MEMPHIS (USA, Aug 4): Marvin Bracy-Williams won the 100m in 9.96 (0.0) at Ed Murphey Classic (WACT Silver) ahead of Jamaica’s Oblique Seville (9.98) and Christian Coleman (10.03), but was faster in heats with 9.93 (0.1) over Emmanuel Matadi, who clocked a national record for Liberia with 9.97. Aleia Hobbs topped the women’s sprint in 11.11 (0.5), Alaysha Johnson the 100m hurdles in 12.49 (0.2), and Puerto Rico’s Jasmine Camacho-Quinn, who was the fastest in heats with 12.43 (0.8), did not run the final.
Continental Tour Gold
presented by Global Athletics & Marketing Inc., photo by Kevin Morris
Fresh World U20 record holder Roshawn Clarke of Jamaica won the fast 400m hurdles in 48.52 over Nigeria’s Ezekiel Nathaniel (48.55), Paris standard for both. In the 400m, Jamaican Antonio Watson (44.69) defeated Kirani James (44.92, in the first competition since May 27 after the sudden death of his coach Harvey Glance), among women Alexis Holmes posted a PB of 50.32 ahead of Victoria Ohuruogu from Great Britain (50.50), and in another race Jenna Prandini clocked 51.86 PB.
Gold Label track & field meet
May 26, 2023, Los Angeles, USA, photo by Kevin Morris
Maggie Ewen (19.17) outperformed Canada’s Sarah Mitton (19.02) in the shot put, and Joe Kovacs won the men’s event (21.72) over Tripp Piperi 21.67 and Rajindra Campbell 21.59. Another notable winner, Michael Dickson in the 110m hurdles with 13.37 (0.4), Andre De Grasse of Canada with 20.19 (-0.2), and Jamaica’s Natalliah Whyte with 22.76 (-0.4) in the 200m, Addy Wiley in the 800m (1:59.00 big PB, had 2:04.29 before), Henry Wynne (3:34.67) and Dani Jones (4:02.83) in the 1500m, Ahmed Muhumed (7:48.01) and Kayley DeLay (8:48.56) in the 3000m, Donald Scott 16.94 (-0.0) in the triple jump and Chanice Porter of Jamaica 667 (0.0) in the long jump.
Larry,
I hope you’re doing very well.
Have you heard any inside chatter about the delayed decision on the location of the 2024 US T&F Olympic Team Trials?
I’ve been to the last four trials, and they announced the trials location by spring each time. I’m getting antsy!
Longtime reader and blog fan.
I met you in Hamilton Hall dining hall at U of O in a past year.
Cheers,
Dick Hails
Durham, NC
919-998-9012
Dick,
Hello. Political mine field. My take? It should be LA and World Champs 2027 should be in LA, but, I fear that Eugene is hoping to host, and the global reaction to Eugene 2022 means that small chance of another WC in North America for some time. Eugene is not bad place, it is good place, but lack of control over hotel prices, decrease in flights to Eugene, terribly high prices on them, and frustration by athletes and middle class families who come to champs is hurting championships overall.