Three Men World leads at Tom Jones, also Anthony 9.91 and Lyles 19.91

Three Men World leads at Tom Jones, also Anthony 9.91 and Lyles 19.91

GAINESVILLE (USA, Apr 17-18): Three World leads in the men’s program of the Tom Jones Memorial (WACT Challenger). First World lead for Trevor Bassitt 47.82 in the 400 m hurdles, 5th fastest ever before May. In the other race, a big PB for Ja´Qualon Scott, 48.22.

Trevor Bassitt, bronze, 400m hurdles, World Athletics Championships
Eugene, Oregon, USA
July 15-26, 2022, photo by Kevin Morris

And two other World leads in relays. Gainesville Elite (Anthony, Bromell, Odey-Jordan/GBR, N.Lyles) achieved 37.78 over USA Red national team WL 37.86 (Lindsey, Bednarek, K. King, M. Thomas) and third USA White (Coleman, Baker, T.Taylor, Austin) 37.97. Pure Athletics WL in the 4×400 m 2:57.33 (Ch.Robinson, Richards/TTO, Dean, McRae) over Gainesville Elite 2:58.50 (including Michael Norman in his first competition since the Paris Olympics, Matthew Hudson-Smith). World Indoor champion Jordan Anthony clocked his personal best when taking the 100 m in an easy-looking 9.91 (+0.5).

World Indoor Championships, 2026, WICH, Torun, Kujawy Pomorze – Jordan ANTHONY, 60 Metres Men, USA, photo by World Athletics

Behind him, Courtney Lindsey 10.02, in another race with legal wind, Nigerian U20 record, John Caleb 10.00 PB (+2.0) over Adekalu Fakorede 10.04 PB. Windy times 9.94 (+3.3) by British talent Jake Odey-Jordan and 9.90 (+2.9) by Nigerian Kanyinsola Ajayi. World champion Noah Lyles was the best in the 200 m with 19.91 (+1.6) edging Max Thomas to 19.98 PB. U20 Tate Taylor won his race in 20.05 (+0.7), US High School record and PB, also 7th best U20 ever. Ivory Coast record holder Cheikna Traore got 20.14 (+1.0) in his race, and another U20 British, Jake Odey-Jordan, won his 200 m in 20.33 (+0.5) PB and 5th best ever U20 European over Trayvon Bromell 20.52.

This is where the guts comes in, Noah Lyles versus the field, Tokyo 2025, photo by Brian Eder for RunBlogRun

Huge PB for Nigerian Israel Okon 20.27 (+1.6) in another race. World Indoor champion Christopher Morales-Williams from Canada posted 44.30 WL to win the 400m ahead of hurdles great Alison dos Santos from Brazil, 44.38 PB (he also clocked a big 200 m PB 20.39 the day before). From other 400 m races to note Joshia Wrice 44.72 PB, Devan Crumpton 44.93 PB and French Samuel Vessat 44.94 PB (third French all-time). World finalist Ja´Kobe Tharp got into the hurdles heats in 13.09 (+0.7); in the invitational race, Bradley Franklin ran 13.07 (+2.7, but legal; 13.24 PB in heats). Jamaican Orlando Bennett won the Olympic Development race in 13.33 (+0.8). Kenyan Peter Narumbi improved in the 800 m to 1:45.05, beating British Harry Ross-Hughes 1:45.62 PB. Jeremiah Davis and Nigerian Charles Godfred with Jordan Turner all jumped 808 legal. Zimbabwean Theo Mudzengerere improved to 16.83 (+1.6) in triple and Nigerian Chinecherem Nnamdi bettered his own NR in javelin to 84.68.

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Larry Eder

Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys.

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