Wayne Davis II emerged victorious in the college men’s 110 metres hurdles, at the Penn Relays, in Pennsylvania, USA, yesterday.
The Texas A&M University student stopped the clock at 13.67 seconds.
Another Trinidad and Tobago/Texas A&M athlete, Deon Lendore anchored his school to victory in the Championship of America college men’s 4x400m relay. The Texas A&M quartet returned a time of three minutes, 02.52 seconds.
T&T finished fifth in the USA vs the World men’s 4x400m relay, Renny Quow, Jereem Richards, Machel Cedenio and double Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon combining for a 3:02.81 clocking. USA Red won in 3:00.91, from Jamaica (3:01.15), Bahamas (3:02.23) and USA Blue (3:02.64).
The T&T quartet of Sparkle McKnight, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Nandelle Cameron clocked 44.19 seconds, for eighth spot in the USA vs the World women’s 4x100m. Jamaica topped the field in 42.42, beating USA Blue (42.65) and USA Red (42.66) into second and third, respectively.
T&T sprinter Emmanuel Callender got to the line in 10.49 to secure fourth spot in the Olympic Development men’s 100m dash. The title went to Frenchman Christophe Lemaitre, in 10.29.
Temple University’s Kiersten LaRoche produced a 5.96 metres leap to top the eastern college women’s long jump field.
Jamol James finished eighth in the college men’s 100m championship race in 10.60 seconds. The University of Tennessee athlete had clocked 10.58 in the qualifying round to advance to the final seventh fastest. Another T&T sprinter, Louisiana State University’s Shermund Allsop got home in 10.64 for 10th spot overall.
Gordon’s club team, Zenith Velocity won the Olympic Development men’s 4x100m relay in 39.72 seconds. The T&T athlete ran the second leg. The Queen’s Royal College combination of Asa Guevara, Nathan Farinha, Jonathan Farinha and Jamoul Pierre clocked 3:12.17, for fourth spot in the Championship of America high school boys’ 4x400m event.
The St Francois Girls College quartet of Analisa Hassett, Peli Alzola, Jeminise Parris and Tsai Anne Joseph got the baton round the track in 47.72 seconds to bag bronze in the large schools high school girls’ 4x100m relay.
Coppin State University’s Deandra Daniel cleared the bar at 1.64m to finish 15th in the college women’s high jump. Gabriela Cumberbatch was 48th overall in the college women’s 400m hurdles, the Auburn University student clocking 1:03.27.
And in the 100m dash for men 60 years and over, Terrance Skinner secured bronze in 13.56 seconds.
At a dual meet in Washington, Washington State University’s Shawna Fermin struck gold in the women’s 400m in 55.01 seconds, and then picked up silver in the 200m in 24.95.
In Arkansas, Kashef Daniel won the Red Wolves Open men’s high jump event with a 1.80m clearance. The Arkansas State University student finished fourth in the triple jump with a 13.57m effort.
At the Drake Relays, in Iowa, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee junior, Durell Busby claimed bronze in the university/college men’s 110m hurdles in 13.84 seconds.
Jarrin Solomon finished fourth in a high quality men’s 400m race, the T&T quartermiler crossing the line in 45.76 seconds. Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos, the silver medallist at the 2012 Olympic Games, triumphed in an impressive 44.74, forcing former Olympic champion, Jeremy Wariner to settle for silver. Wariner clocked 45.35 to finish ahead of his fellow-American Marcus Boyd (45.69).
North Dakota State University’s Deborah John clocked 14.53 seconds to finish 15th overall in the women’s 100m hurdles. And in the women’s triple jump, University of Iowa junior, Carisa Leacock was 23rd with a wind-assisted 11.41m effort.
At the Texas Tech Red Raider Open, Ade Alleyne-Forte finished third in the men’s 400m in 46.97 seconds. His younger brother, Abilene Christian University’s Osei Alleyne-Forte was 13th overall in 49.11. South Plains College sprinter, Shun-Shauna Mason was fifth fastest in the women’s 100m dash in 11.87 seconds.
And Jovon Toppin finished seventh in the Arkansas Team Invitational men’s 400m finals, the University of Florida senior clocking 48.80 seconds.