Source: www.guardian.co.tt
World junior champions Jehue Gordon and Renny Quow head the list of T&T athletes to compete at the 5th Ponce Grand Prix de Ateltismo at the Franciso Montaner Stadium, in Ponce, Puerto Rico tomorrow. Gordon will run in the 400 metres hurdles, while Quow will contest the 400m flat event. Sprinters Keston Bledman and Rondell Sorillo will line up in the men’s 100 and 200m dashes.
Gordon will be seeking to improve on his third place finish at last year’s meet when he clocked 48.47. His competition is expected from hometown favourite Javier Culson who clocked a Puerto Rican national record of 47.72 seconds in 2010. In their last clash at the 7th Grand Prix Region in Guadeloupe last Saturday Culson was again the winner in 48.73 with Gordon taking bronze in 50.11. Quarter-miler Quow will be up against the multiple World and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner of the US.
Bledman will be going for his second win in 2011 after topping the field in the Olympic Development 100m at the Penn Relays on April 30. The 2005 World Youth 100m bronze medallist is currently ranked 22nd (10.20) in the men’s 100m standing while Sorillo is at 25th on the 200m listing with 20.57 seconds.