Source: www.guardian.co.tt
By: Clayton Clarke
Darryl Brown signalled his readiness for the National Senior Championships with an impressive 10.04 clocking to take the 100 metres at the Morvant Jets/Mustangs Games which ended at the Hasely Crawford Stadium yesterday. The world junior record holder floated down the newly relaid track ahead of Jamaicans Omar Douglas (10.14) and Jermaine Brown (10.30). The times were however, pushed by 2.9 wind and will be considered illegal. Brown advanced to finals after topping his heat in the morning.
Speaking after his triumph, an elated Rebirth runner thanked the fans for their support. “Thanks for the continued support through my struggles in the past years. The run was better than last week (at the Hampton Games).”
The 2003 World Championships silver medallist has been struggling with injuries in recent years and is looking forward to the National Championships in two weeks. He is expected to be in the T&T team for his fifth World Championships team. “I want to finish in the top four and hopefully make the team to Daegu.” Reyare Thomas (Neon Trackers) prevented a Rebirth sweep of the sprints as she took the women’s dash in 11.53 ahead of Brown’s clubmate Sasha Springer (11.85) with World Youth semifinalist Chelsea Charles (12.19). Jamaicans swept the top four places in the men’s Invitational 400m. Oral Thompson led the way with a personal best of 45.42 ahead of Peter Matthews (45.74), Omar Johnson (46.70) and 800m champion Ricardo Cunningham (46.82). Thompson was seeking to make the World Championships A qualifier of 45.25 to make the Jamaican team but bettered the B marker of 45.70 and improved his previous best of 45.50. World Junior champion Jehue Gordon was beaten into fifth (47.12) with early race leader sprinter Emmanuel Callender in sixth (48.24). Thompson’s compatriot O’Dayne Richards was outstanding in the field taking the men’s shot put with a mammoth throw of 19.54m. Richards was denied a double as he was beaten into second (49.12) in the men’s discus behind T&T’s national record holder Quincy Wilson (52.52). Edson Moses captured the men’s high jump. The 14-year-old Tobago Falcons athlete leapt to a personal best of 1.78m.