meters and 800 meters. Hannah Carroll won the women’s 600m run with a personal best of 1:35.39, and TJ Bleichner won the men’s contest with a readout of 1:21.71. In the 800 meters, Cori Mitchell was victorious with a career-best of 2:22.00, and Luke Hebert captured the men’s title with a time of 1:59.23. Sara Funderburk went sub-five minutes in the mile for the first time in her LSU career with a personal best of 4:58.39 to claim the event title in that race. Amber Desselle closed out the action for LSU on the night with a win in the 3,000m run (10:41.16).

The jumps group claimed three titles in the evening. Camille Hensarling (women’s long jump), Kyndal McKnight (women’s triple jump), and Ronnie Rounds (men’s triple jump) were the event winners. Hensarling registered a mark of 18’ 10.75” (5.76 meters) to claim her crown in the long jump, and teammate Serena Bolden finished second with a bound of 18’ 9” (5.71 meters). McKnight and Rounds claimed their first event titles of the season; McKnight went 41’ 8.50” (12.71 meters) in the triple jump, and Rounds registered a mark of 45’ 6.50” (13.88 meters) to win the men’s side. Rounds also captured third in the high jump with a clearance of 6’ 6.75” (2.00 meters). Jace Attuso finished second overall and as the top collegian in the men’s long jump with a personal-best leap of 24’ 5.75” (7.46 meters). Lisa Gunnarsson was also the top collegiate finisher in the women’s pole vault with a clearance of 13’ 11.25” (4.25 meters).

Terrance Laird led LSU to a one-two-four finish in the 60m dash. Laird won the event with a time of 6.71; Akanni Hislop placed third (6.75) and Eric Edwards Jr. (6.76) took fourth. In the women’s 60 meter finals, Symone Mason was LSU’s top finisher in the event with a time of 7.342 to place fourth, and Tonea Marshall finished fifth with a time of 7.343.

In the 60m hurdles, Milan Young (8.21) and Brittley Humphrey (8.32) took the top two collegiate spots behind former Tiger Lolo Jones, who won with a time of 8.17. Arthur Price collected silver in the finals of the men’s 60m hurdles with a time of 7.88.

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Bloomfield, Allen to lead MVP International at Gibson McCook Relays

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February 21, 2020

Jamaica 4x400m male team wins silver at Doha 2019 - Oregon22 — DOHA, QATAR - OCTOBER 06: Akeem Bloomfield, Nathon Allen, Terry Thomas, and Demish Gaye of Jamaica celebrate winning silver in the Men's 4x400 metres relay final during day ten of 17th IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019 at Khalifa International Stadium on October 06, 2019 in Doha, Qatar. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images for IAAF)

Jamaican sprinters Akeem Bloomfield and Nathon Allen will lead MVP International men’s 4x400m relay team to February’s 29 44th Gibson McCook Relays.

The organisers, on Thursday (20 Feb) made the disclosure that the Henry Rolle-coached team, an affiliate of the Stephen Francis led MVP, will be in action at the National Stadium.

Both Bloomfield and Allen helped Jamaica to silver in the men’s 4x400m at October’s Doha 2019 World Athletics Championships. Bloomfield, who has a personal best of 43.94, was also a finalist in the men’s 400m in Doha.

Allen, who has a personal best of 44.13, was also a member of Jamaica’s Rio 2016 men’s 4x400m silver medal team. He also helped Jamaica to silver in the mixed 4x400m at the Doha World Championships.

Martin Manley, the 2013 World U18 400m champion, and Terry Smith, are the other team members.

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Barbados’ 11-yr-old girl clocks 23.13secs in 200m?

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February 20, 2020

Jakaira Jones-Smith’s unbelievably 200m run at Thursday’s (20 Feb) Barbados’ Primary School Athletics Championships is under scrutiny.

Full Results Race video below

The 11-year-old, according to the meet results page, stopped the clock in 23.13 seconds to win the U13 girls’ 200m final.

Jones-Smith, who ran from lane three in heat three, beat Kira Wickham of Cuthbert Moore, 28.31.

Markeisha Chandler of A.DaCosta, the heat four winner, was third overall with 28.59.

No wind reading was available for the event and based on this writer’s timing of the video, the time seems more likely to be 28secs, a second ahead of second place.

Jaria Hoyte of Bayley’s Primary ran 26.68 in 2010 for the event record.

In 2019, Jones-Smith ran 30.79 in the U11 category, which raised questions about the seven-second improvement in one year.

Jones-Smith’s Belmont Primary failed to an impact in the 4x100m final, finishing 9th in 1:02.80. All Saints Primary won the event in 58.36.

The boys’ 200m dash for U13 athletes was won by Dimani Alleyne of St. Judes Primary in 27.34 ahead of Jazzair Best of Blackman and Gollop, 27.86
Alleyne completed the double by winning the 100m in 13.38.

Ri-Anne Maloney of Blackman and Gollop took the U13 girls’ 100m gold medal in 13.99.

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Moderate results for St. Lucians indoor

St. Lucian athletes enjoyed moderate results from last weekend’s NJCAA Region VI Indoor Championships.

Blake 3rd in 400m, Hyde, Clayton win 200m at SW Isaac Henry Invitational

Former world 100m champion Yohan Blake finished third in the men’s 400m at Saturday’s SW Isaac Henry Invitational at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Several 200m records

VIDEOS: Wayde van Niekerk wins sprint double at local meet

World 400m record holder Wayde van Niekerk continued his comeback with 100m and 200m victories at a small domestic meeting in South Africa on Saturday (22 Feb).

Race videos below

Venson in record-breaking form at SW Isaac Henry Invitational

Kevroy Venson was in record-breaking form at Saturday’s SW Isaac Henry Invitational on at the National Stadium in Kingston.

Texas A&M Set to Host Final Tune-Up

COLLEGE STATION, Texas –A week after travelling to Clemson, S.C., the Aggies return home to host the Texas A&M Invite on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium.

Rojas breaks world indoor triple jump record in Madrid

Hart Registers Ninth Best Shot Put in School History, Tigers Win 11 Event Titles at LSU Twilight

Baton Rouge, La. – Amber Hart registered the ninth-best shot put in school history, and the rest of the LSU track and field team captured 11 event titles on Friday night to highlight the LSU Twilight at Carl Maddox Fieldhouse.

Bloomfield, Allen to lead MVP International at Gibson McCook Relays

Jamaican sprinters Akeem Bloomfield and Nathon Allen will lead MVP International men’s 4x400m relay team to February’s 29 44th Gibson McCook Relays.

Barbados’ 11-yr-old girl clocks 23.13secs in 200m?

Jakaira Jones-Smith’s unbelievably 200m run at Thursday’s (20 Feb) Barbados’ Primary School Athletics Championships is under scrutiny.

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