Kiersten LaRoche (Temple) jumped to gold at the 119th annual Penn Relays in Philadelphia, USA on the weekend. La Roche topped the field in the College Eastern Long Jump event with a distance of 5.96m.
The multi-event athlete was one of two local athletes who were victorious at the Relays. Wayne Davis 11 took the College Men’s 110m hurdles with a distance of 13.67. Queen’s Royal and St Francois Girls Colleges finished in the top three in their events. QRC was runner up in the their section of the Boys High School 4x400m. The quartet of Asa Guevara, Farinha twins Nathan and Jonathan and Jamol Pierre combined to clock 3:13.72 to finished behind Monroe College of Jamaica (3:10.01). In the Championships race, QRC missed out on a top three finish taking fourth in 3:12.17. St Francois Girls was third in their High School Large Girls 4x100m finals in 47.72. The team of Analisha Hassett, Peli Alzola, Jeminise Parris and Tsai-Ann Joseph improved on the time of 47.98 set in the heats.
Toco Secondary (Francis Louis, Shane Hector, Elroy Serapio, Akeem Marshall) were seventh in their heat of the High School 4x400m (3:31.96) while Bishop Anstey Port-of-Spain and St Joseph Convent Port-of-Spain were 10th in their sections of the High School Girls 4x400m. Bishops, with Kafi Ottley, Sarah Joy De Francois, Jeunice Maxime Akilah Prescod and Rickilia Isaac) clocked 4:13.56 while S Joseph (Arriane Mathew, Barker twins Anthinise and Antonia and Zara Suite Stewart) crossed the line in 4:26.03. Toco Secondary (Mickayla Ottley, Faith Tinto, Donicia Antoine and Kermisha Serapio) were 12th in their race (4:21.21). St Anthony’s College, Fatima College, St Benedict’s College also competed.
In other results, Kashef Daniel, Sherma Fermin, Durel Busby, Aleena Brooks and Steve Waithe all had wins. Daniel (Arkansas State) took the Red Wolf Open men’s high jump title in Arkansas with a modest leap of 1.80 and was fourth in the triple jump (13.57).
Fermin (Washington State) sped to victory in the women’s 400m at the UW versus WSU Dual meet in Seattle in 55.01 and was second in the 200m (24.95). Fermin also paced Washington State to gold in the 4x100m (45.45) and 4x400m (3:42.99).
At the Drake Relays in Iowa, Busby was part of Wisconsin-Milwaukee’s winning 4x110m shuttle hurdles relay team which clocked 56.56. In the individual 110m hurdles race Busby was third in 13.84 (a season’s best).
Brooks helped Minnesota take the University Distance Medley relay title in 11:06.47. Jessica James and her Iowa Central team-mates were second in the College women’s 4x400m in 3:40.48. Olympic 4x400m bronze medallist Jarrin Solomon was fourth in the men’s London Games rematch 400m in 45.76. Waithe pushed his Shippensburg team to first place in the men’s 4x100m at the Paul Kaiser Classic in Pennsylvania on Saturday in 41.67.
Waithe was also second in the men’s triple jump (15.30m). At the Red Raider Open in Lubbock, Texas Shu-Shauna Mason, the Alleyne Forte brothers and Jovon Toppin finished in the top three races. Mason was part of South Plains’ women’s 4x100m which finished second (44.76).
RESULTS
Women
College Eastern Long Jump
1—Kiersten LaRoche—Temple—5.96
College HIgh Jump
15—Deandra Daniel—Coppin State—1.64
College Championships 400m Hurdles
48—Gabriela Cumberbatch—Auburn—1:03.25—8h6
Men
College 4x200m IC4A
5—Coppin State (Haysean Cowie-Clarke)—1:25.98
College 4x100m
Heats
39—Coppin State( Cowie-Clarke)—42.24—4h9
College 4x200m
Heats
16—Coppin State(Cowie-Clarke)—1:26.85
Masters 60+ 100m (+1.8)
3—Terrance Skinner—T&T Masters—13.56
BOYS
High Schools 4x400m
2—QRC—(Asa Guevara, Nathan Farinha, Jamol Pierre, Jonathan Farinha)—3:13.72
Championships
4—Queen’s Royal College ( Guevara, N Farinha, J Farinha, Pierre)—3:12.17
High School 4x400m
13—Fatima (Jordan Moses, Nahshon Rullow, Brandon Brown, Mikel Worrell)—3:36.07
High School 4x400m
9—St .Benedicts(Wayne Bonaparte, Xaverri Williams, Akeel Spearks , Isaac Thomas)—3:39.40
High School 4x400m
7—Toco Secondary (Francis Louis, Shane Hector, Elroy Serapio, Akeem Marshall)—3:31.96
High Schools Small 4x100m
Heats
14—QRC(Jared Thomas, Edwin Phillips, Shamari John, Ayodelle Taffe)—42.93
34—St. Anthony’s College (Kobe John, Ian Thomas, Kadeem Campbell, Kyle Bacchus)—43.75
73—St Benedicts—Kushauan Joachim, Akeem Alexis, Akeel Spears, Joash Huggins—44.58
114—Toco Secondary (Jamal Wharwood, Victor Isaac, Shane Hector, Elry Serapio)—45.66
High School Large 4x100m
17—Fatima (Xavier Mulugata, Abraham Bowen, Breon Mullings, Alexander Prevatt)—42.97
GIRLS
High Schools Large 4x100m
Finals
3—St. Francois Girls (Analisa Hassett, Peli Alzola, Jeminise Parris, Tsai-Anne Joseph)—47.72
Heats
9—St. Francois—47.98
25—St. Joseph Convent POS(Kafi Wright, Astrid Casimire, Janae Alexander, Dominique Kurbanali)—49.34
74—Bishops Anstey (Sarah-Joy De Francois, Jeunice Maxime, Rickilia Issac, Kafi Ottley)—50.79
High School 4x400m
10—Bishops Anstey(Ottley, Akilah Prescod, Isaac, Maxime)—4:13.56
HIgh School 4x400m
10—St. Joseph Convent POS—Arianne Matthew, Anthinise Barker, Zara Suite-Stewart, Antonia Barker)—4:26.03
High Schools 4x400m
12—Toco Secondary—4:21.21 (Mickayla Ottley, Faith Tinto, Donicia Antoine, Kermisha Serapio)
High School 4X100m
High Schools Small 4x100m heats
dq—Toco Secondary
Drake Relays
Des Moines, Iowa
April 24-27
Women
University Distance Medley Relay
1—Minnesota(Alena Brooks)11:06.47
College 4x400m
2—Iowa Central(Jessica James)—3:40.48
University/College Triple Jump
23—Carissa Leacock—Iowa—11.41(+2.2)
University/College 100m Hurdles
Heats
15—Deborah John—North Dakota—14.53(-5.7)—3h4
Men
400m London Games rematch
1—Luguelin Santos—Dom Rep—44.74
2—Jeremy Wariner—USA—45.35
3—Marcus Boyd—USA—45.69
4—Jarrin Solomon—T&T—45.76
University/College 110m Hurdles
Finals(-1.3)
3—Durell Busby—Wisconsin-Milwaukee—13.84
Heats
4—Busby—14.57(-5.7)
4x110m Shuttle Hurdles
Finals
1—Wisconsin-Milwaukee (Busby)—56.56
Heats
1—Wisconsin-Milwaukee—58.10
College 4x400m
Finals
5—Iowa Central(Dan-Neil Telesford)—3:09.94
Heats
6—Iowa Central—3:13.50
UW vs WSU Dual Meet
Seattle, Washington
April 27
Women
200m
2—Shawna Fermin—Washington State—24.95(+1.4)
400m
1—Fermin—55.01
4x100m
1—Washington State (Fermin)—45.45
4x400m
1—Washington State (Fermin)—3:42.99
Red Wolf Open
Arkansas
April 26-27
High Jump
1—Kashef Daniel—Arkansas Stat—1.80
Triple Jump
4—Daniel—13.57(+0.9)
Paul Kaiser Classic
Shippensburg, Pensylvania
April 27
Men
Triple Jump
2—Steve Waithe—Shippensburg—15.30(+0.8)
4x100m
1—Shippensburgh (With)—41.67
Red Raider Open
Lubbock, Texas