Source: www.guardian.co.tt
Emmanuel Stewart was a double winner at the Mid Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Championships in North Carolina, USA on the weekend. Stewart (Morgan State University) took the men’s javelin (53.39m) and discus (50.51m) throws and was going for a third win in the shot put but could only manage ninth (13.62). School mate Jeanelle Ovid finished third in the women’s high jump (1.65 m). Darryl Brown signalled his comeback from injury with a win in the men’s 100m at the Brigido Iriarte Marmoreal Meet in Caraca, Venezuela on Friday. Brown, the world junior 100m record holder (10.01), won the men’s 100m in 10.34. He clocked 10.47 in the heats.
Jessica James and Denzel Ramirez registered top three finishes with James taking third in the women’s 400m (55.76) and Ramirez taking bronze in the men’s 5000m in 14:52:48. Durrel Busby (Wisconsin-Milwaukee) took the men’s Javelin in 58.50m at the Horizon Leagues Championships on Saturday. Busby set a new meet and school record in only his first competition on the collegiate circuit. In his better known event, the men’s 110m hurdles, he topped the heats with 14.23 seconds, another meet record. At the FSU Twilight meet in Tallahassee, Britany St Louis helped Florida State University’s women’s 4x400m team to silver in 3:47:56. Akeela Bravo (Jacksonsville) missed out on a medal in the women’s discus, taking fourth in 46.76.
Sparkle Mc Knight and Janeile Bellille picked up silver medals at the South Plans Open in Texas. McKnight crossed the line second in the women’s 200m in a personal best of 23.91 just behind of her South Plains school mate Janelle Redhead who won in 23.50. Bellille, who is also attends South Plains, was runner-up in the women’s 400m in 55.24. Another South Plain student, Kervin Morgan was third in the men’s 400m hurdles (53.71). At the Bob Pollock Sprint Invitational Adonis Jones (Campbell) was also third, in the men’s 110m hurdles in 14.04 secs. Last week at the BCS Buster Invitational Tonya Nero (Wichita State) ran away with the women’s 1500m and 5000m events on her home track. In the 1500m she crossed the line in 4:29:73 with schoolmate/T&T Samantha Shukla in seventh (4:44:02) while in the 5000m she was first in 16:53:33.
Her younger sister Scarla was fourth (17:24:69). Robert Collingwood (University of Southern Missouri) took the men’s shot put gold at the Golden Eagle Classic in Mississippi with 16.51m. In the Discus Robert was fourth in 46.55m with his twin brother Richard taking silver (50.05m). At the Front Range Championships Afiya Walker was in fine form. The Wyoming student took the women’s 400m in 53.35 seconds, bettering the meet mark of 54.90 she had set last year. She then was part of Wyoming’s 4x400m which took gold in another meet record of 3:44:02. Hileen James took the women’s shot put at Georgia versus Missouri Dual meet with 15.37m.