Mikel Thomas of Rebirth was the most impressive sprinter on Day One of the 2013 Hampton International Games at Hasely Crawford Stadium Saturday night, grabbing gold in the Men’s Invitational 100 metres and the 110m hurdles events.
Thomas was up quickly and paced to the front, where he stayed in control of the field to reach home in 10.32 seconds, just ahead of Abilene Wildcats’ Ayodele Taffe, who clocked 10.36, and third-placed Ashron Sobers (Zenith; 10.63).
And in the 110m hurdles, Thomas zipped home in 13.59 to triumph easily, with Barbadian Pacer Daley Carter (14.96) second and Rebirth’s Keal Armstrong (17.45).
In the local men’s equivalent, Moriba Morain dashed home in 10.41 seconds to give Simplex the win, with Quinn Lee Ralph (Concorde) second best in 10.59, and Morain’s teammate Joel Dillon third in 10.61.
The women’s 100m was a lot closer, with Kamaria Durant, also of Simplex edging home ahead of Ayanna Hutchinson (Concorde) and Barbadian Shakera Reece. Durant clocked 11.64, Hutchinson finished in 11.64 and Reece, 11.78.
Among the Under-20 boys, Levi Cadogan of Barbados club Pacers won in 10.34, and shared the podium with Abilene’s Jonathan Farinha (second; 10.50) and Cejhae Greene (10.53) of Antigua/Barbuda. Kayelle Clarke was the top Under-20 girl over 100m, grabbing gold for Petrotrin PAP in 11.73, just ahead of Simplex’s Onika Murray (11.77).
Andie Montique (11.52) of Protons and Joan Hospedales (14.13) took the men’s and women’s masters 100m events respectively.
In the one-lap races, Stephon James won for Running Brave in 47.08, ahead of Abilene’s Kyle Greaux (47.58).
Asa Guevara (Abilene; 47.69) was the Under-20 Boys winner, while Romona Modeste clocked 54.50 and streaked home ahead of Neon Trackers teammate Domonique Williams (54.63).
No one team dominated in the 4x100m relays.
Abilene’s ‘A’ team took the Boys’ Under-20 race in 41.13, beating Pacers (42.05) and Memphis Pioneers (42.53). They also grabbed the Boys Under-17 equivalent.
The men’s and women’s events were won by Antigua and Barbuda ‘A’ (40.28) and Concorde ‘A’ (46.23) respectively, while Memphis Pioneers ‘A’ took the Girls Under-17 event in 49.19.
Zenith ‘A’ (46.93) won the Boys under-15, and Neon Trackers ‘A’ (50.60) the girls version. In the Boys under-13 race, Point Fortin New Jets ‘A’ were the winners.
The other youth categories went to Cougars athletics: Girls Under-13, Boys and Girls Under-11 and Boys and Girls Under-9 4x50m relays.