Jehue 4th in Birmingham Diamond League
Renny Quow captured silver in the men’s 400 metres event at the Edmonton International Track Classic, in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday.
The Trinidad and Tobago quartermiler completed his lap of the track in 45.84 seconds to finish just behind Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos, the winner in 45.81. Third spot went to American Josh Mance, in 46.11.
At the Sainsbury’s Grand Prix IAAF Diamond League meet, in Birmingham, England, yesterday, T&T’s Jehue Gordon finished fourth in the men’s 400m hurdles in 49.02 seconds--his fastest time so far this season.
Puerto Rico’s Javier Culson topped the field in 48.59, beating Great Britain’s Rhys Williams (48.93) and American Michael Tinsley (48.94) into second and third, respectively.
Keston Bledman’s 10.32 seconds clocking in the opening men’s 100m qualifying heat was not good enough to earn the T&T sprinter a “fastest loser” berth in the final. Bledman was fifth in the heat.
In the final, Jamaican Nesta Carter topped the field in 9.99 seconds, forcing Great Britain’s James Dasaolu to settle for the runner-up spot in 10.03. Evergreen Kittitian sprinter, Kim Collins clocked 10.06 to finish third.
Mikel Thomas was fifth in his heat and 12th overall in the men’s 110m hurdles.
The T&T hurdler clocked 13.61 seconds in heat two, and did not advance to the final. The final was won by Barbadian Ryan Brathwaite, in 13.13 seconds.