by Larry EderWhat a weekend of track & field! The season has opened with a bang, gently prodding athlete, coach and track fan to note that this is a World Championship year. One is only as good as their last race….now, the road to Daegu is only months away and less than 500 days to 2012 London!
Blake, Gatlin, Moseley, 2010 Rovereto Meeting, photo by PhotoRun.net
Yohan Blake has come out the door, blasting away, with a wind-aided 9.80 for the 100 meters. Daniel Baily, Mike Rodgers and Michael Frater follow in 9.94, 9.96 and 9.98. Doc Patton takes fifth in 10.10! And WC medalist Richard Thompson is eighth!
Updated on May 10, 2011 for Women’s Long Jump
Nickel Ashmeade of Jamaica runs a smart 19.95, with Steve Mullings,
Wallace Spearmon, Jr., and Nesta Carter, following, in 20.15, 20.18 and
20.25. Mr. Spearmon needs to remember to figure out his start: the guy
was seventh at 100 meters and did not begin to move until 150 meters.
Asafa Powell ran a rough 21.40 for eighth.
Chris Brown took the
win over 400 meters, in 45.37, with Renny Quow, Jermaine Gonzales, and
Calvin Smith in attendance, 45.43, 45.52 and 45.56.
Khadevius Johnson took the 800 meters in 1:46.25 over Duane Solomon’s 1:46.37 and Karjuan Williams in third (1:47.26).
Peter
Van Westhuisen of South Africa won a very tactical 1,500 meters in
3:45.19 over Derek Scott and Rob Myers, who ran to take second and
third, respectively, in 3:45.24 and 3:45.32.
Last winter, at the
AVIVA Birmingham meeting, Andy Turner told me that he was missing the
European Indoors to train in North America and get his 110m hurdles up
to snuff. The European champ outdoors wants to be in the medal hunt in
Daegu. Turner opened his 2011 outdoor season smartly, running 13.28 to
take the race in Kingston. Turner defeated Terrance Trammell, who has
run the hurdles since the writing of the New Testament. Terrance opened
here in 13.39. Dwight Thomas finished third and Antwon Hicks was fourth,
running 13.41 and 13.55. Notice that 2009 WC Ryan Brathwaite was eighth
here, in 14.16.
The 400 meters saw a victory for Justin Gaymon
of Jamaica over WC 07 and 09 Kerron Clement. Gaymon ran 48.54 to
Clement’s 48.74. Running in third place is the veteran Danny McFarlane,
who has legs that could disintegrate (okay, a bit of hyperbole, deal
with it) a intermediate hurdle.
Nice to see the method actor, Adam Nelson, taking the shot put in a good 21.24m (69-8.55) over
Noah Bryant and Corey Martin, in 20.46m and 19.93. Nice to see Adam
rounding back into throwing form. The US champs in Eugene in June may be
the battle royale for the US top three: RBR believes it could take 22.3
or better to make it, but in the end, it who is on that day, and in the
top three.
Carmelita Jeter, 2010 Lausanne, photo by PhotoRun.net (understatement). The women with the most fascinating abs (see SPIKES
USA), ran a screaming 10.86, taking Kelly-Ann Baptiste, who ran 10.94
and WC Sherone Simpson (11.07), who took third and ran Kerron Stewart
(11.07), with Marshevet Myers in fifth, in 11.21.
The women’s
200 meters was an epic early season test of fitness. Shelly-Ann
Fraser-Price of Jamaica ran a wind-aided, but highly effective 22.10, to
take Veronica Campbell-Brown, who ran 22.37. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie
of the Bahamas was the first non-Jamaican, running 22.78, with Bianca
Knight running 22.84 in fourth. Cydonie Mothersille of the Cayman
Islands ran 22.85 and Porsche Lucas ran 22.90 in sixth.
Novlene Williams-Mills of Jamaica needed 50.71 to take the 400 meters,
Rosemarie Whyte of Jamaica ran 51.15 for seconds, with Kaliese Spencer
in third, also Jamaica in 51.30 and Natasha Hastings, the US Indoor
champ, running 51.30. Sanya Richards-Ross, the 2009 World Champ, ran
51.62 for fifth with Dee Dee Trotter running 51.91 for sixth place. One
can see Sanya, Natasha and DeeDee heading home, thinking about how to
improve on the next race.
Kenia Sinclair and Phoebe Wright went 1-2 in the 800 meters, with the
Jamaican Sinclair, running a fine 1:58.41 and Wright running 1:59.98.
Molly Beckwith took third in 2:00.08, with Heidi Dahl, back from an
early season injury, running 2:01.33. Note that Hazel Clark, in seventh,
seems to be running into shape, with her 2:10.20.
Tiki James took the 100 meter hurdles, in 12.88, with Vonette Dixon in
second, running 12.98 and Candice Davis of the US in third in 13.11.
Delloreen Ennis-London dnfed, as did Hali Greene.
Melanie Walker took the 400 m hurdles in 55.60 and Nicole Leach was second in 56.08, with Danielle Gilchrist in 57.67.
The high jump was won in 1.85m by Jamaican Sheree Francis with Deirdre
Mullen in second in 1.85m and Viktoriya Andova (US) in third in 1.85m.
Shara Proctor won long jump with a leap of 6.65m, and the Triple jump was won by Kimberly Williamson of Jamaica in 14.25m.
07/05/2011
Jamaica International Invitational
Kingston (NS), JAM, 07/05/2011
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Wind: +2.2 m/s
1 Blake , Yohan JAM 9.80
2 Bailey , Daniel ANT 9.94
3 Rodgers , Mike USA 9.96
4 Frater , Michael JAM 9.98
5 Patton , Darvis USA 10.10
6 Bailey , Oshane JAM 10.12
7 Thompson , Richard TRI 10.16
8 Barnes , Winston JAM 10.18
200 Metres – Men Wind: +1.6 m/s
1 Ashmeade , Nickel JAM 19.95
2 Mullings , Steve JAM 20.15
3 Spearmon , Wallace USA 20.18
4 Carter , Nesta JAM 20.25
5 Anderson , Marvin JAM 20.36
6 Spence , Lansford JAM 20.48
7 Connaughton , Jared CAN 20.64
8 Powell , Asafa JAM 21.40
400 Metres – Men
1 Brown , Chris BAH 45.37
2 Quow , Renny TRI 45.43
3 Gonzales , Jermaine JAM 45.52
4 Smith , Calvin USA 45.56
5 Brenes , Nery CRC 45.79
6 Steele , Edino JAM 46.03
7 Fothergill , Allodin JAM 46.25
8 Chambers , Ricardo JAM 46.56
800 Metres – Men
1 Robinson , Khadevis USA 1:46.25
2 Solomon , Duane USA 1:46.37
3 Williams , Karjuan USA 1:47.26
4 Sappleton , Aldwyn JAM 1:49.51
5 James , Jamaal TRI 1:51.64
6 Allen , Evan JAM 1:55.41
7 Cunningham , Ricardo JAM 1:56.28
Drummond , Andre JAM DNF
1500 Metres – Men
1 van der Westhuizen , Peter RSA 3:45.19
2 Scott , Derek USA 3:45.24
3 Myers , Rob USA 3:45.32
4 Kithii , Josphat Mitunga KEN 3:46.19
5 Pitter , Sean JAM 3:48.68
6 Campbell , Kevin JAM 3:51.71
7 Bent , Damion JAM 3:58.80
8 Hibbert , Jowayne JAM 4:04.35
9 Adams , Linford JAM 4:05.05
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: +1.8 m/s
1 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.28
2 Trammell , Terrence USA 13.39
3 Thomas , Dwight JAM 13.41
4 Hicks , Antwon USA 13.55
5 Parchment , Hansle JAM 13.60
6 Forbes , Ronald CAY 13.60
7 Smith , Maurice JAM 14.06
8 Brathwaite , Ryan BAR 14.15
400 Metres Hurdles – Men
1 Gaymon , Justin USA 48.58
2 Clement , Kerron USA 48.74
3 McFarlane , Danny JAM 49.04
4 Robertson , Josef JAM 49.71
5 McCoy , Reuben USA 49.97
6 Buckley , Markino JAM 50.05
7 Tinsley , Micheal USA 50.59
Triple Jump – Men
Wind
1 Laine , Samyr HAI 16.80
2 Roulhac , Brandon USA 16.38 -1.1
3 Jordan , Alphonso USA 15.92 -1.3
4 Walker , Wilbert JAM 15.84 -1.3
5 Lewis , Tydree USA 15.45 -1.6
Shot Put – Men
1 Nelson , Adam USA 21.24
2 Bryant , Noah USA 20.46
3 Martin , Cory USA 19.93
4 Scott , Dorian JAM 19.63
5 Stevenson , Dale AUS 19.16
6 Richards , O’Dayne JAM 18.36
7 Brown , Raymond JAM 16.83
8 Smith , Maurice JAM 15.38
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: +1.9 m/s
1
Jeter , Carmelita USA 10.86
2 Baptiste , Kelly-Ann TRI 10.94
3 Simpson , Sherone JAM 11.07
4 Stewart , Kerron JAM 11.07
5 Russell , Carrie JAM 11.20
6 Myers , Marshevet USA 11.21
7 Bailey , Aleen JAM 11.22
8 Facey , Simone JAM 11.30
200 Metres – Women Wind: +2.4 m/s
1 Fraser – Price , Shelly-Ann JAM 22.10
2 Campbell-Brown , Veronica JAM 22.37
3 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 22.78
4 Knight , Bianca USA 22.84
5 Mothersille , Cydonie CAY 22.85
6 Lucas , Porscha USA 22.90
7 Williams , Shericka JAM 23.16
McLaughlin , Anneisha JAM DNF
400 Metres – Women
1 Williams-Mills , Novlene JAM 50.71
2 Whyte , Rosemarie JAM 51.15
3 Spencer , Kaliese JAM 51.30
4 Hastings , Natasha USA 51.53
5 Richards-Ross , Sanya USA 51.62
6 Trotter , Deedee USA 51.91
7 Day , Christine JAM 52.61
8 Lloyd , Shereefa JAM 53.16
800 Metres – Women
1 Sinclair , Kenia JAM 1:58.41
2 Wright , Phoebe USA 1:59.98
3 Beckwith , Molly USA 2:00.08
4 Dahl , Heidi USA 2:01.33
5 Bernard-Thomas , Neisha GRN 2:01.77
6 Hinds , Korene JAM 2:04.64
7 Clark , Hazel USA 2:10.20
8 McKenzie , Arusha JAM 2:12.87
Shinkins , Karen IRL DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: +2.6 m/s
1 James , Tiki USA 12.88
2 Dixon , Vonette JAM 12.98
3 Davis , Candice USA 13.11
4 Barber , Aleesha TRI 13.34
5 Booth , Yanique JAM 13.45
6 Richards , Ladonna JAM 14.26
Ennis-London , Delloreen JAM
DNF
Greene , Hali JAM DNF
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
1 Walker , Melaine JAM 55.60
2 Leach , Nicole USA 56.08
3 Gilchrist , Danielle USA 57.67
4 Stoddart , Shevon JAM 57.92
5 Dorr , Fawn USA 57.98
6 McGowan , Trishana JAM 1:03.19
Collins , Ebony USA DNF
High Jump – Women
1 Francis , Sheree JAM 1.85
2 Mullen , Deirdre USA 1.85
2 Andonova , Viktoriya USA 1.85
2 Williamson , Kimberly JAM 1.85
5 Doolittle , Jane USA 1.75
Castagno , Beth USA NM
07/05/2011
Jamaica International Invitational
Kingston (NS), JAM, 07/05/2011
Women’ results
Long Jump – Women
Wind
1 Proctor , Shara GBR 6.65 -1.2
2 Stuart , Bianca BAH 6.64 -1.2
3 Jarrett , Jovanee JAM 6.48 -0.3
4 DeLoach , Janay USA 6.47 -0.9
5 Glenn , Brianna USA 6.46 -1.1
6 Fountain , Hyleas USA 6.44 -0.4
7 Levy , Yanique JAM 6.09 -0.6
8 Wilson , Nickevea JAM 5.90 -0.8
9 Porter , Chanice JAM 5.80 -0.6
10 Alexander , Ayanna TRI 5.78 -0.2
Madison , Tianna USA NM
