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IAAF/BTC World Relays in Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays)
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Date (Open): Saturday 2 May 2015
Date (Close): Sunday 3 May 2015
Time: 19:00 to 22:00 pm
Venue: Thomas Robinson Stadium, Nassau, Bahamas
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Organiser: IAAF & Local Organising Committee (Bahamas)
News/Schedules/Startlists/Results:
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays
http://www.bahamasworldrelays.org/
https://www.facebook.com/IAAFWorldRelays
https://twitter.com/worldrelaysbah
Live Streams for World Relays 2015:
http://justdwl.net/c/2015-iaaf-world-relays-bahamas-live-stream.html
http://track.tvsplashapp.com
http://www.znsbahamas.com
http://original.livestream.com/znsbahamas
https://www.youtube.com/user/IAAF2012
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T&T's Romona Modeste collects baton from Magnolia Howell during 4x400 at 2014 World Relays
The IAAF Council has decided to create a new competition called the "IAAF World Relays" with the first and second editions taking place in Nassau, Bahamas in May 2014 and 2015 respectively.
The IAAF World Relays is the newest addition to the IAAF’s global competition programme, bringing together more than 500 athletes from around the world to compete in five relay disciplines: 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and the distance medley relay.
This new two day competition the IAAF World Relays is the biggest sporting event to be held in the Bahamas bringing together the world's best athletes and will serve as a qualifying competition for some teams for the 2015 World Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games.
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The second World Relays will take place in the Bahamas May 2 -3 2015. For the second consecutive year The Bahamas will host the IAAF World Relays.
The event will be held at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000.
This event will bring together the best athletes in the world. It is expected that most of the elite sprint and middle distance athletes will participate.
The IAAF World Relays is the biggest sporting event to be held in The Bahamas. The event is under the aegis of the International Association of Athletics Federation.
The event will bring together more than 1000 athletes and coaches from 50 countries.
IAAF WORLD RELAYS BAHAMAS 2015
https://www.youtube.com/v/8VZXq9U5Ul0
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Preparations are in full swing for the 2015 #WorldRelays being hosted for the second consecutive year by the #Bahamas. The event will take place over two days, May 2 - 3 at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on the island of New Providence in the beautiful Bahamas! Over to Pauline Davis-Thompson...
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with Pauline Davis-Thompson
https://www.youtube.com/v/hTCocoZeJyI
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Preparations are in high gear as the Local Organization Committee are putting all the pieces together for another #Bahamazing event. This will mark the second consecutive year that this event is being hosted by the Bahamas. It will serve as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympics so the level of performance is expected to be of the highest standard!
The Bahamas will play host to over 1000 athletes, coaches and officials from 50 countries!
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with the LOC
https://www.youtube.com/v/PeiPPdoSE9M
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A team of IAAF officials visited the Bahamas to catch up on the progress being made with preparations for the second #WorldRelays being hosted again by the Bahamas. The team gave the Local Organizing Committee a "thumbs-up" and everyone is expecting another BAHAMAZING event! The event will host over 1000 athletes and officials from 50 countries and will serve as a qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics!
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with IAAF officials
https://www.youtube.com/v/RmXC36FQvTA
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Preparations for the 2015 World Relays being held in the Bahamas are underway. This international event will attract hundreds of media personnel from around the world. Tasked with making sure all of the pieces to accommodate the media are in place is Bahamian Olympian, Tonique Williams. No stranger to major international track and field events, Tonique is expecting another smooth and efficient experience for the media. The event takes place May 2 - 3 in the Bahamas and will serve as a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympics. More information is available at the event website: http://www.bahamasworldrelays.org/
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with Tonique Williams
https://www.youtube.com/v/6nHDm7toFVw
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Preparations for the 2015 World Relays being held in the Bahamas are underway. This international event will attract hundreds of media personnel from around the world. Tasked with overseeing the marketing for the event is Director of Communications, Bianca Bether-Sawyer. After serving as the Marketing Coordinator at the inaugural games, she is no stranger to the task at hand. The event takes place May 2 - 3 in the Bahamas and will serve as a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympics. More information is available at the event website: http://www.bahamasworldrelays.org/
Backstage at the IAAF World Relays 2015 with Bianca Bether-Sawyer
https://www.youtube.com/v/rnjw7tgVvtA
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Logistics and operations working together for the world relays “Bahamazing” experience starts with logistics team at the airport.
The second World Relays will take place in the Bahamas May 2 -3 2015. For the second consecutive year The Bahamas will host the IAAF World Relays.
The event will be held at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium which has a seating capacity of 15,000.
This event will bring together the best athletes in the world. It is expected that most of the elite sprint and middle distance athletes.
This second staging of the World Relays will take place on May 2nd and 3rd, 2015.
The IAAF World Relays is the biggest sporting event to be held in The Bahamas. The event is under the aegis of the International Association of Athletics Federation.
The event will bring together more than 1000 athletes and coaches from 50 countries.
Backstage with the World Relays 2015 Operations & Logistics Team
https://www.youtube.com/v/z95LHEde3as
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The Backstage Pass Team sat down with Drumeco Archer, H.R. and Legal Advisor for the L.O.C, to talk about the role he plays in the upcoming IAAF World Relays Bahamas.
Preparations are in high gear as the Local Organization Committee are putting all the pieces together for another #Bahamazing event. This will mark the second consecutive year that this event is being hosted by the Bahamas. It will serve as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympics so the level of performance is expected to be of the highest standard!
The Bahamas will play host to over 100 athletes, coaches and officials from 50 countries!
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with Drumeco Archer
https://www.youtube.com/v/C7XvjcRdG1A
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Preparations for the 2015 World Relays being held in the Bahamas are underway. This international event will attract hundreds of media personnel from around the world.
The Backstage Pass Team interviewed Alan Wallace the Director of Venue and Doyle Burrows the Deputy Director of Venue about the role they play in ensuring that the stadium is properly prepared for the event.
The event takes place May 2 - 3 in the Bahamas and will serve as a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympics. More information is available at the event website: http://bahamasworldrelays.org/
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with Doyle & Alan
https://www.youtube.com/v/ceT7I9UrXCw
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Preparations for the 2015 World Relays being held in the Bahamas are underway. This international event will attract hundreds of media personnel from around the world.
Volunteers play pivotal role in staging of world relays
About 650 volunteers recruited and trained; to serve in 14 different divisions.
The event takes place May 2 - 3 in the Bahamas and will serve as a qualifying event for the 2016 Olympics. More information is available at the event website: http://bahamasworldrelays.org/
Backstage at the 2015 World Relays with Tarahan Mackey
https://www.youtube.com/v/pH0ZaDCJOVw
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'Torpedo' Thompson eyes more T&T success at IAAF World Relays (http://www.bahamasworldrelays.org/index.php/single-column/athlete-features/744-torpedo-thompson-eyes-more-t-t-success-at-iaaf-world-relays)
Written by Kwame Laurence | Published: Tuesday, 17 March 2015 08:55 |
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SILVER QUARTET: Rondel Sorrillo, left, Richard "Torpedo" Thompson, Marc Burns and Keston Bledman celebrate their silver success in the men’s 4x100 metres event, at the 2014 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas. Photo: KWAME LAURENCE
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad - Richard "Torpedo" Thompson was responsible for one of the most memorable moments at the inaugural IAAF World Relays, in Nassau, Bahamas, last year. In the men's 4x100 metres final, the Trinidad and Tobago track star overhauled Great Britain's Dwain Chambers on the anchor leg, turning bronze into silver.
"It's always a blessing getting the stick around in a relay," Thompson told the Trinidad Express, "and an even bigger blessing when we win a medal.
"However, I think any athlete would admit that it's a bit more fun when you 'walk someone down'. That race indicated to me that I was back in really good shape because Chambers is a good sprinter. More importantly, it indicated to the world that T&T's 4x100 team was back as we had a rough year in 2013."
For the "Torpedo", the World Relays experience would have been special even if he had left Nassau with no precious metal to his name.
"It was great. I found it really cool that they had us come through a tunnel to introduce us team by team...almost like they do in wrestling. It added more hype for the athletes and the fans. The meet itself was well attended and the fans were very active cheering every country on."
T&T emerged from the 2014 IAAF World Relays with three medals. In addition to the men's 4x100m silver captured by Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo and Thompson, there was bronze for both the women's 4x100m quartet and the men's 4x400m team. T&T earned 19 points at the two-day meet to finish sixth--an excellent showing for a nation with a population of just 1.3 million.
Thompson was particularly pleased with the success of the women's sprint relay combination of Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon.
"They've had a terrible streak of bad luck over the past few years getting the stick around. Not only did they get the stick around this time, but they won their first global medal. That's a great sign for when Kelly-Ann (Baptiste) and Semoy (Hackett) are thrown back into the mix."
Baptiste completed a 21-month drug ban in January, while Hackett will be eligible to compete in May following a 28-month doping ban.
In Nassau last year, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon finished third in the men's 4x400m final in a national record time of two minutes, 58.34 seconds.
"For a number of years," said Thompson, "the 4x100 men carried the rest of the team on our shoulders. We've expanded beyond that and have shown that T&T are beyond capable in different events and gender. The men's 4x4 has been very consistent in the last three years and the women have stepped up significantly as well."
The triple Olympic medallist is anticipating more success for Team T&T at the 2015 IAAF World Relays, scheduled for May 2 and 3.
"I don't expect anyone to be in peak shape in May, especially since World Champs is in late August. However, I know that we are a hard-working bunch, and will be showing up there in good enough shape to give a good account of ourselves.
"The goal," he continued, "is always to try to win, but I think that if we can leave with a medal in every event that we enter, that would be a solid showing."
Thompson said there needs to be a permanent place on the international athletics calendar for the IAAF World Relays.
"Apart from the meet itself being a huge success, I had a lot of fun away from the track. Bahamas is a beautiful island so any chance I get I'll be there. I'll be there this year, God spare life, health and strength.”
Here is link to thread for last year's World Relays in the Bahamas if you wish to view a recap:
2014 IAAF World Relays: Sat.24th & Sun.25th May, Nassau, Bahamas (videos added) (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=62238.msg894446#msg894446)
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T&T's Machel Cedenio collects baton from Renny Quow during 4x400 at 2014 World Relays
EVENT TIMETABLE (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays)
Day 1 - Saturday May 2, 2015
LOCAL TIME SEX EVENT ROUND
19:00 M 4x400 Metres Relay Heats
19:29 W 4x200 Metres Relay Heats
19:46 M 4x100 Metres Relay Heats
20:09 M 4x800 Metres Relay Final
20:32 W 4x400 Metres Relay Heats
21:02 W Distance Medley Relay Final
21:29 M 4x100 Metres Relay Final B
21:36 W 4x200 Metres Relay Final
21:52 M 4x100 Metres Relay Final
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Day 2 – Sunday May 3, 2015
LOCAL TIME SEX EVENT ROUND
19:00 M 4x200 Metres Relay Heats
19:16 W 4x100 Metres Relay Heats
19:39 W 4x800 Metres Relay Final
20:02 W 4x400 Metres Relay Final B
20:12 W 4x400 Metres Relay Final
20:31 M Distance Medley Relay Final
20:57 M 4x400 Metres Relay Final B
21:06 M 4x200 Metres Relay Final
21:23 W 4x100 Metres Relay Final B
21:30 W 4x100 Metres Relay Final
21:46 M 4x400 Metres Relay Final
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Bottom Left: T&T's Shawna Fermin starts off 4x400m relay at 2014 World Relays
Live Streams for World Relays 2015:
http://justdwl.net/c/2015-iaaf-world-relays-bahamas-live-stream.html
http://track.tvsplashapp.com
http://www.znsbahamas.com
http://original.livestream.com/znsbahamas
https://www.youtube.com/user/IAAF2012
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Just wondering with relays being so early. What will be the criteria for selection for the team, Would we be basing it on names or last year performance, How do we make sure that we are sending the best to represent us.
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Just wondering with relays being so early. What will be the criteria for selection for the team, Would we be basing it on names or last year performance, How do we make sure that we are sending the best to represent us.
Breds, more than likely it maybe the same people. That is for the men. I am almost sure Lendore will not be there. For the women, most likely Kelly-Ann will be a welcome addition to the team.
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The men 4x400m and the women 4x100m are the ones that I have faith with, Truth is that our male sprinters has been a major disappointment individually. I still cant get how athletes can come for trial and run new national records and then go out there and struggle to make 10.10. Our national championship has become an embarrassment. Every year we see our male sprinters come down and clock superb times and that's it . Is it that we have to bid to host games in Trinidad to get the best out of our athletes. I keep wondering what times we will see if our Jamaican counterparts join us for national championship, we might get to witness the world record breaking right in front of our eyes. Or is that we have athletes that only peak for one week of nationals. I hope the disappointing results at carifta trials is an indication that we have finally fixed our timing system. As bad as it sounds the time seen at this year trials are times seen from previous carifta team performance at carifta .Where they ran no where close to what the ran at trials.
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The men 4x400m and the women 4x100m are the ones that I have faith with, Truth is that our male sprinters has been a major disappointment individually. I still cant get how athletes can come for trial and run new national records and then go out there and struggle to make 10.10. Our national championship has become an embarrassment. Every year we see our male sprinters come down and clock superb times and that's it . Is it that we have to bid to host games in Trinidad to get the best out of our athletes. I keep wondering what times we will see if our Jamaican counterparts join us for national championship, we might get to witness the world record breaking right in front of our eyes. Or is that we have athletes that only peak for one week of nationals. I hope the disappointing results at carifta trials is an indication that we have finally fixed our timing system. As bad as it sounds the time seen at this year trials are times seen from previous carifta team performance at carifta .Where they ran no where close to what the ran at trials.
As much as you are complaining about our male sprinters individually, they did win two major relay medals last year firstly a silver at the 2014 World Relays and then a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
See links to both races here:
2014 IAAF World Relays: Sat.24th & Sun.25th May, Nassau, Bahamas (videos added) (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=62238.msg895798#msg895798)
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2014 Commonwealth Games Thread: Wed 23 July — Sun 3 Aug 2014, Glassgow, Scotland (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=62126.msg904949#msg904949)
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CREATING THE EXPERIENCE: D’Anne L. Barrett (right), the Senior Director of Logistics for the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015, spoke about the duties that fall under her portfolio for the staging of the global event right here in The Bahamas. Leria McKenzie (left) is the Senior Director of Operations for the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015. Her department works hand-in-hand with the logistics department.The IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 is set for May 2 and 3 at the 15,000-seat Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.
Logistics and operations working together for the world relays “Bahamazing” experience starts with logistics team at the airport (https://www.facebook.com/IAAFWorldRelays#!/notes/1610039815876929/)
20 March 2015 at 02:57
The “Bahamazing” experience for the international guests coming to these shores for the second International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF) World Relay Championships, actually starts with their arrival at the Lynden Pindling International Airport (LPIA) in early May, and carries straight through until their departure.
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D’Anne L. Barrett, the Senior Director of Logistics for the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015, said that her department is looking forward to a smoother process this year having gone through it a year ago. The logistics personnel are in charge of meet and greet at the airport, all airport services,accreditation of everyone with the exception of the local and international media, and transportation just to name a few. Over 1,000 athletes, coaches and officials are expected here in The Bahamas for the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015. In addition, a number of IAAF Council members will be here in The Bahamas for the event.
“What we do is meet them inside the immigration hall, and then guide them through the process and to the transportation area for pick-up and on to their respective hotels,” said Barrett. “We transport the athletes,officials, the journalists and all of the international guests to and from the airport, to the competition site and to the hotels, either in busses or in cars. The defence force (Royal Bahamas Defence Force) plays a part as well.There are four people who work directly with me, but there are a number of divisions under logistics, a lot of experts in the field who are all familiar with providing exceptional service.”
Last year, Barrett served as the deputy director of operations with a focus on transportation. She said that her six years as volunteer for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA) has helped significantly in that regard. She is familiar with athletics, the organization and operation of athletic meets, and the logistics that go along with it.
“The BAAA provided quite an experience for me,” said Barrett. “I helped with the organization of CARIFTA before, and then last year,it was on a whole different playing field than CARIFTA. The complexity was 10 times more than what we did for CARIFTA. We’re looking forward to another grand event this year. Of course there are always areas that you would want to improve in, and we are working on that for this year. We work hand-in-hand and very well with the operations department.”
Senior Director of Operations Leria McKenzie and her team takes over from logistics once the international guests would have arrived at their respective hotels. Her department oversees a number of areas, inclusive of shipping and storage of equipment, the service provided at the hotels, a prompt response area which is new to the relays this year, the opening ceremony,handling of the VIPs inclusive of government officials and the IAAF family, and the volunteers just to name a few.
She has 11 people working alongside of her, inclusive of a director of shipping who ensures that everything that is shipped into the country is handled properly. Seiko, Canon, and the host broadcaster alone,International Sports Broadcasting (ISB), are bringing equipment into the country in the millions of dollars. The director of shipping ensures that the equipment arrives safely, are stored safely, and transported safely to and from the shipping areas.
The Prompt Response Department ensures that all issues that may arise are taken care of in a timely manner. McKenzie said that there will be a hotline where international guests can call, and have their needs and issues attended to quickly.
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Also, there is a director of ceremony, responsible for the opening ceremony. McKenzie said that they want to make sure the opening ceremony is executed with dignity and flows smoothly. With the VIPs, the operations department will work along with the protocol department to ensure that the government officials and the IAAF family are well taken care of. There is also a director of accommodations and also a village mayor who manages the needs of the IAAF family and the international guests inside the hotels.
“We believe that we have the team in place to execute these various duties,” said McKenzie. “We believe that we can meet the challenges and absorb those problems that might arise. With the experience of last year behind us, we believe that we are in a position to move smoothly and to execute these championships this year in a manner that is truly ‘Bahamazing’.
“What we did this year is embrace the six core values of the IAAF - solidarity, universality, unity, leadership, integrity and excellence.We assembled a team of persons who are able and presently executing those big goals. We manage both the competition site and the non-competition sites.Everything is in keeping with the principles of the IAAF,” she added.
With the volunteers, McKenzie said all of them will be going through a Bahamas Host course this year, so that they can be better prepared to meet the standards of what our visitors expect once they get into the country.The Bahamas Host training, which is new to the event this year, will be offered through The Bahamas’ Ministry of Tourism. About 600 volunteers will be utilized this year, down from the 800-plus a year ago.
“One of the success stories of these championships would lie in the hands of the volunteers,” said McKenzie. “We were able to re-engage a number of persons who worked as volunteers last year. They give up their lives to these championships with no remuneration - just giving their time and effort, coming out even when they are tired to give back to their country. Wel ook forward to them exceeding expectations this year.”
Barrett said that because of the re-engagement process,accreditation would be so much easier this year because all of those persons would already be in the system.
“There are so many volunteers, but the re-engagement process certainly makes it easier,” said Barrett. “These persons still have to be vetted by the police, but we’re able to upload information from last year which makes it easier. It’s just a matter of re-assigning persons to different departments in some cases.”
With the volume of international guests coming to these shores, Barrett said that a source of information stating date and time of arrival, is vital.
“With technology, we are able to have information on all of the persons coming into the country for the world relays accessible,” said Barrett. “We need to know what to expect, in terms of how many people are on each flight and how many persons are in each contingent. It’s not a difficult process once we have all of the information up front.”
As for McKenzie, she said that the operations department might be new to her, but she’s certainly not new to leadership. She oversees a team of 11 in the operations department.
“With respect to leadership, the situations might change,but the principles never change,” she said. “A person who is a leader can handle the content of taking a team from where they are to where they need to be. The whole act of unifying a team and setting a vision for where the team has to go is on my shoulders, and with my experience in that field, I am able to handle that.”
McKenzie said that they feel confident that it is going to be another “Bahamazing” experience. The IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 is set for May 2 and 3 at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.
“Last year, it was ‘Bahamazing’, and this year, we believe that we are going to exceed those expectations that persons have of The Bahamas,” said McKenzie. “We’re looking forward to welcoming all of these guests to our country and we’re looking forward to just showing them what we as Bahamians are capable of doing.”
About 30,000 fans are expected to pack the Thomas A.Robinson National Stadium over the course of the two days of the relays.Tickets are available online at www.bahamasworldrelays.org, or at the box office at the national stadium from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Friday, and 10a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturdays.
There are now just 44 days remaining until the IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015.
SHELDON LONGLEY Guardian Sports Editor slongley@nasguard.com
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Preparations are in high gear as the Local Organization Committee are putting all the pieces together for another #Bahamazing event. This will mark the second consecutive year that this event is being hosted by the Bahamas.
It will serve as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympics so the level of performance is expected to be of the highest standard!
The Bahamas will play host to over 1000 athletes, coaches and officials from 50 countries!
Bring it on! 2015 World Relays will be BAHAMAZING!
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Did You Get Your Tickets for the 2015 World Relays Yet?
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It's All About Teamwork at the 2015 World Relays!
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07 APR 2015 Iaaf News Monaco / Kingston, Jamaica
Bolt to compete at IAAF / BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/news/iaaf-news/bolt-iaaf-btc-world-relays-bahamas-2015?utm_content=buffer875bc&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
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Usain Bolt in the mens 4x100m Relay at the IAAF World Athletics Championships Moscow 2013 (Getty Images) © Copyright
The world’s fastest man, Usain Bolt, will compete at the IAAF / BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015, the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA) announced on Tuesday (7).
The second edition of this innovative and exciting competition takes place in Nassau, The Bahamas, on the weekend of 2-3 May.
The JAAA met on Tuesday to decide the national team for the competition and selected the multiple world and Olympic champion, and world record holder, to compete on both days in Nassau.
"I’m happy to be part of the Jamaican team for the IAAF / BTC World Relays in the Bahamas. I am fit, healthy and ready to run,” commented Bolt.
“I hear the meet was a lot of fun last year and there was a great atmosphere. Jamaica has a long and successful tradition in relays and when we put on the national colours we always do our best to make the country proud,” he added.
JAAA General Secretary Garth Gayle commented, “We were extremely pleased that Usain was available for selection and that the world’s fastest man will be running for Jamaica. We can expect some sprint magic on the track in the Bahamas on 2nd and 3rd May.”
The full Jamaican team list for the competition will be announced shortly.
The IAAF / BTC World Relays is the newest addition to the IAAF’s global competition programme, and will see more than 600 athletes from around the world compete in five relay disciplines: 4x100m, 4x200m, 4x400m, 4x800m and the distance medley relay for both men and women.
At the IAAF World Relays in 2014, three world records were set and more could fall this year.
The IAAF World Relays is the biggest sporting event to be held in The Bahamas in 2015 and it will serve as a qualifying competition for the 2016 Olympic Games.
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The men 4x400m and the women 4x100m are the ones that I have faith with, Truth is that our male sprinters has been a major disappointment individually. I still cant get how athletes can come for trial and run new national records and then go out there and struggle to make 10.10. Our national championship has become an embarrassment. Every year we see our male sprinters come down and clock superb times and that's it . Is it that we have to bid to host games in Trinidad to get the best out of our athletes. I keep wondering what times we will see if our Jamaican counterparts join us for national championship, we might get to witness the world record breaking right in front of our eyes. Or is that we have athletes that only peak for one week of nationals. I hope the disappointing results at carifta trials is an indication that we have finally fixed our timing system. As bad as it sounds the time seen at this year trials are times seen from previous carifta team performance at carifta .Where they ran no where close to what the ran at trials.
As much as you are complaining about our male sprinters individually, they did win two major relay medals last year firstly a silver at the 2014 World Relays and then a bronze at the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
See links to both races here:
2014 IAAF World Relays: Sat.24th & Sun.25th May, Nassau, Bahamas (videos added) (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=62238.msg895798#msg895798)
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2014 Commonwealth Games Thread: Wed 23 July — Sun 3 Aug 2014, Glassgow, Scotland (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=62126.msg904949#msg904949)
That's right Soca.
Seen Mr Brown and Kai at Larry Gomes months ago. Looks like he got a new trainer and good support around him. I think he will be in Bahamas. Be on the look out
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Bolt and Gatlin look headed for May clash (http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/04/08/us-athletics-bolt-gatlin-idUSKBN0MZ1WR20150408?rpc=401)
By Gene Cherry, Wed Apr 8, 2015 1:49pm EDT (Reuters.com)
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Usain Bolt of Jamaica (R) runs next to Justin Gatlin of the U.S. on his way to win the men's 100 metres during the IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, also known as Memorial Van Damme, in Brussels September 6, 2013. Reuters/Laurent Dubrule
(Reuters) - A mouthwatering showdown between Usain Bolt and Justin Gatlin could be a month away as the two rival sprinters are set to compete at next month's IAAF World Relays in the Bahamas.
Gatlin's participation in the May 2-3 event was confirmed on Wednesday in a text message to Reuters by the sprinter's manager a day after the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association said Bolt will also compete in Nassau.
While Bolt and Gatlin's confirmation for the event offers a chance for the sprinters to clash, much will depend on how the Jamaican and U.S. coaches line up their squads in the 4x100 and 4x200 relays.
Both Bolt and Gatlin anchored their countries' 4x100 teams at the 2013 Moscow world championships with Jamaica triumphing.
As for a much anticipated race over 100 or 200 meters, that may have to wait until August's world championships in Beijing.
When asked on Wednesday about the likelihood of a meeting before then, Bolt's manager, Ricky Simms, told Reuters via email:
"I don't know where the other sprinters are running but I believe many meets would prefer not to invite athletes who bring negative headlines to their event."
Simms was referring to athletes who have served doping suspensions, including Gatlin whose racing has sparked major criticism in Europe despite him being eligible to compete.
The 2004 Olympic champion went undefeated last season, grabbing top world rankings in the 100 and 200 meters in a year when Bolt was often injured.
They have not met since the 2013 worlds, with the Jamaican claiming both sprint titles, but the rivalry is heating up.
"I’d say I’m the guy to beat right now,” Gatlin said recently at the Texas Relays.
But Glen Mills, Bolt's coach, said the lanky sprinter has nothing to fear.
"We take all competitors with a level of seriousness and I don't see Gatlin as a joke, but the truth of the matter is Usain at his best doesn't have much to worry about," Mills told Reuters this week.
Bolt, 28, holds world records of 9.58 seconds in the 100 and 19.19 in the 200 from 2009.
He opens his 100 meters season on April 19 in Rio de Janeiro, the 2016 Olympics host city, and has races planned for New York, Paris and Lausanne with more to come.
Gatlin's schedule has not been announced. The 33-year-old set personal bests of 9.77 and 19.68 in 2014.
(Reporting by Gene Cherry in Salvo, North Carolina; Editing by Frank Pingue)
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17 APR 2015, General News
Greatest 4x400m hits and splits
– IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/news/news/world-relays-fastest-4x400m-splits)
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Michael Johnson in the 4x400m at the 1993 IAAF World
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Is there any athletics follower who doesn’t enjoy a good 4x400m relay final?
The race often comes at the very end of the meeting, when all the hard work has been done and fans are feeling a little sad that everything has come to an end. It won’t be long before everyone packs up to go home, so it is the last chance to see something special on the track.
More often than not, magic is delivered.
The same will hopefully ring true at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 in two weeks’ time, where both 4x400m finals will be held on the second day with the men’s event being the final one on the programme.
There is the prospect of the star of the meeting making an exciting encore. Alberto Juantorena did it in the 70s, Flo-Jo did it in the 80s, Michael Johnson did it in the 90s, Cathy Freeman did it in 2000 and even Usain Bolt did it as a junior.
Another special feature of the 4x400m are the runners who are able to reach a new level in the context of a relay. Chris Brown has been almost a second quicker in a relay than he has been from blocks, so it was heart-warming to see him claim an Olympic title along with the other Bahamian ‘Golden Knights’ at London 2012.
Then there are those spectacular moments when an athlete digs deeper than ever to help their team. One such example is the women’s 4x400m at the 1969 European Championships, when Lillian Board caught Collette Besson with the last movement of her final stride to take gold for Britain.
Forty-five years later at the same championships, Floria Guei ran a similarly miraculous anchor which this time won gold for France. Both races (1969, 2014) can be found on YouTube and the final result still seems unlikely every time you watch.
Two more relay legends are Herb McKenley at the 1952 Olympics and IAAF Council member Irena Szewinska at the 1974 European Championships. McKenley came from far back to enable a Jamaican defeat of the United States in Helsinki. Szewinska’s effort fell short of a medal for Poland in Rome, but it was clear she’d done something special. She was reliably timed at 48.5 for her leg when the individual world record stood (to her) at 49.9.
To make a crude comparison, that’s the equivalent to a woman clocking a sub-47-second relay leg in 2015. Hers was a performance ahead of its time, as was McKenley’s 44.6 from 63 years ago.
Whenever splits are revealed, it shows how and where races and records were won and lost; a list of four numbers per team which set the statistical seal on a week or so of track and field action.
A great deal of time has been spent requesting, tabulating and taking these times so that we can all see who did what as the race unfolded. Such work can take hours and days as one needs to identify the melee of runners massing at changeover times, then perform the arithmetic necessary to ensure the four numbers add up to an official finish time.
Apart from a handful of major championships, relay split times have only been available unofficially. It is, of course, quite tricky and expensive to time the first leg which starts on a 500m stagger line and finishes at the 800m start line in the same lane. One photo-finish camera can’t cover all eight finish points and there are often runners and officials obscuring the view.
Many is the time when, stopwatch in hand, statisticians have had to move almost as quickly as the runners in order to get a clear view of a particular changeover point. And of course they are timing the baton holder, so the split time rarely belongs to a single runner – unless the exchange is, improbably, made exactly at the mid-point of the changeover zone.
Split-taking cannot be a precise science and is the subject of debate. We still have to turn to estimated times, compare notes and make tweaks to achieve the best possible result.
The implementation of improved transponder and video timing systems – which will be in use at the IAAF World Relays next month – will hopefully mean that splits of the future are disclosed more quickly, perhaps even for the 4x100m and other relays including the new distance medley which will include one leg of 400m.
Even without such systems, we already have a pretty impressive list of history’s fastest one-lappers with baton in hand (http://www.iaaf.org/download/download?filename=dddc90b4-16f7-4162-883c-ee1db36fea3b.pdf&urlSlug=fastest-4x400m-splits-in-history).
Mark Butler for the IAAF
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42.9 400m Michael Johnson! 1993 World Championship Relays (Both Men & Women)
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42.9 400 SPLIT FOR MICHAEL JOHNSON, THE FASTEST 400 EVER RECORDED!
The 4 x 400m Relays at the 1993 Athletics World Championships hosted in Stuttgart Germany were both won by Team USA in two of the fastest times ever.
On the women's side Gwen Torrence led off the American team with a sub 50 second clocking. Up next was Maicel Malone-Wallace and her sub 50 second split. She handed off to silver medalist Natasha Kaiser-Brown (not Kaiser Sose as Chris Berman would call her!), who promptly ran a low 49 point leg. On anchor was 1993 400m world champion Jearl Miles (pre Miles-Clark days). Miles blasted a 48.8 split to bring the team home in 3:16.71.
On the men's side Andrew Vallmon ran sub 45 from the blocks before handing off to 1992 Olympic gold medalist Quincy Watts. Watts ran low 44 before passing to world record holder Butch Reynolds. Reynolds ran a very impressive 43.2, but would not even run the fastest split of the day as he exchanged the baton to Michael Johnson. Johnson proceeded to light up the track with an amazing 42.9 solo split. The Americans demolished the field to set the still standing world record of 2:54.29. This is still the most amazing team ever put together with all four men running sub 45 for the first time in history.
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The fastest-ever 4x400m splits – men
The best legitimate marks, official, unofficial and estimated
¶ – Team disqualified for violation by another athlete; # – distance medley race (1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m); ≠ – sprint medley race (200m, 200m, 400m, 800m);
! – derived from photo-cell; A – at high altitude; e – estimated time; y – time for 440 yards (or 4x440 yards), worth 0.3 (or 1.1) quicker than 400m/4x400m.
42.94* Michael Johnson USA 4 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (1, 2:54.29)
43.10 Jeremy Wariner USA 4 Osaka 2 Sep 07 (1, 2:55.56)
43.1 Quincy Watts USA 2 Barcelona 8 Aug 92 (1, 2:55.74)
43.18 Wariner 4 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (1, 2:55.39)
43.2A Ron Freeman USA 2 Mexico City 20 Oct 68 (1, 2:56.16)
43.2 Wariner 2 Austin 8 Apr 06 (2, 3:00.04)
43.3 Demetrius Pinder BAH 2 London 10 Aug 12 (1, 2:56.72)
43.23 Butch Reynolds USA 3 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (1, 2:54.29)
43.4y Maurice Peoples USA 4 Baton Rouge 9 Jun 73 (3, 3:05.0y)
43.4A Freeman 2 Mexico City 19.10.68 (1h1, 3:00.71)
43.4 Watts 2 Tokyo 1 Sep 91 (2, 2:57.57)
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43.4 Steve Lewis USA 4 Barcelona 8 Aug 92 (1, 2:55.74)
43.41 Tony McQuay USA 3 London 10 Aug 12 (2, 2:57.05)
43.42 Chris Brown BAH 4 Helsinki 14 Aug 05 (2, 2:57.32)
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43.49 Darold Williamson USA 4 Sacramento 11 Jun 05 (6, 3:01.83)
43.5 Roddie Haley USA 2 Philadelphia 25 Apr 86 (1, 9:22.6#)
43.5¶ Tyree Washington USA 3 Uniodale 22 Jul 98 (DQ, 2:54.20)
43.51 Davian Clarke JAM 4 Athens 10 Aug 97 (2, 2:56.75)
43.53¶ Calvin Harrison USA 3 Sydney 30 Sep 00 (DQ, 2:56.35)
43.56 Denis Alekseyev RUS 4 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (3, 2:58.06)
43.57 Mark Richardson GBR 4 Athens 10 Aug 97 (1, 2:56.65)
43.6 Julius Sang KEN 4 Munich 10 Sep 72 (1, 2:59.83)
43.6 Raymond Pierre USA 3 Kingston 6 May 89 (1, 3:00.66)
43.6 Angelo Taylor USA 4 Amherst 6 Jun 98 (1, 3:01.89)
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43.6 Jerome Young USA 2 Philadelphia 26 Apr 03 (1, 2:58.40)
43.6 Derrick Brew USA 2 Athínai 28 Aug 04 (1, 2:55.91)
43.6e Kevin Borlée BEL 2 Zurich 17 Aug 14 (7, 3:02.60)
43.63! Fred Newhouse USA 3 Montréal 30 Jul 76 (1h1, 2:59.52)
43.66 Derek Mills USA 3 Atlanta 3 Aug 96 (1, 2:55.99)
43.69 Calvin Smith USA 4 Eugene 12 Jun 10 (3, 3:01.87)
43.7 Alberto Juantorena CUB 4 Dusseldorf 6 Sep 77 (3, 3:02.77)
43.7 Gabriel Tiacoh CI V 4 Los Angeles 24 May 86 (2, 3:05.96)
43.7 Henry Thomas USA 3 Walnut 26 Apr 87 (1, 3:01.09)
43.7 Avard Moncur BAH 2 Edmonton 11 Aug 01 (1h2, 3:00.88)
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43.7e Jonathan Borlée BEL 2 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (5, 2:59.37)
43.7 Josh Mance USA 2 London 10 Aug 12 (2, 2:57.05)
43.73 Martyn Rooney GBR 4 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (4, 2:58.81)
43.75 Alonzo Babers USA 3 Los Angeles 11 Aug 84 (1, 2:57.91)
43.78 Arnaud Malherbe RSA 4 Seville 29 Aug 99 (3, 3:00.20)
43.78 Ingo Schultz GER 4 Edmonton 12 Aug 01 (7, 3:03.52)
43.78 Michael Blackwood JAM 4 Madrid 21 Sep 02 (1, 2:59.19)
43.79 Danny Everett USA 1 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (1, 2:56.16)
43.79 Sunday Bada NGR 4 Gothenburg 12 Aug 95 (1h3, 3:01.09)
43.8 Seymour Newman JAM 4 Montreal 31 Jul 76 (5, 3:02.84)
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43.8 Ian Morris TTO 3 Austin 4 Apr 86 (2, 3:13.93≠)
43.8¶ Roy Martin USA 4 Austin 5 Apr 86 (DQ, 3:01.07)
43.8 LaShawn Merritt USA 4 Nassau 25 May 14 (1, 2:57.25)
Further notable 440 yards times:
43.8y Larry Black USA 4 Philadelphia 29 Apr 72 (1, 3:03.1y)
43.9y Larry James USA 4 Philadelphia 27 Apr 68 (1, 3:06.1y)
* This time is taken from photo-finish pictures taken at the start and finish of Johnson’s leg supplied by Seiko.
Using different methods, the DLV Biomechanics Report from Stuttgart 1993 variously shows times of 42.91 and 42.92
Questionable timing (analysis of the available video of the race indicates an actual time of about 44.4):
43.58 Usain Bolt JAM 4 Kingston 27 Feb 10 (2, 3:05.77)
Disqualified by doping control:
43.1 Antonio Pettigrew USA 2 Athínai 10 Aug 97 (DQ, 2:56.47)
43.2 Pettigrew 2 Uniodale 22 Jul 98 (DQ, 2:54.20)
Fastest by stage:
43.79 Danny Everett USA 1 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (1, 2:56.16)
43.1 Quincy Watts USA 2 Barcelona 8 Aug 92 (1, 2:55.74)
43.23 Butch Reynolds USA 3 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (1, 2:54.29)
42.94 Michael Johnson USA 4 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (1, 2:54.29
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The fastest-ever 4x400m splits – women
The best legitimate marks, official, unofficial and estimated
¶ – Team disqualified for violation by another athlete; # – distance medley race (1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m); ≠ – sprint medley race (200m, 200m, 400m, 800m);
! – derived from photo-cell; A – at high altitude; e – estimated time; y – time for 440 yards (or 4x440 yards), worth 0.3 (or 1.1) quicker than 400m/4x400m.
47.6 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH 4 Athínai 11 Sep 82 (2, 3:22.17)
47.70 Marita Koch GDR 4 Erfurt 3 Jun 84 (1, 3:15.92)
47.75 Kratochvílová 4 Helsinki 14 Aug 83 (2, 3:20.32)
47.80 Olga Bryzgina URS 4 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (1, 3:15.17)
47.82 Olga V. Nazarova URS 2 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (1, 3:15.17)
47.84 Tatána Kocembová TCH 4 Praha 18 Aug 84 (2, 3:21.89)
47.9 Koch 4 Athínai 11 Sep 82 (1, 3:19.04)
47.9 Kratochvílová 4 London 21 Aug 83 (1, 3:20.79)
47.9 Koch 4 Canberra 4 Oct 85 (1, 3:19.49)
47.9 Kratochvílová 4 Frankfurt 5 Jul 81 (2, 3:27.13)
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48.0 Allyson Felix USA 2 Osaka 2 Sep 07 (1, 3:18.55)
48.08 Florence Griffith Joyner USA 4 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (2, 3:15.51)
48.47 Irina Privalova RUS 4 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (2, 3:18.38)
48.43 Sanya Richards-Ross USA 4 Berlin 23 Aug 09 (1, 3:17.83)
48.44 Valerie Brisco USA 3 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (2, 3:15.51)
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48.5 Irena Szewinska POL 4 Rome 8 Sep 74 (4, 3:26.4)
48.63 Grit Breuer GER 4 Atlanta 3 Aug 96 (3, 3:21.14)
48.64 Petra Müller/Schersing GDR 3 Roma 6 Sep 87 (1, 3:18.63)
48.7 Mariya Pinigina URS 3 Canberra 4 Oct 85 (2, 3:20.60)
48.7 Michelle Collins USA 2 Philadelphia 29 Apr 00 (1, 3:25.96)
48.76 Nicola Sanders GBR 4 Osaka 2 Sep 07 (3, 3:20.04)
48.78 Jearl Miles-Clark USA 4 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (1, 3:16.71)
48.8 Sabine Busch GDR 2 Stuttgart 31 Aug 86 (1, 3:16.87)
48.83 Sherri Howard USA 2 Los Angeles 11 Aug 84 (1, 3:18.29)
48.9 Bärbel Wöckel GDR 3 Zagreb 16 Aug 81 (1, 3:19.83)
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48.9 Ana Quirot CUB 4 Havana 11 Aug 91 (1, 3:24.91)
48.93 Novlene Williams-Mills JAM 4 Osaka 2 Sep 07 (2, 3:19.73)
48.90 Falilat Ogunkoya NGR 4 Atlanta 3 Aug 96 (2, 3:21.04)
48.95 Irina Nazarova URS 4 Moscow 1 Aug 80 (1, 3:20.12)
49.0 Gwen Torrence USA 1 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (1, 3:16.71)
49.0 Monique Hennagan USA 2 Munich 8 Aug 04 (2, 3:20.91)
49.1 Kirsten Emmelmann GDR 2 Rome 6 Sep 87 (1, 3:18.63)
49.13 Jessica Beard USA 4 Des Moines 11 Jun 11 (1, 3:26.31)
49.17 Diane Dixon USA 2 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (2, 3:15.51)
49.2e Lyudmila Litvinova RUS 2 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (2, 3:18.82)
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49.2 Lyudmila Dzhigalova URS 2 Tokyo 1 Sep 91 (1, 3:18.43)
49.20 Tatyana Firova RUS 3 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (2, 3:18.82)
49.22 Shericka Williams JAM 4 Daegu 3 Sep 11 (2, 3:18.71)
49.22 Anastasiya Kapachinskaya RUS 4 Daegu 3 Sep 11 (3, 3:19.36)
49.25 Francena McCorory USA 4 Moscow 17 Aug 13 (2, 3:20.41)
49.26 Ionela Tîrlea ROU 4 Paris 29 Jun 99 (2, 3:25.68)
49.3 Tatyana Alekseyeva RUS 2 Stuttgart 22 Aug 93 (3, 3:18.38)
49.3e Shereefa Lloyd JAM 2 Beijing 23 Aug 08 (3, 3:20.40)
49.34 Deon Hemmings JAM 4 Atlanta 3 Aug 96 (4, 3:21.69)
49.35 Cathy Freeman AUS 4 Sydney 30 Sep 00 (4, 3:23.81)
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Fastest by stage:
48.93 Tatána Kocembová TCH 1 Helsinki 14 Aug 83 (2, 3:20.32)
47.82 Olga V. Nazarova URS 2 Seoul 1 Oct 88 (1, 3:15.17)
48.4 Tatána Kocembová TCH 3 London 21 Aug 83 (1, 3:20.79)
47.6 Jarmila Kratochvílová TCH 4 Athínai 11 Sep 82 (2, 3:22.17)
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T&T 2015 World Relays Team Selected (https://www.facebook.com/254525524723356/photos/a.257657387743503.1073741828.254525524723356/431230917052815/?type=1&theater)
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T&T’s history making Women's 4x100m quartet of Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon won bronze at Inaugural 2014 World Relays in the Bahamas last year.
Last year at the inaugural International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays in Bahamas, team Trinidad & Tobago definitely made an impression on the world stage by bringing home three medals, one silver and two bronze.
Here are some facts from last year’s performances:-
(1) Forty-three countries took part in the IAAF World Relays.
(2) Only thirteen made it onto the podium, Trinidad & Tobago was amongst the thirteen.
(3) Trinidad & Tobago was fourth in the medal standings, being one of only four countries that won three or more medals.
(4) Eight of the thirteen countries only won one medal.
(5) Twenty-Nine of the forty-three countries accumulated points; Trinidad & Tobago was sixth in the point standings.
With this is mind our athletes will be going into the second edition of the IAAF World Relays on a positive note. In 2014, Trinidad & Tobago’s quartet of Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon re-wrote the history books on day one of the relays when they won bronze in the 4X100m. This was the first time ever that our women have medaled in a relay on the World Stage.
This year the ladies 4X100m relay pool comprises of Michelle-Lee Ahye; Kelly-Ann Baptiste; Kai Selvon; Reyare Thomas; Kamaria Durant and Lisa Wickham.
On the men’s side of the table, the quartet of Keston Bledman; Marc Burns; Rondel Sorrillo and Richard Thompson who won silver in the 4X100m last year, will all be back, together with Marcus Duncan; Kyle Greaux and Emmanuel Callender. The seven athletes are all part of the 4X100m and 4X200m relay pools.
Our men’s 4X400m team of Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Soloman not only won bronze last year, but they did it in fine style, by setting a new National Record of 2.58.34. Joining them this year will be Jacob St. Clair and Kyle Greaux.
The women’s 4X400m team will come from Janeil Bellille; Romona Modeste; Alena Brooks; Josanne Lucas and Magnolia Howell.
Accompanying the 23 athletes member team will be Manager Mr. Dexter Voisin, Coaches Dr. Ian Hypolite and Charles Joseph, Medical team Dr. Anyl Gopeesingh, Zephyrinus Nicholas and Verne Alleyne.
The team departs on the 29th April.
This year the IAAF World Relays will be held on the 2nd – 3rd May at the Robinson Stadium Nassau Bahamas.
The National Association of Athletics Administrations of Trinidad and Tobago will like to take this opportunity to wish the entire team all the best in their endeavours, as they strive to remain the most successful sport in Trinidad & Tobago.
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The Americans have put forth strong relay teams in every relay event this year. Still believe the Jamaicans have the edge in the Men 4X100 because of the Bolt factor. Seeing Felix and Jeter in the Women 4x100 I give the Americans the edge in that event.
T&T best opportunity to win gold will be the Men 4x400.
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The Americans have put forth strong relay teams in every relay event this year. Still believe the Jamaicans have the edge in the Men 4X100 because of the Bolt factor. Seeing Felix and Jeter in the Women 4x100 I give the Americans the edge in that event.
T&T best opportunity to win gold will be the Men 4x400.
Agreed with regards to our M4x4. Looking for our Men's 4x1 to re-assert their role as the "best of the rest" this year. Hopefully the ladies can pick back up where they left off before the suspensions of Hackett and KAB.
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NAAA breaks silence for TT at second World Relays (http://news.power102fm.com/naaa-breaks-silence-for-tt-at-second-world-relays-28558)
By Melissa Stanisclaus On April 22, 2015 (Sport News, Power102fm)
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Governing body for Track and Field in Trinidad and Tobago, the National Association of Athletics Administrators has confirmed this country’s participation in the International Association’s second annual edition of the World Relays taking place again in the Bahamas May 2nd and 3rd.
Trinidad and Tobago , among 43 countries represented last year, won three medals, one silver and two bronze and were among thirteen to have earned the precious metal standing fourth overall in the standings and being one of only four countries that won three or more medals.
TT’s 4 by 100 metres women’s quartet of Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon re-wrote the history books on day one of last year’s relays winning the bronze to become first-time TT women relays medal winners on the World Stage.
Kelly-Ann Baptiste out suspended on drugs allegation last year is now in the clear and added to the team which comprises Lee Ahye; Selvon; Thomas; Durant and Lisa Wickham.
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T&T 4x100m team: Rondell Sorrillo, Richard Thompson, Marc Burns and Keston Bledman
On the men’s side the quartet of Keston Bledman, Marc Burns; Rondel Sorrillo and Richard Thompson who won silver in the 4X100m last year, will all be back, together with Marcus Duncan; Kyle Greaux and Emmanuel Callender.
The seven will also contest the 4X200m relay.
The TT men’s 4X400m team of Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon not only won bronze last year, but set a new National Record of 2.58.34.
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T&T 4x400m team on podium: Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarin Solomon
Joining the quartet are Jacob St. Clair and Kyle Greaux.
The team misses out on USA-based TT star Deon Lendore who was a member of the 2012 Olympic Games bronze-medal winning team.
The women’s 4X400m team sees selected Janeil Bellille; Romona Modeste; Alena Brooks; Josanne Lucas and Magnolia Howell.
Serving the needs of the respective TT relay teams which are scheduled to gather in the Bahamas on April 29th are Dexter Voisin as manager, Dr. Ian Hypolite and Charles Joseph as coaches and Dr. Anyl Gopeesingh, Zephyrinus Nicholas and Verne Alleyne as medical staff.
The relay focus takes off this weekend in particular with the 121st edition of the University of Pennsylvania USA famous Penn Relays at which several Trinidad and Tobago Schools including Bishops High and Scarborough Secondary of Tobago are taking part.
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As Semoy Hackett is eligible to compete again from the 1st of May 2015, I think she should have been selected and thrown into the mix to the Women's squad so we could have fielded the strongest possible Women's 4x100m and 4x200m relay teams at this year's 2015 World Relays. But maybe they wanted to see her in action first to assess her fitness and form before making that decision.
I would have also selected CARIFTA 2015 U-20 200m gold medallist Kayelle Clarke to the relay squad if it was down to me but maybe her US college commitments doesn't allow her participation at this time.
Also despite the rumours I heard that Darrel Brown is coming back strong for the 2015 track & field season his absence as an option for the Men's 4x100m relay squad seems to indicate that the NAAA TT team selectors were hoping to see him in action for 2015 before thinking it’s a safe investment to select DB to the Men's 4x100m squad. So maybe Darrell is paying the penalty for his none appearance at the President's Classic on Saturday gone while Emmanuel Callender has been rewarded for his appearance and decent showing in winning the Men's 100m Final in 10.23 in legal wind conditions.
I would have liked to see Darrel in the 4x100m squad but I guess he can no longer expect to just walk into the squad without proving his fitness and form as those days are over.
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Hackett's suspension is finished after the cut-off deadline for submitting entries. So that makes her automatically ineligible.
Secondly what's your hang up with Brown? You quote your source, that sounds like an unsubstantiated rumor and go on to write a bunch of posts as if the man himself said something.
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Hackett's suspension is finished after the cut-off deadline for submitting entries. So that makes her automatically ineligible.
Secondly what's your hang up with Brown? You quote your source, that sounds like an unsubstantiated rumor and go on to write a bunch of posts as if the man himself said something.
Thanks for the explanation about why Hackett was ineligible, that makes plenty sense.
Regards DB I don't have a hang-up with him. I was actually addressing points in an argument Jusbless recently made in the Darrell Brown thread at this link (Darrel Brown (PB 9.99) & former 100m WJR Holder Aug 2003 to June 2014 @10.01 (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=1191.msg924335#msg924335)).
Once you read his comments you will understand why I was pointing out what I said above which is a continuation of some logical points I was making to him in that thread regards Marc Burns fairly making the 4x100m relay team in front of DB rather than the other way around as Jusbless was arguing.
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Serious business for Bolt in The Bahamas (https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAAA-TT/254525524723356?fref=ts#!/notes/iaaf-world-relays-bahamas/serious-business-for-bolt-in-the-bahamas/1621332464747664)
Written by Andre Lowe, 20 April 2015 at 17:25 (IAAF World Relays)
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The world's fastest man can hardly wait to set foot in The Bahamas
as he gears up for double delight at the 2015 IAAF World Relays.
Usain Bolt, who was christened with his 'Lightning Bolt' nickname by the Bahamians during the 2002 Carifta Games in New Providence, where he won the Under – 18 boys 200m in 21.12 and the 400m in 47.33, will return to The Bahamas for the first time since the 2005 Central America and Caribbean Games. Back then Bolt also stood atop the medal podium, after winning the 200m in 20.03.
This year however, the targets are much greater, and the 28 year-old who, building on his early success in the archipelago, has since established himself as the greatest sprinter of all time with six Olympic Gold medals, eight World Championships gold medals and three world records, is eager to prove that lightning can in fact strike at the same place – three times!
With the IAAF World Championships in Beijing fast approaching Bolt, who is looking to claim his third World Championships sprint double knows very well that a good outing in The Bahamas will go a long way in preparing him for the tasks ahead. Right, so no Piña Coladas on the beach then.
"It's going to be serious business for me in The Bahamas. The harder I run the better I'll get over the races so I have to run hard to get my body used to competing and running hard and just to get into race sharpness," Bolt said. "I need to get into race sharpness so when I go on the circuit I'm at the best and that's the main focus."
Bolt, who recently ran a 20.20 seconds 200m at a meet in his home town of Kingston, Jamaica, says he is hoping to run in the 4x100m and 4x200m relays at the May 2 – 3 relay carnival.
"I haven't discussed it with my coach as yet but I would personally want to do the 4x100m and 4x200m just to get runs under my belt to get some sharpness," Bolt said. The sprinter says he is determined to protect his legacy as he enters his final three seasons.
"I talk to the coach over the years; we talk about motivation and what I need to focus on and on what motivates me and he said one of the things that I should use is to remember that people don't remember what you do in the past, it’s all about the present, so I need to focus on defending my legacy and ensure that's intact when I'm finished running," Bolt said.
"He always says I should make sure if I'm not going to put my all in it, I shouldn't do it. He said from the start that if I'm not in good shape he will not go to Beijing with me so I have to make sure I'm in great shape," Bolt laughed.
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TT name 23 for World Relays (http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,210113.html)
Thursday, April 23 2015 (T&T Newsday)
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T&T 4x100m team on podium: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Kai Selvon and Kamaria Durant
A 23-MEMBER Trinidad and Tobago squad has been named for the second International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.
The Relays will be contested at the Thomas Robinson Stadium on May 2 and 3.
Trinidad and Tobago will be fielding teams in the respective men’s and women’s 4x100-metre and 4x400m relay events, and they will be looking to either emulate or improve on their showing at the inaugural World Relays at the aforementioned venue last year.
In the debut staging of the World Relays, Trinidad and Tobago returned home with silver (men’s 4x100m relay) and two bronze medals (men’s 4x400m and women’s 4x100m relays).
And all the members of the medal-earning quartets have been included in this year’s contingent.
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorillo and Richard Thompson, who finished second in a time of 38.04 seconds, behind Jamaica, will make up the core of the men’s 4x100m relay team, with Emmanuel Callender, Marcus Duncan and Kyle Greaux the other picks.
In the women’s 4x100m last year, the foursome of Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon took bronze in 42.66, behind the United States and Jamaica. Those four were picked, and will be joined by Lisa Wickham and Kelly-Ann Baptiste (back after an 18-month long suspension for a failed drug test).
The 4x400m combination of Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon captured bronze in the 2014 edition, clocking two minutes 58.43 seconds, trailing the US and Bahamas. The quartet will be looking to better last year’s finish, with Kyle Greaux and Jacob St Clair also picked.
Featuring in the TT women's 4x400m team are Janeil Bellille, Ramona Modeste, Alena Brooks, Josanne Lucas and Magnolia Howell.
The technical staff will comprise Dr Ian Hypolite, Charles Joseph (coaches), Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Anyl Gopeesingh, Zephyrinus Nicholas and Verne Alleyne (medical team).
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Baptiste in 23 T&T for World Relays (http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-04-23/baptiste-23-tt-world-relays)
Published: Thursday, April 23, 2015 (T&T Guardian)
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Kelly-Ann Baptiste back in T&T colours to strengthen our women's sprint-relay squad
Off a near two-year hiatus, Kelly-Ann Baptiste is finally set to represent T&T once again with her inclusion into a near full-strength 23-athlete national team for the second edition of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, which runs from May 2-3, again in Nassau, Bahamas.
Baptiste is set to run in T&T colours for the first time since her ban by the IAAF for the use of banned substances, which took effect in 2013 and was lifted in January.
The 28 year-old Tobago-born national 55m (indoor), 100m and 200m record holder is expected to further strengthen an already dynamic 4x100m line-up, which also includes Kai Selvon, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kamaria Durant, the same quartet that captured bronze in the women’s 4x100m in 42.66 seconds at the inaugural edition of the World Relays last year.
The women’s 4x100m team, is further boosted with depth with the inclusion of Lisa Wickham. Although it is unlikely, given the tight two-day schedule, the women’s team can still form a 4x200m team from the six-athlete pool.
Unlike last year, the women runners are tentatively scheduled to compete in only one other race, the 4x400m and will not provide a 4x800m team. National women’s 400m record holder Janeil Bellille and hurdles specialist Josanne Lucas will join Ramona Modeste, Alena Brooks and Magnolia Howell to complete the women’s 4x400m team, which will aim for an improved showing from last year’s disappointing 12th place.
Meanwhile, the T&T men will feature in three events compared to the two races last year.
The pool of athletes for the 4x100m and 4x200m relays includes the same combination of Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, Rondell Sorrillo and Richard Thompson, who captured the 4x100m silver at last year’s event in 38.04 seconds, behind the Jamaican star-studded line-up of Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade, Julian Forte and Yohan Blake, who clocked 37.77. The same four T&T 4x100m runners have been particularly active and in good form heading into the competition.
The T&T 4x100m/4x200m pool also includes first time entrants, Marcus Duncan, Emmanuel Callender and Kyle Greaux. Greaux is also listed for the T&T 4x400m pool, along with Jacob St Clair.
As with the 4x100m team, the 4x400m team involves all the starting runners who broke the national record at the World Relays last year. Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon captured bronze for T&T in that race in two minutes, 58.34 seconds, behind USA (2:57.25) and Bahamas (2:57.59). As expected, T&T will be without 2014 Bowerman Award winner and indoor 400m national record holder, Deon Lendore, given his college and NCAA commitments. However, the national team will likely benefit from Lendore’s legs at the World Championships in August.
The travelling staff includes Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite, Charles Joseph (coaches) Dr Anyl Gopeesingh, Zephyrinus Nicholas and Verne Alleyne (medical staff).
At the inaugural World Relays, T&T placed fourth overall out of 43 participating nations in the medal count, and sixth in the points standings with 19 points, behind USA (60), Jamaica (41), Kenya (35), Great Britain (24) and Australia (21).
Both the men and women’s 4x100m teams, as well as the men’s 4x400m relay teams qualified for August’s IAAF World Championships after their performances at last year’s World Relays.
This year’s event will serve as a qualifying stage for the 2016 Summer Olympics in the 4x100 and 4×400 metres relays with the top eight placed teams in both sealing automatic qualification.
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T&T bid for more honours
23 picked for IAAF World Relays (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/-TT-bid-for-more-honours-301158241.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Apr 23, 2015 at 8:26 PM ECT (T&T Express)
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BACK IN NATIONAL COLOURS: Kelly-Ann Baptiste
Trinidad and Tobago will bid for more precious metal at the May 2-3 IAAF World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.
At the inaugural edition, in Nassau last year, T&T performed with distinction, capturing three medals—one silver and two bronze—and finishing sixth on the points table.
Twenty-three athletes have been selected to represent the country at the second IAAF World Relays, including the four sprinters who teamed up for silver in the men’s 4x100 metres event in 2014—Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo and Richard “Torpedo” Thompson. Also on the men’s sprint relay squad are Marcus Duncan, Emmanuel Callender and Kyle Greaux. The same seven athletes have been named for the men’s 4x200m event.
Kelly-Ann Baptiste returns to the T&T team following the completion of a 21-month doping ban. The Florida-based athlete is among six sprinters selected for the women’s 4x100m relay.
In 2014, Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon combined for bronze—the first-ever global medal from a T&T women’s relay team. All four sprinters have been chosen for World Relays duty in 2015, together with Baptiste and Lisa Wickham.
The men’s 4x400m team also bagged bronze in 2014, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon producing a national record run of two minutes, 58.34 seconds. The same four quartermilers have been chosen for next weekend’s global relay championship. Carifta 2015 boys’ under-18 400m silver medallist, Jacob St Clair has been selected as back-up.
And five athletes have been named for the women’s 4x400m relay—Janeil Bellille, Romona Modeste, Alena Brooks, Josanne Lucas and Magnolia Howell.
Team T&T manager, Dexter Voisin told the Express, yesterday, he expects “great things” from his athletes at the IAAF World Relays.
“I want to view World Relays as the first leg in terms of preparation for the World Championships and Olympics. Basically, I would want to say we’re in a better position this time around in terms of the performances of the athletes.
“Kelly-Ann’s return strengthens the women’s team. Richard, Marc, all the athletes have had promising starts to the season, so once they get the stick around properly, I expect to be in the top three.
“I always ask the athletes to do their best. It’s a long season, though, and I don’t want to put too much pressure on them. But I expect great things from all the teams.”
The T&T athletes are scheduled to travel to Nassau next Wednesday.
TEAM T&T
Men’s 4x100m & 4x200m: Richard Thompson, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Marc Burns, Marcus Duncan, Emmanuel Callender, Kyle Greaux
Men’s 4x400m: Machel Cedenio, Jarrin Solomon, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jacob St Clair
Women’s 4x100m: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Kai Selvon, Reyare Thomas, Kamaria Durant, Lisa Wickham
Women’s 4x400m: Janeil Bellille, Romona Modeste, Alena Brooks, Josanne Lucas, Magnolia Howell
Officials: Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite (coach), Charles Joseph (coach)
Medical: Dr Anyl Gopeesingh, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Verne Alleyne.
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TEAM T&T
Men’s 4x100m & 4x200m: Richard Thompson, Keston Bledman, Rondel Sorrillo, Marc Burns, Marcus Duncan, Emmanuel Callender, Kyle Greaux
Men’s 4x400m: Machel Cedenio, Jarrin Solomon, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jacob St Clair
Women’s 4x100m: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Kai Selvon, Reyare Thomas, Kamaria Durant, Lisa Wickham
Women’s 4x400m: Janeil Bellille, Romona Modeste, Alena Brooks, Josanne Lucas, Magnolia Howell
Officials: Dexter Voisin (manager), Dr Ian Hypolite (coach), Charles Joseph (coach)
Medical: Dr Anyl Gopeesingh, Zephyrinus Nicholas, Verne Alleyne.
EVENT TIMETABLE (http://www.bahamasworldrelays.org/index.php/home-page/timetable)
Day 1 - Saturday May 2, 2015
LOCAL TIME SEX EVENT ROUND
19:00 M 4x400 Metres Relay Heats
19:29 W 4x200 Metres Relay Heats
19:46 M 4x100 Metres Relay Heats
20:09 M 4x800 Metres Relay Final
20:32 W 4x400 Metres Relay Heats
21:02 W Distance Medley Relay Final
21:29 M 4x100 Metres Relay Final B
21:36 W 4x200 Metres Relay Final
21:52 M 4x100 Metres Relay Final
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Day 2 – Sunday May 3, 2015
LOCAL TIME SEX EVENT ROUND
19:00 M 4x200 Metres Relay Heats
19:16 W 4x100 Metres Relay Heats
19:39 W 4x800 Metres Relay Final
20:02 W 4x400 Metres Relay Final B
20:12 W 4x400 Metres Relay Final
20:31 M Distance Medley Relay Final
20:57 M 4x400 Metres Relay Final B
21:06 M 4x200 Metres Relay Final
21:23 W 4x100 Metres Relay Final B
21:30 W 4x100 Metres Relay Final
21:46 M 4x400 Metres Relay Final
Based on Timetable above the women's 4x100m relay does not start until Day 2 so there is no logical reason why our women's relay pool doing the 4x200m relay on Day 1 should be negatively affected in being fresh to run the 4x100m relay on Day 2 especially with overnight rest. In fact if we do medal in the Women's 4x200m relay on Day 1 then that should inspire our ladies to be even more confident of also medalling again on Day 2.
Using the selected relay pool this is the team that I would pick to run the Women’s 4x200m on Day 1 to give our ladies a strong chance of winning a medal:-
Women's 4x200m Heats: 1st leg Kamaria Durant, 2nd leg Reyare Thomas, 3rd leg Lisa Wickham, 4th leg Kai Selvon
Women's 4x200m Final: 1st leg Michelle-Lee Ahye, 2nd leg Reyare Thomas, 3rd leg Kelly-Ann Baptiste, 4th leg Kai Selvon
For the Women's 4x100m on Day 2, I would use mostly the same personnel as above in this order:-
Women's 4x100m Heats: 1st leg Kamaria Durant, 2nd leg Kelly-Ann Baptiste, 3rd leg Reyare Thomas, 1st leg Michelle-Lee Ahye
Women's 4x100m Final: 1st leg Kai Selvon, 2nd leg Kelly-Ann Baptiste, 3rd leg Reyare Thomas, 1st leg Michelle-Lee Ahye
NB: Kamaria Durant and Kai Selvon are interchangeable between the 4x100m heats and final depending on which one seems to be faster in relay training and which one feels fresher for the final.
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Lol..lol...SocaPro that is too many races for those girls to be running. Go look at the JAM and USA teams and see how much overlap there is. You will see that there is very little and those that are running in both the 4x1 and 4x2 are likely to be only running the finals. If you have KAB and MLA run 2 rounds of the 4x2 the day before the 4x1, I can almost guarantee you that they will be spent for the finals.
We don't have enough depth to support it, but hopefully that will change in the future.
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Lol..lol...SocaPro that is too many races for those girls to be running. Go look at the JAM and USA teams and see how much overlap there is. You will see that there is very little and those that are running in both the 4x1 and 4x2 are likely to be only running the finals. If you have KAB and MLA run 2 rounds of the 4x2 the day before the 4x1, I can almost guarantee you that they will be spent for the finals.
We don't have enough depth to support it, but hopefully that will change in the future.
I only have KAB and MLA running in the 4x200m Final but you made a good point about depth as maybe the workload might be too much for both Kai Selvon and Reyare Thomas to have to possibly run two rounds of 200m legs and two rounds of 100m legs in 2 days.
If we had Semoy Hackett and Kayelle Clarke in the pool to carry the workload in the 4x200m then we would easily have enough depth especially seeing that our Women would get overnight rest before having to run the 4x100m Relay.
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Baptiste warms up for World Relays with 10.98 win (http://www.sportscoretobago.com/news/baptiste-warms-up-for-world-relays-with-10-98-win/)
by Clayton Clarke (sportscoretobago@gmail.com)
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Kelly-Ann Baptiste won the women’s 100m in 10.98 seconds
at the Tom Jones Invitational in Florida on April 24
Tobago’s sprint queen Kelly-Ann Baptiste (Zenith) celebrated her national call up to the 2nd IAAF/BTC World Relays by speeding to 10.98 seconds to win the women’s 100m at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, USA on Friday (April 24). Baptiste secured the top spot in a quality race ahead training partner and former World Junior 200m champion Shalonda Solomon (USA), 11.06 and World Junior and Senior relay gold medallist Jamaican Simone Facey (11.15). The victory is the first for the Plymouth sprinter for the season following her windy 22.91(+2.1) third place finish at the Pure Athletic Sprint Elite Meet 1 in Clearmont, Florida on April 18. The win comes days after Baptiste was named on T&T’s women’s 4x100m team for the World Relays in Bahamas on May 2-3.
The 2013 World Championships bronze medallist is now fourth on the 2015 World list just behind compatriot Michelle-Lee Ahye (10.97). Jamaican Elaine Thompson and America’s Jenna Prandini head the World Rankings with 10.92. The sub-11 clocking is her 18th in her career since the Bethesda Government/Signal Hill Secondary graduate first dipped under the eleven second barrier in 2009. With Baptiste and Ahye in impressive form T&T’s women’s 4x100m team will be looking to challenging sprinting super powers the USA and Jamaica for the top spot in the sprint relay in the Bahamas. Kai Selvon, Reyare Thomas, Kamaria Durant and Lisa Wickham are the other team-members. At the 2014 World Relays Ahye led the national ladies to bronze.
Fellow Tobagonians Lalonde Gordon and Renny Quow (Zenith)will be going for their second World Relay medals as both were named in the national men’s 4x400m line up for the Bahamas. Double Olympic and Commonwealth bronze medallist Gordon and 2009 World championships bronze medallist Quow ran the first two legs on T&T’s bronze medal winning team at last year’s World relays in a national record of 2:58.34. Machel Cedenio, Jarrin Solomon were in last year’s line up and were also named in the team for this year. Carifta boys under 18 silver medallist Jacob St. Clair and Kyle Greaux are in the relay pool. The men’s 4x100m won silver in 2014 and will be looking to medal this year.
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Apparently KAB has withdrawn from team TT for the world relays.
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Apparently KAB has withdrawn from team TT for the world relays.
Source?
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It's the trackalerts fb page. Hoping it's either wrong or nothing serious such as another +ve test result. Either way that's such a big blow and I'm not sure they can medal without Kelly.
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That's a big blow indeed if it's true. Making the "A" final is still a good possibility, but podium aspirations may have just gone down the drain.
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It's the trackalerts fb page. Hoping it's either wrong or nothing serious such as another +ve test result. Either way that's such a big blow and I'm not sure they can medal without Kelly.
That is disappointing news if true. I guess someone very close to KAB fell ill or had a serious accident.
Hopefully the 4x100m relay team can still medal without KAB like they did last year. Lets see how good the other members of our team are outside of MLA. They did prove themselves last year.
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Minister Sancho lauds Ahye, Baptiste (http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,210420.html)
Wednesday, April 29 2015 (T&T Newsday)
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Minister Brent Sancho
SPORTS Minister Brent Sancho sent a congratulatory message to national sprinters Michelle-Lee Ahye and Kelly-Ann Baptiste for their recent victories in the United States.
A message from the Ministry of Sport, which was circulated yesterday read: “Senator Brent Sancho, Minister of Sport, congratulates Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye on her sterling performance in a wind-aided 22.01 seconds victory in the 200 metres at the Bobcat Classic in Texas.
“Minister Sancho also congratulates Kelly-Ann Baptiste 10.98 seconds to win the women’s 100 metres dash at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, last Friday.”
“The Minister of Sport wishes Michelle-Lee, Kelly-Ann and the entire team headed to the Bahamas for the IAAF World Relays continued success in the future.” the message ended, the IAAF World Relays will take place on May 2 and 3 in the Bahamas.
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Regards the last paragraph, I guess Sancho is yet to receive the release from the NAAA TT that Kelly-Ann has withdrawn from the T&T Team for the 2015 World Relays to address "urgent personal matters".
I wonder if Sancho is going to be as disappointed as I now am when he hears this latest news?
I am still hoping that this news is a hoax as nothing has yet been posted about it on the NAAATT official website or facebook page at these links: http://www.ttnaaa.org/ and https://www.facebook.com/pages/NAAA-TT/254525524723356
The news about Kelly-Ann withdrawing was actually posted on the trackalerts facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/trackalerts) which is not an official webpage for the NAAATT as far as I am aware so I am still a little hesitant to take it as 100% gospel.
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Say it eh so again, please!
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Okay they just posted an official Media Release on the NAAATT facebook page about Kelly-Ann's withdrawal from the World Relays.
Unavailability of Kelly-Ann Baptiste - IAAF World Relays (https://www.facebook.com/254525524723356/photos/a.257657387743503.1073741828.254525524723356/434542563388317/)
Wednesday, April 29, 2015 (NAAA TT)
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Kelly-Ann BAPTISTE, Trinidad and Tobago (100/200/4x100m/100m Hurdles)
MEDIA RELEASE
NAAA wishes to advise that Kelly-Ann Baptiste will no longer be competing at the 2015 IAAF World Relays carded for 2nd and 3rd May 2015, in the Bahamas. Her withdrawal is not related to any prior issue and is merely to allow her to address urgent personal matters.
Ms Baptiste has been enjoying an excellent season and her presence in the Bahamas would have significantly improved the chances of our 4X100m women’s team. Notwithstanding, our country is being represented by a strong team and all athletes are expected to give of their best.
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28 APR 2015 Press Release Monaco
$1.4million in prize money on offer at IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/news/world-relays-2015-prize-money)
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T&T's Men 4x100m team on top of the podium at the IAAF World Relays, Bahamas 2014
A total prize purse of USD $1.4million will be paid by the IAAF for the men's and women's races at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 on 2-3 May.
Team prize money for each race (all amounts are in US$)
1st – 50,000
2nd – 30,000
3rd – 20,000
4th – 12,000
5th – 10,000
6th – 8000
7th – 6000
8th – 4000
WORLD RECORD BONUS
Any team who breaks a world record in Nassau will be awarded a US $50,000 bonus by the IAAF.
The current ratified world records are:
Men
4x100m: Jamaica 36.84, 11 August 2012, London
4x200m: Jamaica 1:18.63, 24 May 2014, Nassau
4x400m: United States 2:54.29, 22 August 1993, Stuttgart
4x800m: Kenya 7:02.43, 25 August 2006, Brussels
Distance medley*: Kenya 9:15.56, 29 April 2006, Philadelphia
Women
4x100m: United States 40.82, 10 August 2012, London
4x200m: United States 1:27.46, 29 April 2000, Philadelphia
4x400m: USSR 3:15.17, 1 October 1988, Seoul
4x800m: USSR 7:50.17, 5 August 1984, Moscow
Distance medley*: United States 10:42.57 (indoors), 7 February 2015, Boston
NOTE: The payment of all prize money is dependent upon athletes undergoing and clearing the usual anti-doping procedures.
*Distance medley becomes official world record event
The distance medley (which comprises legs of 1200m, 400m, 800m, 1600m) will be officially recognised as a world record distance from 1 May 2015.
TIMETABLE
Times are local; GMT -4 hours and events in RED will involve T&T teams
Saturday 2 May:
19:00 Men’s 4x400m heats
19:29 Women’s 4x200m heats
19:46 Men’s 4x100m heats
20:09 Men’s 4x800m final
20:32 Women’s 4x400m heats
21:02 Women’s distance medley final
21:29 Men’s 4x100m final B
21:36 Women’s 4x200m final
21:52 Men’s 4x100m final (Provided that T&T makes A Final)
Sunday 3 May:
19:00 Men’s 4x200m heats
19:20 Women’s 4x100m heats
19:40 Women’s 4x800m final
20:02 Women’s 4x400m final B
20:12 Women’s 4x400m final (Provided that T&T makes A Final)
20:31 Men’s distance medley final
20:57 Men’s 4x400m final B
21:06 Men’s 4x200m final (Provided that T&T makes A Final)
21:23 Women’s 4x100m final B
21:30 Women’s 4x100m final (Provided that T&T makes A Final)
21:46 Women’s 4x400m final (Provided that T&T makes A Final)
IAAF
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28 APR 2015 General News Monaco
Provisional entry lists
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/news/world-relays-2015-entry-lists)
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T&T's Romona Modeste collects baton from Magnolia Howell during 4x400 at 2014 World Relays
The provisional entry lists for the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 are now available.
Entry lists by country: download | view in browser (http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/eaf3806a-645f-4256-8370-7ec10d20cd99.pdf)
Entry lists by event: download | view in browser (http://dt9guucc6nuua.cloudfront.net/competitioninfo/801cf1fc-7906-4c7f-9f02-34a8d926716f.pdf)
Official start lists will only become available after the technical meeting, which takes place on Friday 1 May, beginning at 15:00 local time.
IAAF
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Even though this preview was published today I guess they (Jon Mulkeen) had not yet received news of Kelly-Ann Baptiste's withdrawal from the T&T women's 4x100m relay team before this preview was written.
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29 APR 2015 Preview Nassau, The Bahamas
Women's 4x100m preview
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/news/preview/women/4x100-metres-relay)
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T&T 4x100m team on podium: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Kai Selvon and Kamaria Durant
The USA has put forward one half of last year’s winning 4x100m team and reinforced it with two athletes who have won multiple medals at global championships.
Three-time world 200m champion Allyson Felix and 2011 world 100m champion will join two-time world indoor bronze medallist Tianna Bartoletta and 2008 world junior champion Jeneba Tarmoh on the US squad, along with Tiffany Townsend and Jessica Young.
Felix, Jeter and Bartoletta formed three quarters of the world-record-breaking team at the 2012 Olympics. If all three are chosen for the final team in Nassau, it would be the first time since the London Games that the trio has teamed up in a relay.
The USA’s winning mark of 41.88 last year was only bettered by Jamaica throughout the whole of 2014. Two of the runners from that quartet – Kerron Stewart and Veronica Campbell-Brown – will be in Nassau, along with Elaine Thompson, who ran a world-leading 10.92 earlier this month.
Trinidad and Tobago finished third in Nassau 12 months ago. All four of the athletes from that team feature in this year’s squad, as does Kelly-Ann Baptiste, who recently clocked 10.98.
Great Britain are the European champions and twice broke the national record in 2014, ending the year as the third-fastest team in the world. All but one of the athletes who featured on those teams will be in Nassau, looking to improve on their fifth-place finish from last year.
Nigeria finished just 0.01 outside the top three at the 2014 World Relays but went on to win the African title. Bolstered by double Commonwealth sprint champion Blessing Okagbare, they are bound to be a threat once more.
Potentially making an appearance for the host nation is 2001 world 200m champion Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie. Now 39, she is 14 years older than the next-oldest athlete on The Bahamas’ 4x100m team.
Other teams to look out for include Brazil, France and Germany.
Jon Mulkeen for the IAAF
Women's 4x100 Metres Relay Event timing
ROUND DAY LOCAL TIME MY TIME
Heats SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 19:20 23:20
Final B SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 21:23 01:23
Final SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 21:30 01:30
You can check out this weekends action here: http://track.tvsplashapp.com
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29 APR 2015 Preview Nassau, The Bahamas
Women's 4x400m preview
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/news/preview/women/4x400-metres-relay)
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T&T women's 4x400m relay squad of Janeil Bellille, Josanne Lucas, Ramona Modeste, Alena Brooks and Magnolia Howell, will be seeking to improve on our country's 12th place finish from last year.
It is difficult to look past a 4x400m squad that includes four women who have won Olympic titles in the event.
The US contingent includes 2012 Olympic champion Sanya Richards-Ross, DeeDee Trotter and Francena McCorory as well as 2008 Olympic 4x400m champion Natasha Hastings. All but McCorory featured on the triumphant team at last year’s IAAF World Relays, and the inclusion of the world indoor champion means they should challenge the competition record of 3:21.73 they established in Nassau in 2014.
Long-time rivals Jamaica once again look set to provide the USA’s toughest opposition. Jamaican athletes formed three quarters of the Americas team that won the 2014 Continental Cup in a world-leading 3:20.93. Two of those, Stephenie Ann McPherson and Novlene Williams-Mills, will be representing Jamaica in Nassau.
Nigeria’s Regina George posted the fastest split in the 4x400m in Nassau 12 months ago. If she can reproduce her 49.6 form, Nigeria could make it on to the podium again.
France are the European champions indoors and out. The four women who represented France last year, including notable relay performer Floria Guei, will be in Nassau again.
Although world 400m champion Christine Ohuruogu won’t be in Nassau, the British team will hope to recapture the kind of synergy that took them to world bronze medals indoors and out over the past two years.
Jon Mulkeen for the IAAF
Women's 4x400 Metres Relay Event timing
ROUND DAY LOCAL TIME MY TIME
Heats SATURDAY 02 MAY 2015 20:32 00:32
Final B SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 20:02 00:02
Final SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 20:12 00:12
You can check out this weekends action here: http://track.tvsplashapp.com
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Published on 29 Apr 2015
Warm up Area Day 01
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4TguxgWlQ)
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 - Warm up Area Day 01 featuring Team Brasil, Team USA, Team Switzerland, Team Hong Kong.
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 - Warm up Area Day 01
https://www.youtube.com/v/xQ4TguxgWlQ
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It's bitter sweet. On one hand I'm glad it's not related to 'any prior issue' but it's still an urgent matter so I'm hoping for the best possible outcome for Kelly or whoever is close to her that is affected.
Sad for the women's team, I'd say they really had a shot at medaling and possibly challenging US/Jamaica. Good news is that Semoy will be back soon and Kelly hopefully. World champs we must medal. I hope Kai Selvon is back to full fitness she is a much needed presence. I'd really like to see her get into at least 11.0x this year.
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Published on 29 Apr 2015
Bahamas Team Interviews
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQ4TguxgWlQ)
IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 - Bahamas Team Interviews.
IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 - Bahamas Team Interviews
https://www.youtube.com/v/HgzK7IngIjw
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IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 - France, USA, Belgium, Australia, Bahamas, Japan Team Interviews.
IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 - France, USA, Belgium, Australia, Bahamas, Japan
https://www.youtube.com/v/ckuQXHuwghM
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Published on 29 Apr 2015
ZNS Network's channel coverage
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8kGRsep5t8)
Countdown To IAAF World Relays: Atlantis The Athlete's Village
https://www.youtube.com/v/paObPfPTOg8
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Countdown To IAAF World Relays Bahamazing Broadcast On Tapp
https://www.youtube.com/v/w8kGRsep5t8
Live Streams for World Relays: http://www.znsbahamas.com and http://original.livestream.com/znsbahamas and http://track.tvsplashapp.com
Furthermore, the IAAF, in partnership with Dentsu, who are the IAAF’s broadcasting partner for the rest of the world, may provide a stream on the “IAAF Magazine” YouTube channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/IAAF2012
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Baptiste pulls out of World Relays
...NAAA: It’s personal (http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-04-30/baptiste-pulls-out-world-relays)
By Andrew Gioannetti (T&T Guardian)
Published: Thursday, April 30, 2015
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Kelly-Ann Baptiste
T&T’s prospects for a gold medal in the women’s 4x100m relay at this weekend’s IAAF/BTC World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas, has been dented with the announcement of Kelly-Ann Baptiste’s withdrawal from the event. Off a recent 10.98 winning run at the Tom Jones Memorial Invitational in Gainesville, Florida, Baptiste was announced last week by the National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) as part of the overall 23-athlete T&T contingent and six-runner women’s 4x100m pool.
However, in a media release issued on Tuesday night, Baptiste’s withdrawal was announced, along with a suggestion by the NAAA that the reason was not related to injury or her recently completed 21-month ban for droping. “Her withdrawal is not related to any prior issue and is merely to allow her to address urgent personal matters,” the release noted.
Contacted for further information yesterday, public relations officer (PRO) at the NAAA, Peter Samuel, said between the time the release was issued on Tuesday and press time last evening, there were no further details with regard to the specifics of her withdrawal, but maintained that he only understands it to be “personal”.
“I know that people are coming to all kinds of conclusions out of it, but I can guarantee that this has nothing to do with previous issues (that were made public),” Samuel said via telephone, adding that Baptiste is still very much expected to feature at next month’s National Open Championships, an event mandatory for athletes to be considered for the IAAF World Championships, in August.
The latest NAAA release, authored by Samuel, states: “Ms Baptiste has been enjoying an excellent season and her presence in the Bahamas would have significantly improved the chances of our 4x100m women’s team (claiming gold). Notwithstanding, our country is being represented by a strong team and all athletes are expected to give of their best.”
In the absence of Baptiste at the inaugural World Relays last year, T&T’s 4x100m women’s team secured bronze after clocking 42.66 seconds, behind USA (41.88) and Jamaica (42.28). Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon, represented T&T in the final and have been retained for this weekend’s races. Lisa Wickham is also in the team.
Baptiste’s initial inclusion meant T&T would have had a chance, albeit slim, to provide four runners from the six-athlete pool for the women’s 4x200m relay. Nevertheless, the women’s 4x100m team will challenge the heats on Sunday—second day of competition—at 7.16 pm, approximately two hours and 15 minutes before the final. T&T will also field a men and women 4x400m team and a men 4x100m and 4x200m team.
First in action will be the men’s 4x400m heats, which will open the World Relays from 7 pm on Saturday. Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon, all of whom combined for bronze last year in a national record breaking performance at 2:58.34, are also back in Nassau, while Kyle Greaux and Jacob St Clair have joined the pool.
The T&T athletes for the men’s 4x100m 4x200m relays include Marc Burns, Keston Bledman, Rondell Sorrillo and Richard Thompson—who captured silver in 38.04 seconds last year—with support from Marcus Duncan, Emmanuel Callender and Greaux. The men’s 4x100m relay heats and final will run on Saturday at 7.49 pm and 9.52 pm, respectively.
Sunday’s races will again start at 7 pm, opening with the men’s 4x200m heats, two hours and five minutes before the final. The women’s 4x400m relays will start with heats on Saturday at 8.32 pm, a day before the final, scheduled for 8.12 pm. The quarter-miler quartet, who will be seeking to improve from the 12th place finish last year, are Janeil Bellille, Josanne Lucas, Ramona Modeste, Alena Brooks and Magnolia Howell.
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29 APR 2015 Preview Nassau, The Bahamas
Men's 4x100m preview
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/news/preview/men/4x100-metres-relay)
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T&T 4x100m silver medal team: Rondell Sorrillo, Richard Thompson, Marc Burns and Keston Bledman
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Richard Thompson anchors Trinidad and Tobago in the 4x100m
at the IAAF World Relays (Getty Images) © Copyright
With the traditional relays meetings during April in the USA and in parts of the Caribbean, including the Gibson Relays in Kingston which saw Usain Bolt have an outing, a few teams have already been going through their paces. But matters will get serious in Nassau.
In 2014, without Bolt due to injury, Jamaica fielded Nesta Carter, Nickel Ashmeade, Julian Forte and Yohan Blake and they combined to win in 37.77. It was the third-fastest run of the year and only beaten by two other performances by Jamaican teams, including one in the IAAF World Relays heats.
With Bolt replacing the recuperating Blake and Ashmeade just part of the 4x200m team, Jamaica is expected to draft in Carter and Kemar Bailey-Cole to complete the line-up.
Whoever they choose from their squad, as long as Bolt is on the anchor leg then Jamaica will start as the overwhelming favourite.
Last year, Trinidad and Tobago were second and Great Britain third after the USA had another day to forget where their men’s 4x100m is concerned and were disqualified in their heat.
If the USA can get the baton round in reasonable fashion, with a squad that includes fast men like Ryan Bailey, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers, they should make it on to the podium and potentially could push Jamaica. But there seems to be air of uncertainty about US men’s sprint relays teams baton-passing in recent years, which some of the sprinters themselves have even alluded to from time to time.
After Jamaica, USA, Trinidad and Tobago and European champions Great Britain, the latter boasting the world indoor and European indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty, there seems to be quite a gap to the other 20 nations entered in this event but Brazil and the Netherlands seem to be the best of the rest.
Along with the 4x400m, the first eight nations in this event will get automatic qualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Phil Minshull for the IAAF
Men's 4x100 Metres Relay Event timing
ROUND DAY LOCAL TIME MY TIME
Heats SATURDAY 02 MAY 2015 19:46 23:46
Final B SATURDAY 02 MAY 2015 21:29 01:29
Final SATURDAY 02 MAY 2015 21:52 01:52
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29 APR 2015 Preview Nassau, The Bahamas
Men's 4x200m preview
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/news/preview/men/4x200-metres-relay)
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Rondell Sorrillo of T&T may come up against Usain Bolt of Jamaica in the 4x200m relay
Last year, the Jamaican quartet of Nickel Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown and Yohan Blake flew to a world record of 1:18.63, breaking a 20-year-old mark held by a famed Santa Monica Track Club team, to provide one of the highlights of the inaugural edition of the IAAF World Relays.
The big question is, can they go into new territory again?
This time around, anchor man Blake is missing but a worthy substitute could be a certain Usain Bolt.
Bolt has been the Jamaican team anchorman on many of their gold medal-winning teams at major championships in recent years.
Theoretically, the 4x200m record should be within their reach but much will depend on the fitness of Bolt, although he has said that he wouldn’t have made himself available for the World Relays if he wasn’t in condition to make a significant contribution.
St Kitts were worthy, but distant, second-place finishers in 2014 thanks to some slick passing from Antoine Adams, Lestrod Roland, BJ Lawrence and Allistar Clarke, who combined to run a national record of 1:20.51.
The same four are among the nation’s six-man squad and will be looking to repeat their success in 2015.
But pride is at stake for the USA, who might have been confident of second place last year until a faulty changeover in the final between their second and third-leg runners saw them disqualified.
A strong US squad this time includes Ryan Bailey, Justin Gatlin and Wallace Spearmon. They could certainly challenge for a high placing and might even press the favoured Jamaicans.
Trinidad and Tobago didn’t contest this event in 2014 and, retrospectively, probably viewed that as a lost opportunity but this time they have a useful squad that includes sprinters of the calibre of Keston Bledman and Richard Thompson.
France last year finished as the best European team, taking third place, and they have sent a good squad that includes Christophe Lemaitre and Ben Bassaw, the first and third-leg runners in last year’s final.
However, the French could be pressed for continental supremacy by Germany, who failed to finish their heat last year, and the always well-drilled Poland.
Phil Minshull for the IAAF
Men's 4x200 Metres Relay Event timing
ROUND DAY LOCAL TIME MY TIME
Heats SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 19:00 23:00
Final SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 21:06 01:06
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29 APR 2015 Preview Nassau, The Bahamas
Men's 4x400m preview
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/news/preview/men/4x400-metres-relay)
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T&T's Machel Cedenio collects baton from Renny Quow during 4x400 at 2014 World Relays
This is the event the home crowd will be waiting for, and brings possibly The Bahamas’ one realistic chance of victory.
LaToy Williams, Demetrius Pinder, the evergreen Chris Brown and Michael Mathieu combined to finish second in front of an ecstatic local audience in the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium 12 months ago, chasing down the USA.
Pinder is not part of the squad this time which means a place may be found for their Olympic hero Ramon Miller, whose heroic anchor leg there brought The Bahamas their first ever men’s athletics gold medal.
The USA will obviously not give up their title easily and from last year’s winning quartet of David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Christian Taylor and LaShawn Merritt – who took the honours in 2:57:25, just 0.34 ahead of The Bahamas – only Taylor is missing.
On hand to step in for Taylor is either Kyle Clemons, part of the USA’s world indoor record-setting 4x400m team that won at the 2014 IAAF World Indoor Championships, or the venerable 2004 Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner.
Trinidad and Tobago finished third 12 months ago when Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Machel Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon ran a national record of 2:58.34 and the same four are likely to be donning the nation’s famous red vests again.
Great Britain finished as the best European team in fourth place in 2014 but this time the best bet from the Old Continent on paper could be Belgium.
Belgium have all three of the famed Borlee brothers in their squad and younger sibling Dylan showed that he has grown in stature and can stand solidly alongside his older twin brothers Jonathan and Kevin after taking the 400m silver medal at the European Indoor Championships in March.
Botswana may not have quite enough overall depth to challenge for the medals but are intriguing entrants with the talented Issac Makwala in their team.
Along with the 4x100m, the first eight nations will get automatic qualification to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
Phil Minshull for the IAAF
Men's 4x400 Metres Relay Event timing
ROUND DAY LOCAL TIME MY TIME
Heats SATURDAY 02 MAY 2015 19:00 23:00
Final B SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 20:57 00:57
Final SUNDAY 03 MAY 2015 21:46 01:46
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T&T Relay Squads now in the Bahamas - IAAF World Relays 2015 (https://www.facebook.com/IAAFWorldRelays?fref=ts#!/254525524723356/photos/pcb.434879630021277/434879470021293/?type=1&theater)
Thursday, April 30, 2015 (NAAA TT)
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Trinidad & Tobago's men's 4x100m relay team about to head out to practice in The Bahamas.
Left to right: Rondell Sorrillo, Marc Burns, Kyle Greaux, Richard Thompson and Keston Bledman.
Missing from photo: Marcus Duncan and Emmanuel Callender who are also part of 4x100 relay squad.
Photo courtesy Richard Thompson.
More team photos will be added to this post/thread as we get them.
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Tavares positive despite withdrawals of JA athletes for World Relays (http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20150430/tavares-positive-despite-withdrawals-ja-athletes-world-relays)
Published:Thursday | April 30, 2015 Andre Lowe (Jamaica Gleaner)
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Jamaica’s track stars Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown (right) celebrate after winning gold and bronze medals, respectively, in the women’s 100 metres final at the London Olympic Games. Both are members of Jamaica’s World Relays squad.
Some 22 athletes plus officials are expected to leave this afternoon for Nassau, The Bahamas, for the second instalment of the IAAF World Relays.
Despite a few last-minute withdrawals, team manager Marie Tavares is feeling pretty good heading into the championships, as the team looks to make a statement.
The University of Technology/MVP Track Club block of sprinter Kemarley Brown, the second fastest Jamaican last year; the fast rising Julian Forte; world leader in the 100m Elaine Thompson; Commonwealth Games bronze medal winner Janieve Russell; Jamaica's fastest in the 200m and second fastest in the 400m so far this year, Shericka Jackson; fast-rising sprinter Andrew Fisher, Christania Williams and middle-distance competitors AndrÈ Thomas and Jeromia Riley, have all pulled out of the squad.
Thomas and Riley's withdrawal resulted in the complete scratching of the men's 4x800m team, resulting in Jo-wayne Hibbert and Ricardo Cunningham's names also being taken off the list, significantly reducing what was originally a 44-member outfit.
However, Tavares is not expecting any major shortfall.
With titans Usain Bolt, Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, Veronica Campbell-Brown, Novlene Williams-Mills and Warren Weir among the established names expected to make the trip to The Bahamas, Tavares, who also serves as assistant general secretary of the Jamaica Athletics Administrative Association (JAAA), remains positive that the team can match or better last year's second-place finish in the points table.
"Things are looking fine, we are looking forward to the event and I'm sure the athletes are eager to do well at the World Relays," Tavares told The Gleaner.
"It's unfortunate that we have had several withdrawals, but I think our team is still extremely strong and we are all expecting them to do well regardless.
"I was just told that they (withdrawn athletes) wouldn't be making it. They all went to the Penn Relays and competed there, so perhaps that had something to do with it," added Tavares.
Disappointed by pullouts
"It is disappointing that they won't be making the trip, but we can't avoid it. It is what it is and we will have to make the best of the situation and work with who will be there. We know they won't let us down and it may very well make everyone else work even harder," Tavares added.
Jamaica ended last year's IAAF World Relays in second place with 41 points, 19 less than champions the United States.
"I'm confident that the presence of Usain Bolt and the other senior members of the team will help everyone to rise to the occasion," Tavares said. "Once our athletes give of their best, that's all we can ask for. I can't say that we will definitely go one better and beat the US, but all we ask and hope for is that everyone can give their best.
"I don't think we will be doing any worse than we did last year, that's for sure," Tavares said.
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T&T athletes Keston Bledman and Machel Cedenio featured on cover of this year's IAAF/BTC World Relays programme…. Very nice, Rep 868!!
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Ato Boldon and Michael Johnson will be official commentators introducing the athletes from the field.
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Wishing our T&T 4x100, 4x200 and 4x400 Relay Teams all the best, lets win some medals!!
BRING IT ON!
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Bring it on! 2015 World Relays will be BAHAMAZING!
https://www.youtube.com/v/R7V1soGAHlI
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Published on 30 Apr 2015
Bahamas Team Interviews Part II
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgfQHgDCEeY)
IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 - Team Interviews Part II
Nigeria Team, Bahamas Team, Netherland Team, Australia Team,
USA Team, Trinidad and Tobago Team, Botswana Team
IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 - Team Interviews Part II
https://www.youtube.com/v/ZgfQHgDCEeY
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29 APR 2015 Preview Nassau, The Bahamas
PLANS UNVEILED FOR WORLD RELAYS OPENING CEREMONY!! (http://www.bahamasworldrelays.org/index.php/single-column/opening-ceremony-plans)
Written by Bianca Bethel-Sawyer
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Photo by Jermaine Burnside
April 29, 2015, Nassau, Bahamas – Organisers of the upcoming IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 revealed today that this year’s Opening Ceremony will be 35-minutes of “Bahamazing”.
Local Organizing Committee (LOC) Events Director, Fred Ferguson said everything will be timed, and precision will be first and foremost.
“The opening sets the tone for everything that is going to be happening. It is going to be short and sweet and it is going to showcase The Bahamas in its best light,” Ferguson said. “From the moment the military bands take the center field they are going to bring the full majesty to the opening of the event.
Ferguson added that the military band will compose of members of the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Royal Bahamas Defense Force, and Her Majesty Prison. The Bahamas Music Academy will be the supporting orchestra.
Revealing that Bahamian artist singing sensation, Alia Coley will sing the national anthem Ferguson said the ceremony will end with a spectacular Junkanoo parade and lots of wonderful surprises.
“We cannot begin anything in the Bahamas without the spirit and sound of the heartbeat of the Bahamian people which is junkanoo. This year it is going to be fused with some of the junkanoo carnival groups. It is going to be a burst of colors, the rhythm, and the sounds. We must make sure The Bahamas is remembered for what we are has a people,” he said.
During the event, over 120 countries will have the chance to watch the event via the IAAF YouTube channel (https://www.youtube.com/user/IAAF2012) that will be providing live streaming.
National Host Broadcaster, the Broadcasting Corporation of the Bahamas (BCB), General Manager Diana Swann, said they are extremely pleased to be a part of “Bahamazing” and to showcase the event live throughout the archipelago of The Bahamas.
“We are committed to providing a high-quality broadcast that Bahamians and other viewers accessing our transmission would appreciate. It is our intentions to match the world class competition with a world-class production that is both informative and entertaining. We will do our part to ensure our efforts meet the approval of all involved and when our athletes go for gold so will our team go for gold at BCB,” she said.
Over 800 athletes from over 40 countries will compete in ten (10) relay events. The event will have extensive TV coverage and will be seen by millions of viewers around the world. Over 100 journalists and up to 30,000.spectators are expected to attend the
event.
The IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 will take place on May 2nd & May 3rd at The Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium.
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For more information please contact-IAAF/ BTC WORLD RELAYS BAHAMAS 2015 Senior Director of Communications, Mrs. Bianca Sawyer at Bianca.Sawyer2015@bahamasworldrelays.org
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Published on 30 Apr 2015
Watch IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 Live Streams Here! (http://track.tvsplashapp.com)
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You can check out this weekends action here at these links:
http://track.tvsplashapp.com
http://justdwl.net/c/2015-iaaf-world-relays-bahamas-live-stream.html
http://www.znsbahamas.com
http://original.livestream.com/znsbahamas
https://www.youtube.com/user/IAAF2012
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Bahamas want more after World Relays (http://www.trackalerts.com/Articles/bahamas-want-more-after-world-relays/13714/)
May 1st, 2015 12:33pm
By Owen Baptiste, TrackAlerts.Com Writer
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Bingo the Mascot poses with some members of Team Brazi after their arrival for World Relays
“Bingo the Potcake” is the new mascot for the IAAF BTC/Bahamas World Relay Championships 2015 which is scheduled to take place May 2-3, in Nassau, Bahamas.
LOC CEO and Vice-Chairman Mike Sands introduced ‘Bingo the Potcake’ as the Relays mascot.
Meanwhile, the Hon. Daniel Johnson, Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture during a press conference held by the Local Organizing Committee (LOC) at the National Stadium, said they “are making a bid for The Bahamas to become a permanent location for the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Relays.”
According to Minister Johnson, who said that the Ministry is making the bid to help boost not only track and field on the island, but sports tourism, every Bahamian must be on board and do their part in promoting for the service industry as part of Team Bahamas. This, he added should include every taxi driver, waitress, doorman, police officer, and that the vendors must work to make it happen.
He noted that last year they had the fastest track, which produced some of the fastest times, and this year, “we will have the fastest man,” he said.
IAAF/BTC World Relays Athletes Press Conference
https://www.youtube.com/v/iciN8Y-M3kc
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Published on 1 May 2015
Big Final (Race Previews)
IAAF World Relays Nassau, Bahamas 2015 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpQWtHv_oF4)
IAAF TV Commentators; Ronald McIntosh, John Rawling, Peter Matthews and Steve Ovett preview the great finals from the 2nd IAAF/BTC World Relays in Nassau, Bahamas.
IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 - Big Final (Race Previews)
https://www.youtube.com/v/UpQWtHv_oF4
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T&T's Machel Cedenio collects baton from Renny Quow during 4x400 at 2014 World Relays
EVENT TIMETABLE & STARTLIST (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays)
Events highlighted in RED involve T&T Relay Team; Click Startlist links to view full details.
Day 1 - Saturday May 2, 2015
AFTERNOON SESSION
LOCAL TIME MY TIME SEX EVENT ROUND
19:00 23:00 M 4x400 Metres Relay Heats Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader) (T&T in lane 5 of Heat 3 with Belgium & Britain)
19:40 23:40 M 4x100 Metres Relay Heats Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader) (T&T in lane 7 of Heat 2 with France & Britain)
20:09 00:09 M 4x800 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x800-metres-relay/final/startlist#resultheader)
20:31 00:31 W 4x400 Metres Relay Heats Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader) (T&T in lane 3 of Heat 3 with Poland & USA)
21:04 01:04 W Distance Medley Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/distance-medley-relay/final/startlist#resultheader)
21:30 01:30 M 4x100 Metres Relay Final B Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final-b/startlist#resultheader)
21:40 01:40 W 4x200 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x200-metres-relay/final/startlist#resultheader) (T&T didn't enter a team & its a straight final!)
21:56 01:56 M 4x100 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final/startlist#resultheader) (T&T in lane 6 outside Jamaica & USA)
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Day 2 – Sunday May 3, 2015
AFTERNOON SESSION
LOCAL TIME MY TIME SEX EVENT ROUND
19:00 00:00 (4 MAY) M 4x200 Metres Relay Heats Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x200-metres-relay/heats/startlist) (T&T in lane 3 of Heat 3 with Bahamas & Canada)
19:29 00:29 (4 MAY) W 4x100 Metres Relay Heats Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/heats/startlist) (T&T in lane 8 of Heat 2 with USA)
19:53 00:53 (4 MAY) W 4x800 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x800-metres-relay/final/startlist)
20:15 01:15 (4 MAY) W 4x400 Metres Relay Final B Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/final-b/startlist) (T&T in lane 7 with Bahamas & Nigeria)
20:27 01:27 (4 MAY) W 4x400 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/final/startlist)
20:43 01:43 (4 MAY) M Distance Medley Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/distance-medley-relay/final/startlist)
21:08 02:08 (4 MAY) M 4x400 Metres Relay Final B Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/final-b/startlist)
21:20 02:20 (4 MAY) M 4x200 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x200-metres-relay/final/startlist)
21:36 02:36 (4 MAY) W 4x100 Metres Relay Final B Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/final-b/startlist)
21:45 02:45 (4 MAY) W 4x100 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x100-metres-relay/final/startlist) (T&T in lane 4 between USA & Jamaica)
22:01 03:01 (4 MAY) M 4x400 Metres Relay Final Startlist (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/final/startlist) (T&T in lane 4 between Bahamas & USA)
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Bottom Left: T&T's Shawna Fermin starts off 4x400m relay at 2014 World Relays
Live Streams for World Relays 2015:
http://track.tvsplashapp.com
http://justdwl.net/c/2015-iaaf-world-relays-bahamas-live-stream.html
http://www.znsbahamas.com
http://original.livestream.com/znsbahamas
https://www.youtube.com/user/IAAF2012
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IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 Startlist & Results
4x400 Metres Relay Men (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x400-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader)
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q)
Heat 1 02 MAY 2015 19:00
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 POL POLAND POL 3:02.97i 2:58.00
2 CUB CUBA CUB 2:59.13
3 GER GERMANY GER 3:05.66 2:59.86
4 BAH BAHAMAS BAH 3:01.63 2:56.72
5 COL COLOMBIA COL 3:02.52
6 ESP SPAIN ESP 3:01.42
7 KSA SAUDI ARABIA KSA 3:06.57 3:02.30
8 BRA BRAZIL BRA 3:03.04 2:58.56
Heat 2 02 MAY 2015 19:12
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 JPN JAPAN JPN 3:00.76
2 JAM JAMAICA JAM 3:03.02 2:56.75
3 BOT BOTSWANA BOT 3:04.87 3:01.89
4 KEN KENYA KEN 3:04.88 2:59.63
5 FRA FRANCE FRA 2:58.96
6 NGR NIGERIA NGR 3:03.84 2:58.68
7 NED NETHERLANDS NED 3:03.99 3:03.18
8 USA UNITED STATES USA 3:00.86 2:54.29
Heat 3 02 MAY 2015 19:24
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 BEL BELGIUM BEL 3:02.74 2:59.37
2 GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. GBR 3:08.56i 2:56.60
3 VEN VENEZUELA VEN 3:00.82
4 CAN CANADA CAN 3:09.35 3:02.64
5 TTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO 3:12.87 2:58.34
6 IRL IRELAND IRL 3:10.61i 3:01.67
7 AUS AUSTRALIA AUS 3:05.42 2:59.70
8 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DOM 3:05.20 3:00.44
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IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 Startlist & Results
4x100 Metres Relay Men (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader)
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q)
Heat 1 02 MAY 2015 19:40
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 BRA BRAZIL BRA 38.81 37.90
2 NED NETHERLANDS NED 39.23 38.29
3 ANT ANTIGUA & BARBUDA ANT 39.32 39.32
4 BAH BAHAMAS BAH 40.41 38.52
5 NGR NIGERIA NGR 39.99 37.94
6 GER GERMANY GER 39.06 38.02
7 POR PORTUGAL POR 38.79
8 JAM JAMAICA JAM 38.23 36.84
Heat 2 02 MAY 2015 19:49
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 BAR BARBADOS BAR 38.94
2 GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. GBR 37.73
3 FRA FRANCE FRA 37.79
4 CUB CUBA CUB 38.00
5 HKG HONG KONG, CHINA HKG 39.87 38.47
6 SKN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SKN 40.65 38.41
7 TTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO 40.55 37.62
8 SUI SWITZERLAND SUI 38.54
Heat 3 02 MAY 2015 19:58
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 JPN JAPAN JPN 38.84 38.03
2 CAN CANADA CAN 39.70 37.69
3 DOM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DOM 39.37 39.01
4 CHN PR OF CHINA CHN 39.90 37.99
5 AUS AUSTRALIA AUS 39.70 38.17
6 POL POLAND POL 38.31
7 USA UNITED STATES USA 38.18 37.04
8 ITA ITALY ITA 39.61 38.17
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IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 Startlist & Results
4x400 Metres Relay Women (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/heats/startlist#resultheader)
First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q)
Heat 1 02 MAY 2015 20:31
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
2 AUS AUSTRALIA AUS 3:32.31 3:23.81
3 NGR NIGERIA NGR 3:31.27 3:21.04
4 CUB CUBA CUB 3:23.21
5 BOT BOTSWANA BOT 3:40.94 3:31.27
6 NAM NAMIBIA NAM 4:04.17
7 FRA FRANCE FRA 3:31.61i 3:22.34
Heat 2 02 MAY 2015 20:42
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
2 BRA BRAZIL BRA 3:32.22 3:26.68
3 GBR GREAT BRITAIN & N.I. GBR 3:28.39 3:20.04
4 JAM JAMAICA JAM 3:26.58 3:18.71
5 JPN JAPAN JPN 3:30.17
6 VEN VENEZUELA VEN 3:34.30
7 BAH BAHAMAS BAH 3:40.58 3:29.53
Heat 3 02 MAY 2015 20:53
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
3 TTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO 3:30.64
4 ITA ITALY ITA 3:25.71
5 POL POLAND POL 3:31.90i 3:24.49
6 USA UNITED STATES USA 3:28.08 3:15.51
7 CAN CANADA CAN 3:32.83 3:21.21
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T&T on centre stage
4x1 men chase precious metal (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/-TT-on-centre-stage-302267761.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 1, 2015 at 9:46 PM ECT
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Trinidad and Tobago athletes, Keston Bledman, left, and Machel Cedenio, right, feature prominently on the cover of the official programme for the 2015 IAAF World Relays, in Nassau, Bahamas.
NASSAU
With the first race yet to be run at the IAAF World Relays here in Nassau, Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago athletes are already on centre stage.
In the main photo on the cover of the official programme, T&T sprint star Keston Bledman looks to the heavens as he is about to settle into the starting blocks ahead of his men’s 4x100 metres lead-off leg at the inaugural IAAF World Relays, in Nassau, last year.
T&T teenager Machel Cedenio is also featured on the cover, running alongside Bahamian Chris “Fireman” Brown during the 2014 men’s 4x400m event. Cedenio, the reigning 400m world junior champion, was also spotted on a large advertising poster in downtown Nassau.
While surprising, the prominence being given to Team T&T in 2015 was earned at the 2014 edition of the global meet. The men’s 4x100m quartet earned silver, while bronze was bagged in the women’s 4x100m and men’s 4x400m events, T&T finishing sixth overall with 19 points.
The second IAAF World Relays will be staged today and tomorrow at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, in Nassau, and quadruple Olympic medallist Ato Boldon is expecting an even better performance from T&T.
“I’ll be very shocked,” Boldon told the Express, “if we leave here with a medal haul that is not as good as that. Across the board we’re better--4x4s and certainly 4x1s.”
The men’s 4x400m combination of Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Cedenio and Jarrin Solomon will be the first T&T team in action. At 7.24 this evening, they will run in heat three against the likes of Great Britain, Belgium, Australia and Dominican Republic. The top two countries in each heat will advance to tomorrow’s final. The same quartet finished third in last year’s championship race in a national record time of two minutes, 58.34 seconds.
At 7.49pm., Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo and Richard “Torpedo” Thompson will do battle in the second men’s 4x100m qualifying heat. Great Britain, France and St Kitts and Nevis are expected to be among the tougher opponents for the T&T sprinters as they bid for a top-two finish and an automatic berth in the 9.56pm final.
Bledman is the 2015 men’s 100m world leader with a 10.01 seconds run, while Thompson is third thanks to his 10.04 dash a fortnight ago. Sorrillo and Burns are joint-22nd at 10.17. Boldon said that while he is expecting a good showing from T&T in the men’s sprint relay, a trip to the podium is not a guaranteed outcome.
“In the next cycle of Worlds this year, Olympics next year, and then Worlds in 2017, we don’t have much room for error because some of the other teams in the world have gotten better. On the men’s side I don’t think we can have some of the problems that we’ve had--maybe from third (leg) to Richard--and survive and get a medal.
“This meet is good, but it’s not a World Championships, it is not an Olympics. To me this needs to be sort of a training ground and a proving ground to show that when the pressure is on, T&T relay teams are going to be the ones that don’t make the mistake. Let everybody else make the mistake, and hopefully through that we can get ready for what is to come at the World Championships. World Championships is going to be as competitive a field as this group of athletes has ever faced.”
Janeil Bellille, Romona Modeste, Magnolia Howell and Alena Brooks are expected to be on show for T&T today in the third and final women’s 4x400m qualifying heat. That race is scheduled for 8.53pm, and will also feature a strong United States quartet, as well as Italy, Poland and Canada. Again, a top-two finish would secure a place in tomorrow’s final.
Charlie Joseph, one of two coaches here in Nassau with the T&T team, told the Express he expects the men and women who will represent the Red, White and Black at the 2015 IAAF World Relays to improve on the country’s 2014 performance.
“I am hoping for three medals again, but different medals this time…different colour.”
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T&T hunts 4x100m medal (http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-05-02/tt-hunts-4x100m-medal)
By Clayton Clarke (Guardian)
Published: Saturday, May 2, 2015
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Richard Thompson competing at Sagicor National Championships
Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo and Richard Thompson, along with pool additions, Emmanuel Callender and Marcus Duncan, will open T&T’s medal hunt in the men’s 4x100m event, which features both the heats and finals today, the opening day of the 2015 IAAF/BTC World Relays.
The men’s 4x100m relay final will close today’s events at approximately 9.52 pm, after the 7.46 pm heats.
Only one T&T team can medal today. T&T men’s 4x400m team, along with the women’s 4x100m and 4x400m relay teams will also feature in their respective heats today, ahead of tomorrow’s finals. The men’s 4x200m team will contest the heats at 7 pm, tomorrow, just over two hours before the final.
The men’s 4x400m heats, set to open today’s proceedings from 7 pm, features Machel Cedenio, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jarrin Solomon and Jacob St Clair, a team practically the same as the T&T team last year that captured bronze with a national record breaking run in 2:58.43.
Much of the focus today will be on the men’s 4x100m team that will aim for a second medal in as many editions of the World Relays. Last year, Bledman, Burns, Sorrillo and Thompson claimed T&T’s only silver medal of the relays after clocking 38.04 seconds behind Jamaica.
T&T is the only country to win medals in both the men’s 4x100m and 4x400m at the 2012 Olympics and last year’s World Relays. The 4x400m team also set a precedent, after proving that their bronze in the London Olympics three years ago was not by chance. Last year, they claimed another bronze at the first World Relays in a national record breaking run of 2:58.34. Gordon, Quow, Cedenio and Solomon combined to become the seventh fastest country on the all-time list.
Cedenio ran the third leg one year ago as an 18-year-old and produced a race beyond his years with a 44.6 split.
This year the reigning World Junior champion has shown great early season form by blazing to a new personal best of 45.09 seconds to become the fastest local 400m sprinter for the year (11th in the world).
Solomon, meanwhile, dipped under the 45-second barrier for the first time in his career last year when he clocked 44.98 seconds. Solomon, Gordon and Quow all qualified for last year’s Commonwealth Games’ one-lap final. Solomon clocked 45.62 last month, while Gordon and Quow have worked on their speed. Gordon clocked 20.71 at an indoor 200m in February while Quow clocked 20.78 seconds over 200m, outdoor.
The locals will be eager to go one better in Nassau and upset favorites USA and the locals, Bahamas.
The women’s 4x400m (Janeil Bellille; Romona Modeste; Alena Brooks; Josanne Lucas and Magnolia Howell) are aiming for a top eight finish to qualify for the 2016 Rio Olympics, after missing out on the final last year.
Speaking ahead of the races, Modeste said she and her teammates are hoping to correct some of the mistakes that cost them last year.
“This year the top eight will qualify for the Olympics, so we are going out there to get in the A finals and then take it from there.. We learnt from our mistakes, like not being experienced enough and attacking at the wrong time,” Modeste said. “This time we are more seasoned. Everybody is running better than where they were last year. So this year when we put everybody together it should be a faster time (perhaps) 3:28, 3:29.”
Brooks, meanwhile, said the inaugural event was a learning experience. The women’s 4x400m heats are carded for 8.20pm today, while the final is set for tomorrow at 8.27 pm.
T&T Contingent
Men 4x100m: Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Emmanuel Callender, Marcus Duncan, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson.
4x200m: Keston Bledman, Emmanuel Callender, Marcus Duncan, Kyle Greaux, Rondel Sorrillo, Richard Thompson.
4x400m: Machel Cedenio, Lalonde Gordon, Renny Quow, Jarrin Solomon, Jacob St Clair.
Women 4x100m: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Kamaria Durant, Kai Selvon, Reyare Thomas, Lisa Wickham.
4x400m: Janeil Bellille, Alena Brooks, Magnolia Howell, Josanne Lucas, Ramona Modeste.
Race Schedule Nassau, Bahamas
Saturday 2 May:
7 pm - Men’s 4x400m heats
7.29 pm - Women’s 4x200m heats
7.46 pm - Men’s 4x100m heats
8.09 pm - Men’s 4x800m final
8.32 pm - Women’s 4x400m heats
9.02 pm - Women’s distance medley final
9.29 pm - Men’s 4x100m final B
9.36 pm - Women’s 4x200m final
9.52 pm - Men’s 4x100m final
Sunday 3 May:
7 pm - Men’s 4x200m heats
7.20 pm - Women’s 4x100m heats
7.40 pm - Women’s 4x800m final
8.02 pm - Women’s 4x400m final B
8:12 pm - Women’s 4x400m final
8:31 pm - Men’s distance medley final
8:57 pm - Men’s 4x400m final B
9.06 pm - Men’s 4x200m final
9:23 pm - Women’s 4x100m final B
9:30 pm - Women’s 4x100m final
9:46 pm - Women’s 4x400m final
Team prizes:
1st—US$50,000;
2nd—$30,000;
3rd—$20,000;
4th—$12,000;
5th—$10,000;
6th—$8,000;
7th—$6000;
8th—$4000.
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Team Trinidad & Tobago In Action Today -
IAAF World Relays (https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=435687543273819&id=254525524723356)
Saturday, May 2, 2015 (NAAA TT)
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Machel Cedenio on a Billboard in the Bahamas advertising the 2015 World Relays
MEDIA RELEASE
Trinidad and Tobago's Men's 4X400m team will be the first into action this evening at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, being held at the T. Robinson Stadium in the Bahamas. The quartet of Gordon; Solomon; Quow and Cedenio, will run in Heat 3 out of Lane 5 at 7:24.p.m.
Next up at 7:49.p.m. will be the Men's 4X100m team of Bledman; Burns; Sorrello and Thompson, who will be in Heat 2 Lane 7. Following this, the Women's 4X400m foursome of Bellile; Howell; Modeste and Brooks will be in action at 8:53.p.m. in Heat 3 Lane 3.
In all three events the first two in each heat and the next two fastest will qualify for the finals. The finals for the 4X400's will be held tomorrow (Sun 3rd), while the Men's 4X100m final will close off the nights proceedings at 9:56.p.m.
The NAAA's wish all the teams the best in their endeavours.
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Boldon expects strong showing at World Relays (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Boldon-expects-strong-showing-at-World-Relays-302303381.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 2, 2015 at 12:37 PM ECT
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Ato Boldon spoke to CCN TV6
Trinidad and Tobago will feature in five events at the 2015 IAAF/BTC World Relays, in Nassau, Bahamas, this weekend. The first shot at a medal will come on Saturday night in the men’s 4x100 metres relay.
Shortly after his arrival in the Bahamas, retired T&T track star Ato Boldon spoke to CCN TV6 about the country’s chances here in Nassau.
Click this link to view video: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Boldon-expects-strong-showing-at-World-Relays-302303381.htm
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Our sprint relay team is thru to the Final and will run from lane 6 outside Jamaica and USA.
Lets which them luck, another season best and a medal in the Final.
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IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 Startlist & Results
4x100 Metres Relay Men Final (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final/startlist)
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final/startlist
02 MAY 2015 21:56
Order / Lane Bib Team COUNTRY SB 2015 PB
1 GER GERMANY GER 38.73 38.02
2 SKN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SKN 38.68 38.41
3 FRA FRANCE FRA 38.62 37.79
4 JAM JAMAICA JAM 38.07 36.84
5 USA UNITED STATES USA 37.87 37.04
6 TTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO 38.32 37.62
7 JPN JAPAN JPN 38.73 38.03
8 BRA BRAZIL BRA 38.64 37.90
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http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/results/men/4x100-metres-relay/final/result
https://www.youtube.com/v/_tsNrXMQiGE
02 MAY 2015 21:56
POS BIB Team COUNTRY MARK Points Reaction Time
1 USA UNITED STATES USA 37.38 CR 8 0.159
2 JAM JAMAICA JAM 37.68 SB 7 0.162
3 JPN JAPAN JPN 38.20 SB 6 0.184
4 BRA BRAZIL BRA 38.63 SB 5 0.418
5 FRA FRANCE FRA 38.81 4 0.167
6 SKN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SKN 38.85 3 0.180
7 TTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO 38.92 2 0.159
8 GER GERMANY GER 39.40 1 0.171
1 UNITED STATES USA 5 0.159 37.38 *OG CR 8
Mike RODGERS
Justin GATLIN
Tyson GAY
Ryan BAILEY
2 JAMAICA JAM 4 0.162 37.68 *OG SB 7
Nesta CARTER
Kemar BAILEY-COLE
Nickel ASHMEADE
Usain BOLT
3 JAPAN JPN 7 0.184 38.20 *OG SB 6
Kazuma OSETO
Kenji FUJIMITSU
Yoshihide KIRYU
Kotaro TANIGUCHI
4 BRAZIL BRA 8 0.418 38.63 *OG SB 5
Bruno DE BARROS
Vítor Hugo DOS SANTOS
Aldemir DA SILVA JUNIOR
Jorge VIDES
5 FRANCE FRA 3 0.167 38.81 *OG 4
Pierre VINCENT
Christophe LEMAITRE
Pierre-Alexis PESSONNEAUX
Emmanuel BIRON
6 SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SKN 2 0.180 38.85 *OG 3
Jason ROGERS
Brijesh LAWRENCE
Lestrod ROLAND
Antoine ADAMS
7 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO 6 0.159 38.92 *OG 2
Keston BLEDMAN (Held his own with Rodgers & Carter on the 1st leg)
Marc BURNS (Was passed by Gatlin on the 2nd leg but Gatlin killed everyone on 2nd leg)
Rondel SORRILLO (Picked up injury while running 3rd leg but still got the baton to Richard, well done!!)
Richard THOMPSON (Had too much to do to get us among the medals but we qualified for Rio 2016!)
8 GERMANY GER 1 0.171 39.40 *OG 1
Aleixo-Platini MENGA
Sven KNIPPHALS
Alexander KOSENKOW
Patrick DOMOGALA
Here is a longer race video but commentary is not in English!
https://www.youtube.com/v/LswZHGkVVyI
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Big up to Sorrillo . With a spot in Rio on the line the man got injured but still manage to get the Baton to Thompson to avoid DNF.
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Big up to Sorrillo . With a spot in Rio on the line the man got injured but still manage to get the Baton to Thompson to avoid DNF.
Yeah, cudos to him for his determination! :thumbsup:
I guess now with Sorrillo injured we may no longer have the leg speed to field a Men's 4x200m relay team that can medal tomorrow. Lets see if the other fellas in the relay pool can step up and still get us on the podium. This is their opportunity to prove what they are made of.
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Bledman got us off to a good start but Burns got killed. Hopefully JF can step up in time for Rio. Burns has served us well but He is getting up in age now.
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Bledman got us off to a good start but Burns got killed. Hopefully JF can step up in time for Rio. Burns has served us well but He is getting up in age now.
Everyone got killed by Gatlin on that 2nd leg. We need a sprinter who is in sub-10 form to live with Gatlin on that 2nd leg if we want to be among the medals come World Champs.
If Burns can get himself back into sub-10 form by National Champs then he can retain his 2nd leg spot but failing that whoever in addition to Bledman and Thompson that can beat Burns at National Trials and can run nearest to 10 flat or better can wrestle 2nd leg duties away from Marc Burns.
If only Darrel Brown can step up and fulfil his potential and not be so injury prone then he could be contesting Marc Burns for 2nd leg duties.
Jonathan Farinha might be a good option once fit but until he can clock his first sub-10 or get close to 10 flat, I don’t see him living with Gatlin on that 2nd leg. A better option for Farinha might be the 3rd leg if Sorrillo is not fully fit and if Callender does not step up in his sprint form.
However I think a fit and in-form Sorrillo will be hard to displace from 3rd leg duties come team selection for World Champs 2015 right after National Champs.
This is the year that all our sprinters need to step up if we want to medal at World Champs as our rivals for 3rd spot (behind JA and the USA) like Britain, Japan and others have all improved over the last year.
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Fastest qualifiers
T&T men cruise into 4x4 final (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Fastest-qualifiers--TT-men-cruise-into-4x4-final-302322581.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 2, 2015 at 9:21 PM ECT
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AHEAD OF THE PACK: Machel Cedenio of Trinidad and Tobago leads the field during round one of the men's 4x400 metres relay, on day one of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, yesterday. -Photo: © Getty Images for IAAF
NASSAU
Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow and Machel Cedenio produced a smooth performance at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium here in Nassau, Bahamas, late yesterday, to advance to the IAAF/BTC World Relays men’s 4x400 metres final as the fastest of the eight qualifiers.
The Trinidad and Tobago quartet combined for a three minutes, 02.09 seconds clocking to top the third and final heat, forcing Belgium to settle for second spot in 3:02.41.
Gordon, Solomon and Quow set a solid foundation. Anchorman Cedenio was two strides ahead of his closest challenger when he got the baton from Quow. Cedenio stayed in front, the reigning world junior 400m champion crossing the line ahead of Belgium’s Kevin Borlee to establish T&T as a threat for precious metal.
Teenager Jacob St Clair is also part of T&T’s men’s 4x400m squad. For the Carifta Games boys’ under-18 400m silver medallist, Bahamas 2015 is a first-time opportunity to experience the atmosphere of a senior global meet.
“It feels great,” St Clair told the Sunday Express. “Thank the Lord that he made me come here in the Bahamas as a junior athlete. I want to see the other athletes perform their best, so later on in life, when I go out to Olympics or any other big Games, I could manage myself in it.”
T&T’s 4x4 women were scheduled to contest their qualifying heat after press time, last night.
Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon, the sprinters responsible for women’s 4x100m bronze last year, will bid for another podium finish in 2015. They are expected to grace the track at 7.37 this evening in the second of three qualifying heats.
The T&T quartet will run in lane eight, while the Americans have been drawn in lane four. Two automatic qualifying berths for the 9.45pm final are on offer.
Retired T&T track star Ato Boldon, who now works as an analyst with US network NBC, told the Sunday Express he has high hopes for Ahye and company.
“Obviously, my biggest expectation is for the women’s 4x1 because despite the fact that we’re not at absolute full strength, as fast as Michelle-Lee Ahye has been running, I think the national record is possible. And even if it is not, when that team gets back to full strength, it will be.”
Ahye is third on the 2015 world performance list in the 100m dash at 10.97 seconds, the T&T sprinter producing that run into a 2.5 metres per second headwind. Kelly-Ann Baptiste is one spot behind with a 10.98 clocking. Baptiste, though, is not in Nassau. She was selected for national duty, but withdrew from the T&T team last week “to address urgent personal matters”.
First on the track today for T&T will be the men’s 4x200m team. At 7.18pm, the four men representing the Red, White and Black will do battle with six other teams for the two automatic qualifying spots up for grabs in heat three. Canada, Italy and hosts Bahamas are among the countries Team T&T will have to contend with.
After press time, last night, T&T challenged for a men’s 4x100m medal. Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo and Richard “Torpedo” Thompson topped their qualifying heat in 38.32 seconds.
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4x4 men cruise into World Relays final (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/4x4-men-cruise-into-World-Relays-final-302320911.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 2, 2015 at 8:36 PM ECT
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Machel Cedenio on a Billboard in the Bahamas advertising the 2015 World Relays
Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow and Machel Cedenio advanced to the IAAF/BTC World Relays men’s 4x400 metres final as the fastest of the eight qualifiers.
The Trinidad and Tobago quartet returned a time of three minutes, 02.09 seconds.
Video courtesy EuroSport 2
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I worked out the splits for the T&T quarter-milers from IAAFwebsite split information and they confirm my race observation.
What I observed during the race is that both Lalonde Gordon and Renny Quow who had not run any official 400m races for the season before these World Relays are below their peak form from last season. In contrast both Jarrin Solomon and Machel Cedenio did sub-45 splits and are already on par with the times they were running last year.
These were the individual splits for the T&T 4x4 runners:-
Lalonde Gordon - 46.42 (This was literally his 400m season opener)
Jarrin Solomon - 44.88 (Responsible for putting T&T ahead after slow 1st leg)
Renny Quow - 45.98 (This was also literally his 400m season opener)
Machel Cedenio - 44.81 (Shows that he is a deserved anchor man)
I expect all our T&T quarter-milers to run faster 400m splits in the Final and we will need 45.lows or better from both Gordon and Quow if we want to be on the medal podium.
I have no doubt that both Solomon and Cedenio can split sub-45s again in the final.
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Socapro please remember that gordon and quow have 4x200 relay tomorrow. I sure management told them to take it easy as they have a packed schedule today
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Plus what did I say about having mb on the second leg. Why the hell is not Rt or kb running the second leg in the relay. The second leg should be run by one of our top two runners
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Plus what did I say about having mb on the second leg. Why the hell is not Rt or kb running the second leg in the relay. The second leg should be run by one of our top two runners
We would have won bronze had Sorrillo not picked up an injury on the 3rd leg.
I did point out that Gatlin killed EVERYONE on the 2nd leg and not just Burns so Burns did a decent job relatively to most of the other runners on his leg minus Gatlin.
I preferred Burns on the 2nd leg anyday to an injury prone athlete who hasn't yet opened his 2015 season to prove what sort form he currently is in. At least Burns ran a legal 10.17 outside of T&T just two weekends ago and proved that he deserved his spot on the relay team (http://www.iaaf.org/records/toplists/sprints/100-metres/outdoor/men/senior/2015)
Big-up to both Burns and Sorrillo as they helped our 4x100m relay team qualify for the Ro Olympics next year. :beermug:
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So what happened to the 4x100? We just jumped over it? No results, no video?
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Socapro please remember that gordon and quow have 4x200 relay tomorrow. I sure management told them to take it easy as they have a packed schedule today
Where did you get that bogus info from that Gordon and Quow running 4x200m relay?
It was not a case of them taking it easy, it was a case of them both being 400m race rusty as those 400m relay legs they ran yesterday practically served as their 400m season openers. Neither Gordon nor Quow have run competitive 400m races this season prior to their 4x4 relay heats yesterday.
Looking at their official splits compared to that of their other relay team mates Solomon and Cedenio you can see that they both (Gordon and Quow) were comparatively rusty.
As I said in both cases I expect them to run faster splits today in the final and provided that everyone on our team can run faster splits we should be on the medal podium.
Good luck to the relay team today, they are doing us proud thus far.
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Here it is: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/TT-7th-in-sprint-relay-final-302334051.html
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So does this mean that we have qualified for the 4x1 for the Rio Olympics?
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So does this mean that we have qualified for the 4x1 for the Rio Olympics?
Yeap!! The guys did the main job so lets tell them well done!! :beermug:
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Here it is: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/news/TT-7th-in-sprint-relay-final-302334051.html
Much appreciated. :beermug:
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So what happened to the 4x100? We just jumped over it? No results, no video?
Video and results have been added to Reply #63 above. :thumbsup:
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T&T 7th in sprint relay final (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/TT-7th-in-sprint-relay-final-302334051.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
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T&T 4x100m Relay Team of Bledman, Burns, Sorrillo & Thompson entering track for Final
Rondel Sorrillo hurt himself during the IAAF/BTC World Relays men's 4x100 metes final, the injury putting paid to T&T's chances of securing a medal.
Sorrillo did manage to get the baton to Richard "Torpedo" Thompson, but there was too much work for the anchorman to do, and the T&T combination of Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Sorrillo and Thompson finished seventh in 38.92 seconds.
United States won in 37.38, forcing Jamaica, with Usain Bolt on anchor, to settle for silver in 37.68.
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Usain Bolt Beaten on Anchor USA wins 4x100m World Relays 2015
https://www.youtube.com/v/cQfQsIjQC9o
4X100 METRES RELAY MEN FINAL
1 USA UNITED STATES USA USA 37.38 CR 8 0.159
2 JAM JAMAICA JAM JAM 37.68 SB 7 0.162
3 JPN JAPAN JPN JPN 38.20 SB 6 0.184
4 BRA BRAZIL BRA BRA 38.63 SB 5 0.418
5 FRA FRANCE FRA FRA 38.81 4 0.167
6 SKN SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS SKN SKN 38.85 3 0.180
7 TTO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TTO TTO 38.92 2 0.159
8 GER GERMANY GER GER 39.40 1 0.171
IAAF/BTC WORLD RELAYS BAHAMAS 2015
BAHAMAS NASSAU (T. ROBINSON STADIUM), BAHAMAS 02 MAY 2015 - 03 MAY 2015
IAAF World Relays Bahamas 2015 - 1 Lap Men Final - Team JAM Silver (After Race Interview)
https://www.youtube.com/v/GXH-xUo3yTg
Team USA and Jamaica Press Conference After 4x100 at World Relays
https://www.youtube.com/v/KT_2DYPeDA4
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03 MAY 2015 Report Nassau, The Bahamas
Men's 4x100m
IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/news/report/men/4x100-metres-relay/final)
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Ryan Bailey winning the men's 4x100m for the USA at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 (Getty Images) © Copyright
The US quartet of Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey did what so many of their predecessors have failed to do in this event on the big occasion in recent years, get the baton round cleanly, and that allowed them the opportunity to inflict a morale-boosting defeat on the favoured Jamaicans, the US team winning in 37:38.
It was the equal-seventh fastest performance in history and a time only other US and Jamaican teams have ever beaten. Indeed, the only time a US team has run faster was at the 2012 Olympics.
Jamaica was left trailing in the wake of the US runners from midway down the back straight and the 2014 World Relays winners were left to settle for second on this occasion in 37.68, also inside the previous competition record.
He remains a polarising figure in the sport but Justin Gatlin has to be given credit for delivering the win with a blistering second leg, pulling away from Jamaica’s Kemar Bailey-Cole almost immediately after the first exchange and then putting a huge margin between himself and the rest of the field.
Tyson Gay consolidated the US lead around the bend and handed around five metres in front to Ryan Bailey.
Even for a sprinter of the stunning talent of Usain Bolt, this was too big a margin to make up and though he reduced the deficit by a metre or so, in the end the world and Olympic 100m and 200m champion was a minor player in this drama.
Almost unnoticed, Japan showed off their slick baton passing skills, after being given a great start by their lead-off runner Kazuma Oseto, and came through for a slightly unexpected bronze medal in 38.20.
However, all eight finalist went away with a prize from Nassau; automatic qualification for this event to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
The USA had shown that they would be the team to beat when they won their heat in 37.87, despite a slightly ragged handover from Gay to Bailey.
By contrast, Jamaica won their heat in what for them was a relatively modest 38.07, with Bolt easing down over the final 10 metres on the anchor leg.
Great Britain, third in 2014, made a surprise departure in a rather loaded second heat, with the first two changeovers being far from perfect, and despite world indoor and European indoor 60m champion Richard Kilty making up ground on the last leg.
They finished fourth but didn’t progress to the main final.
They got a small amount of consolation by winning the B-final, with some poor changeovers in evidence once again, but Kilty ran strongly on the final leg to bring them home in front in 38.67, just edging Barbados' Mario Burke over the final 10 metres, the latter anchoring the Caribbean island to a national record of 38.70.
Phil Minshull for the IAAF
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01 MAY 2015 General News Nassau, The Bahamas
IAAF Ambassadors Ato Boldon, Frankie Fredericks and Michael Johnson meet the media in Nassau (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/news/boldon-fredericks-johnson-iaaf-world-relays)
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Michael Johnson, Frankie Fredericks and Ato Boldon at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 press conference
IAAF Ambassadors Ato Boldon, Frankie Fredericks and Michael Johnson were present at the traditional pre-event press conference ahead of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 in Nassau on Friday (1).
The championships take place on Saturday and Sunday (2-3) in the Thomas A Robinson National Stadium and the IAAF website will have results, reports, a live blog and streaming live radio commentary, which can be accessed here (http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/live).
Below are the edited highlights of the question-and-answer session which revolved mainly around the famous 1996 Olympic Games 200m final, in which all three Ambassadors got medals.
Michael Johnson (USA)
Q: What are your memories of the 1996 Olympic Games 200m final (Johnson won in what was then a world record 19.32)?
A: The memory I have is that there was a great deal of joy and relief. There was quite a few different emotions at that time because I had stated at that Games that I was going to make history and I had won the 400m and I always knew that the 200m was going to be much more difficult.
I was in a competition in Lausanne, I was running the 400m, and I saw Frankie just miss the 100m world record because he did something that all of our coaches tell us not to do – don’t celebrate too early. So I knew that Frankie was ready.
I knew that for the Games I was absolutely going to have my work cut out.
Q: What is your opinion on Usain Bolt’s chances of defending all three of his titles at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing?
For Usain, health is going to be his biggest issue going forward. As you get older, it’s much more difficult to remain healthy. I think he’s done a good job of managing the number of races he runs.
I’ve said this before that no one can beat Usain when he’s at his best, but he has to be at his best. I marvel at his ability to remain motivated given that he is world champion, Olympic champion and world record holder in all of his events. It took me 11 years to do that but Usain did it a lot quicker.
Frankie Fredericks (NAM)
Q: What are your memories of the 1996 Olympic Games 200m final?
A: I think Michael brought the best out of me. I’m from a small country where not many people know where it is, and to become one of the fastest men in the world is quite an achievement.
I was training hard every day because I was sure somewhere else other people were training hard.
Michael was a 400m specialist, I was a 100m man so I had to find out what he was doing and that’s why I started longer runs. I could have been content to just have been the African record holder and not work as hard so that’s why these two (Johnson and Boldon) brought out the best in me.
The other thing about Atlanta I remember is that they made us walk to whole 200m, I don’t know why; and everybody was chanting “Michael”! They were killing us mentally.
I was ready that day but that’s when I realised it’s always good to run in front of a home crowd. When I came off the bend, Michael found another gear. I don’t know where he found that gear and I think it was probably those 80,000 people that pushed him.
At that point, I knew the race was finished and just worried that Ato was going to come past me. I’m happy to have been part of that race and to have been someone who made him think the night before that there was someone in that race that could give him some problems. I was had
(Michael Johnson interrupts: “So, the translation of what Frankie said is, if the Olympics were in Namibia, then he would have won!” Cue much laughter.)
Q: As part of the IAAF Council, you were part of the decision-making process that lead to the birth of the IAAF World Relays, so you must be proud of the event?
A: The relay is something special and this was a unique chance for the IAAF to do something different, take a chance and get out of our comfort zone. We also took a chance with The Bahamas and last year was an exceptional success.
I think will now it will become even better as people realise that it is serious. Perhaps we now have to take much chances like this with our sport.
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Michael Johnson, Frankie Fredericks and Ato Boldon at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 press conference (Getty Images) © Copyright
Ato Boldon (TRI)
Q: What are your memories of the 1996 Olympic Games 200m final?
A: My memories are completely different to these two (Johnson and Fredericks) as I was in my last year of university. I was also a fan of the sport even before I became a competitor and I had even been introduced to the sport watching Michael and Frankie.
I went into that race intending to run the best that I can but there was a part of my brain which said, “These two guys you are running against are two of the best ever in the history of this event.”
I had been running at a world class level in that event for all of about 11 months so I knew that I had to have something extraordinary to happen and these two had to have a very bad night just to be competitive.
This is true, I came off the turn and I’m in pretty good shape but I was in lane six, the guys on my outside didn’t run a good first 100, and Michael and Frankie are inside me. At 90 metres I’m like “I don’t see anybody, I’m doing well.” Then the gold shoes go past me and the rest is history.
But I don’t look back on that race with any regrets. I know there is nothing I could have done that night to change the colour of my medal. In my whole career I never ran as fast as 19.32 or 19.68.
Phil Minshull for the IAAF
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Any live links today?
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Any live links today?
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/live
T&T women look to repeat 4x100m medal run (http://www.guardian.co.tt/sport/2015-05-04/tt-women-look-repeat-4x100m-medal-run)
By Clayton Clarke (Guardian)
Published: Published: Monday, May 4, 2015
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T&T 4x100m team on podium: Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas, Kai Selvon and Kamaria Durant
Trinidad and Tobago’s women’s 4x100m team (Kamaria Durant, Michelle –Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon) created history at the inaugural IAAF World Relays in 2014 at the Thomas A Robinson Stadium, Nassau, New Providence, Bahamas winning bronze. The sprint lasses were buoyed at their performances given that the line-up did not include national record holders Kelly-Ann Baptiste (100m) and Semoy Hackett (200m).
The Soca sprinters will be looking to mount the podium once again at this year’s edition, again in the Bahamas. Durant ran the lead off leg in 2014 is looking forward to making the country proud once again. “Last year was historic. I was really proud of myself and the team because it was the first time we ran together and to know that we never won a medal before world-wide so it was awesome.
At that point in time I didn’t have words to explain. I was very elated and we were proud of ourselves. This year we are hoping to medal again of course. We just want to go out there and make our country proud.”
The Simplex sprinter believes she is stronger this year and says her team-mates will give their best. Team manager Dexter Voisin is saddened with the withdrawal with 2011 World Championships bronze medallist Kelly-Ann Baptiste but like Durant is confident the ladies will give their best. “On Monday we got some disappointing news that she will not be able to travel with the team for personal reasons which forced her out of the team.
The 4x100m team without Kelly-Ann won bronze so with her on the team and having a decent (10.98) season opener team would have been strengthened and put us in a better position than last year. There is nothing we can do about that. We just have to go ahead with the team we have and anticipate the girls will go out and do their best as they did last year.”
Lisa Wickham is making her debut at the World Relays. The 20 year-old 2012 World Junior semifinalist is elated on her call-up. Wickham says competing at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland has helped her prepare for the World Relays. “I am really happy for making the team. I thank God for every opportunity that I get to represent Trinidad and Tobago. I would not be as nervous as I was for the Commonwealth Games (in Glasgow, Scotland in 2014). I had that exposure with the so-called big guns so it would not be anything new to me for the World Relays.”
T&T will rely on the speed of Michelle-Lee Ahye who ran the second leg last year. Ahye has been in the best form of her life following her 10.85 clocking in 2014, one of her three sub-eleven runs for the year. The 2011 Pan American junior 100m champion already run 10.97 for the year (3rd fastest time in 2015) in Florida in April and also recorded a windy 10.87 (+3.7) in Texas in March.
The women’s 4x100m event is set for tomorrow (Sunday) with the heats carded for 7:29pm and the finals 9:45pm. T&T will be looking to advance to the finals to gain an automatic qualifying spot to the 2016 Rio Olympics Games.
T&T’s women’s 4x100m team
Name Club Age PB
Kamaria Durant Simplex 24 100m-11.37/+1.4(2014); 200m-23.35/+1.8(2013)
Michelle-Lee Ahye Rebirth 23 100m-10.85/+1.6 (2014); 200m-22.77/-1.1 (2014)
Reyare Thomas Neon Trackers 27 100m-11.30/-0.2 (2012); 200m-23.17/-1.3 (2014)
Kai Selvon Airbon Sonics 23 100m-11.21/+1.8 (2012); 200m-22.85/+0.3 (2012)
Lisa Wickham Concorde 20 100m-11.44 (2013)
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Any live links today?
Would have posted a link if I saw this earlier.
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Any live links today?
http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaafbtc-world-relays-bahamas-2015-5676/live
I actually meant video not radio but thanks anyway.
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Man, Our women 4x1 came in 4th. The men 4x4 came in 7th. Disappointing. Lalonde was not himself tonight. He put Jarrin at a real disadvantage. We never had a chance. Zero medals. Zero points. But 3 Rio qualifications. That was the only plus. The NAAA has their work cut out. Good luck.
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no medals........................ not happy
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Pretty abysmal performance by the boys there in the 4x4 to end the meet, but the big dance is Beijing this year. Hopefully they find their feet by then.
MLA and the was the highlight of the meet for me. She made Allyson Felix look like chump change 2 times tonight on the backstretch.
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Ma, both out women 4x1 came in 4th. The men 4x4 came in 7th. Disappointed. Lalonde was not himself tonight. He put Jarrin at a real disadvantage. We never had a chance. Zero medals. Zero points. But 3 Rio qualifications. That was the only plus. The NAAA has their work cut out. Good luck.
The women came 5th and not 4th in the 4x1!
Both Lalonde and Quow did not run any competitive 400m races prior to these World Relays so I think they both were rusty as I was pointing out after analysing their splits in the Heats.
The one plus of today was to see how MLA destroyed Allyson Felix on the 2nd leg of the women's 4x100m before the very poor baton exchange between herself and Thomas. Had they not messed up that baton exchange between the 2nd and 3rd legs T&T would have been among the medals in that women's 4x100m relay final this evening. Once both KAB and Hackett are back in the team and in good shape, T&T will be a serious threat in the 4x1 to even the USA and Jamaica so I am looking forward to the ladies 4x100 relay come World Championships.
We got some work to do but I still think come World Champs that T&T will be strong medal contenders in both the Men's and Women's sprint relays as well as in the Men's Mile relay.
Heard that Jamol James ran a new PB of 10.15 this weekend somewhere in the USA so he is another one who can strengthen our 4x100m relay pool. If only Jonanthan Farinha can recover from his injury and peak in time for National Champs as well as Sorrillo and if only Darrell Brown can get his act together then T&T should have a decently deep and fast men's 4x100m relay pool to work from.
I believe if these 10 athletes are all fit and in form and can get to near 10 flat or better this season running outside of T&T (Keston Bledman, Richard Thompson, Marc Burns, Rondell Sorrillo, Emmanuel Callender, Darrel Brown, Jamol James, Jonathan Farinha, Marcus Duncan, Kyle Greaux) then we should still be strong medal contenders in the men's 4x100m relay despite most of our competitors for bronze behind Jamaica and the USA improving over the last year.
We need to get to the stage where our top two guns can be rested for the final and the other guys can confidently qualify us for the final with a good lane draw.
I would also like to see most of those guys running both the 100m and 200m more regularly to build on their speed endurance. When last has a T&T sprinter dipped below 20s in the 200m since Ato?
Our Women's Mile Relay team needs some serious work and we need to deepen the pool of quality athletes available for all our relay teams so we can handle the rounds and still get good lane draws for the final and then bring in our top guns with fresh legs for the finals like the Americans and the Jamaicans can do.
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Just hope KAB is ok when she come back. We missed her badly. Yes MLA gave Allyson a run for she money. 4x4(men-women) has to improve on their first leg.
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https://www.youtube.com/v/t9CNTpEQVA0
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https://www.youtube.com/v/j1r4kbP_KpQ
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https://www.youtube.com/v/J-DUS0coZlk
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https://www.youtube.com/v/mZVXlOXzwsk
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Just hope KAB is ok when she come back. We missed her badly. Yes MLA gave Allyson a run for she money. 4x4(men-women) has to improve on their first leg.
KAB ran 10.98 last weekend so of course she is going to be ok when she is back in the squad. Our only concern right now with our women is if Semoy Hackett will come back with a similar level of fitness and form that she was showing before she was suspended.
If Semoy comes back on a similar level and can run near 11 flat or her first sub-11 this season then T&T is going to be giving both the USA and Jamaica some serious worries in the 4x100m relay this summer provided we can get the baton round smoothly.
Here were the splits for the guys in the 4x400m final in which they ran 3:03.10 and placed 7th (just worked it out from splits provided on the IAAF website):-
Lalonde Gordon - 45.88 (very poor but this was only his 2nd competitive 400m race outdoors this season so hopefully this is just down to him being rusty from lack of competitive races)
Jarrin Solomon - 46.13 (I guess after his heroics of rescuing the team in the Heats he was drained and unable to repeat heroics again in the final after Gordon's slow opening leg)
Renny Quow - 46.34 (As I said after the Heats, Quow is obviously 400m race rusty as he did not run a competitive 400m outdoors prior to these World Relays)
Machel Cedenio - 44.75 (Once again Cedenio is our fastest runner and shows that he deserved the anchor man job. I won't be surprised to see Cedenio go sub-45 in the individual 400m race a few times this season and lower his PB and even turn out to be our fastest quarter miler by this summer.
Last year Lendore was our fastest quarter-miler but I won't be surprised if this year Cedenio turns out to be our fastest quarter-miler).
Hopefully by this summer all members of our 4x400m relay pool will have ran sub-45s for the season and provided we are in that position we will be strong medal contenders and would have put this defeat at the World Relays in the Bahamas behind us. What really matters is World Champs and these World Relays in the Bahamas was simiply part of our early season preparations for that.
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https://www.youtube.com/v/j1r4kbP_KpQ
I reckon that a T&T team in this order can give KAB the baton to anchor our team level with or in front of Jamaica and the USA.
Semoy Hackett on 1st leg >> Michelle-Lee Ahye on 2nd leg >> Kai Selvon on 3rd leg >> Kelly-Ann Baptiste on anchor.
NB: Semoy Hackett and Kai Selvon can be swopped depending on which one is the faster starter as we want our quickest starter on the 1st leg.
This team will be worries and problems for USA and JA especially if Semoy Hackett and Kai Selvon can get themselves into 11 flat form this season trying to kept up with MLA and KAB who are both going to run a number of sub-11s this season.
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Injury floors T&T
4x1 hopes dashed by Sorrillo’s quad strain (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/4x1-hopes-dashed-by-Sorrillos-quad-strain-302374451.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 3, 2015 at 11:55 PM ECT
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Sorrillo is stretched off track after sustaining a quad strain during Men's 4x100 metres final
NASSAU
A quad strain sustained by Rondel Sorrillo during the men’s 4x100 metres final, late on Saturday, dashed Trinidad and Tobago’s medal hopes in two events at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, here in Nassau, Bahamas.
Halfway through the sprint relay final, T&T were in contention for precious metal, Keston Bledman and Marc Burns doing the early work for the Red, White and Black. But Sorrillo felt discomfort in his right quadriceps muscle during his third leg run, and visibly slowed. He eventually passed the baton to Richard “Torpedo” Thompson, but by that time T&T were no longer in the medal hunt, and had to settle for seventh spot in 38.92 seconds.
“I didn’t see him slow down,” Thompson told the Express, “which is why I got out very hard. I realised after a while that he couldn’t catch me. I thought it was just one of those bad exchanges. Fortunately, I was able to slow down and still get the baton. However, afterwards, when I looked up at the big screen, I saw Marc holding Sorrillo. That’s when I realised he must have hurt himself.”
Thompson and Burns rushed to the aid of their fallen comrade, lifting him off the track.
“It’s just unfortunate,” said Thompson, “and we just wish him a speedy recovery. Hopefully, its nothing too serious and we can have him as an addition to the 4x1 later on.”
A strong United States quartet—Michael Rodgers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Ryan Bailey—dethroned Jamaica, the Americans winning in a championship record time of 37.38 seconds. Not even sprint legend Usain Bolt, on anchor, could prevent Gatlin and company from securing gold, the Jamaicans finishing second in 37.68. Japan clocked 38.20 to bag bronze.
T&T went into Saturday’s sprint relay final with understandably high hopes, following victory in their qualifying heat in 38.32 seconds, anchorman Thompson shutting down well before the finish line. But while there was disappointment in the T&T camp at the end of the championship race, Burns saw a silver lining.
“We could still come out here with a big plus,” the veteran sprinter told the Express, “seeing that we ran 38.3 in the heats. That’s a sign of big things to come for us once we tidy up a couple passes.”
Bledman also saw a positive side.
“God knows everything, and in good time everything shall fall into place. It’s just like a wakeup call for us. Better it happens now than in a World Games or Olympics.”
Sorrillo was expected to team up with Emmanuel Callender, Marcus Duncan and Kyle Greaux in yesterday’s 4x200m relay. The injury, however, forced T&T’s withdrawal from the event.
Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow and Machel Cedenio were expected to compete in the men’s 4x400m final, after press time, last night. The T&T quartermilers won their heat on Saturday in three minutes, 02.09 seconds to advance as the fastest qualifiers.
In a late race, on Saturday, Janeil Bellille, Magnolia Howell, Romona Modeste and Alena Brooks clocked 3:36.69 for fourth spot in heat three of the women’s 4x400m. T&T finished 13th overall, and competed in the “B” final, after press time last night.
Brooks, who ran the anchor leg for T&T in the qualifying round, described the team’s performance as a “little disappointing”.
“But as a team,” she told the Express, “we’ve got to come together and work. This was just a bad race. It happens. We’re just going to move forward. It will only make us stronger.”
The US-based Howell has switched camps, and is now being coached by American Bob Kersee. She trains in California, alongside Olympic champions Allyson Felix and Dawn Harper.
“The Olympics is what I’m doing all this for. This year to get stronger, but next year is the climax. That is the focus for me.”
Meanwhile, Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon were on show after press time, last night, in the women’s 4x100m final. The T&T quartet finished second in their qualifying heat in 42.87 seconds yesterday.
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Sorrillo injured in 4x1 final (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Sorrillo-injured-in-4x1-final-302371791.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 3, 2015 at 11:13 PM ECT
Rondel Sorrillo hurt himself during the IAAF/BTC World Relays men's 4x100 metres final, on Saturday night, the injury putting paid to Trinidad and Tobago’s chances of securing a medal.
The combination of Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Sorrillo and Richard “Torpedo” Thompson finished seventh in 38.92 seconds. Afterwards, Sorrillo had to be lifted from the track by Burns and Thompson.
Click this link to view video: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/Sorrillo-injured-in-4x1-final-302371791.html
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T&T 7th in men’s 4x1 final (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/TT-7th-in-mens-4x1-final-302371821.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 3, 2015 at 11:15 PM ECT
Trinidad and Tobago finished seventh in Saturday’s IAAF/BTC World Relays men’s 4x100 metres final, Keston Bledman, Marc Burns, Rondel Sorrillo and Richard “Torpedo” Thompson teaming up for a 38.92 seconds clocking.
Sorrillo sustained an injury during his third leg run, and though he still managed to get the baton to Thompson, there was too much work for the anchorman to do.
After the race, Burns, Thompson and Bledman spoke to CCN TV6.
Click this link for video of interview: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/TT-7th-in-mens-4x1-final-302371821.html
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Poor performances by T&T teams. NO excuses.
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Gordon ...this guy can have bad races
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Gordon ...this guy can have bad races
That is understandable. But it also shows that we need depth. Injuries and fatigue did us in. I think the 4x1 men and women and 4x4 men can bring medals at the Worlds and Rio. The rest have to practice real hard. It was good to see the women 4x4 in the mix-up. This team is long overdue. We need to younger women in the 400 and 800 discipline. I had to admire Bahamas. They would have cut we arse even if the this meet was held in TT. This country only have 600 thousand and you look at the record. This organized a greet meet. At least what I saw on tv.
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Gordon ...this guy can have bad races
That is understandable. But it also shows that we need depth. Injuries and fatigue did us in. I think the 4x1 men and women and 4x4 men can bring medals at the Worlds and Rio. The rest have to practice real hard. It was good to see the women 4x4 in the mix-up. This team is long overdue. We need to younger women in the 400 and 800 discipline. I had to admire Bahamas. They would have cut we arse even if the this meet was held in TT. This country only have 600 thousand and you look at the record. This organized a greet meet. At least what I saw on tv.
They all have to practice real hard my friend. It doesn't matter too much how fast your athletes are if they are not going to get lots of pracitce for the realys and so mess-up their baton exchanges when it matters most in the major competitions on the world stage.
What our 4x400m women team lacks even more that quicker legs is practice at a high level by being entered regularly into quality relay competitions like Penn Relays, etc.
Notice this year we did not even enter any of our national teams into the Penn Relays and the excuse that the NAAA's gave was lack of funds. Well that excuse from our NAAA's is not good enough if we want to progress because what our relay teams lack the most is practice from not being entered regularly enough into top relay competitions. You don't get good at running relays at the top level by sitting at home and watching it on TV.
Also for your information we did enter a women's 4x400m relay team into the World Relays last year and they just missed out on qualifying for the "A" Final and ran a 2014 SB of 3:30.91 in the Heats which is a faster time than they did this year. So based upon the time our 4x4 women ran this year at world relays of 3:35.23 in the B Final, they have not improved upon their performances from last year.
Lets hope the NAAA's management realise this fact and get our team entered more regularly into relay competitions this year so they have the opportunity to practice more and improve against tough competition.
Go here for the women's 4x4 results from last year: http://www.iaaf.org/competitions/iaaf-world-relays/iaaf-world-relays-5409/results/women/4x400-metres-relay/heats/result or you can also go to my World Relays thread from last year at this link (2014 IAAF World Relays: Sat.24th & Sun.25th May, Nassau, Bahamas (videos added) (http://www.socawarriors.net/forum/index.php?topic=62238.msg895680#msg895680)) for further info.
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Medal dry run (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/-Medal-dry-run-302500161.html)
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Michelle-Lee Ahye runs past Allyson Felix in 4x100m Relay Final at 2015 World Relays
NASSAU
Michelle-Lee Ahye outsprinted American track star Allyson Felix on the back straight, but the fine effort was not enough to earn Trinidad and Tobago a medal in the IAAF/BTC World Relays women’s 4x100 metres final, at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium, here in Nassau, Bahamas, on Sunday night.
Kamaria Durant, Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon combined for a 42.88 seconds run, the clocking earning them fifth spot. Veronica Campbell-Brown anchored Jamaica to gold in 42.14 seconds, while silver went to United States in 42.32.
Selvon battled on anchor for T&T, but was unable to get to the line ahead of Margaret Adeoye, the Great Britain sprinter securing bronze for her team in 42.84. Canada, meanwhile, clocked 42.85 to claim fourth spot.
“We gave the best we could have done today,” Selvon told the Express, after the championship race. “It’s just the beginning of the season…better things to come.”
Ahye echoed those sentiments.
“We went out there, did our best. I know we could have done better but we’ll wait for next time to do that.”
The same quartet, running in the same order, bagged bronze for T&T at the 2014 edition of the IAAF World Relays. But while the four sprinters were unable to reproduce their podium finish in 2015, there was still a sense of gratitude.
“I’m just happy,” said third leg runner Thomas, “that all of us finished injury-free.”
And Durant, who performed lead-off duties, is already looking ahead to the August 22-30 IAAF World Championships, in Beijing, China.
“I want to make the team, and probably run an individual race at the Championships.”
T&T also missed out on a medal in the men’s 4x400m, the final event at the 2015 IAAF World Relays.
T&T needed a good start from Lalonde Gordon. But the double Olympic bronze medallist was not at his best, and was near the back of the field when he handed the baton to Jarrin Solomon.
T&T were unable to recover. Solomon got boxed in, and to make matters worse, there was a hiccup on the second exchange. Renny Quow had to reach for the baton, costing T&T valuable time.
Nineteen-year-old anchorman Machel Cedenio put in a big effort, splitting 44.75 seconds, but could not improve T&T’s position, the 2014 bronze medallists finishing seventh in three minutes, 03.10 seconds.
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STRONG ANCHOR: Machel Cedenio, left, anchors Trinidad and Tobago to victory in their IAAF/BTC World Relays men's 4x400 metres qualifying heat, at the Thomas A. Robinson National Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, on Saturday. In Sunday's final, T&T finished seventh despite another strong achor from Machel Cedenio. -Photo: © Getty Images for IAAF
“We didn’t execute today,” a disappointed Solomon told the Express, “and that’s what happens when you don’t execute. I felt alright, but I got the stick a little behind, got boxed up, and then people cut me off and I tripped. That’s why you’ve got to run from the front. It’s easier. You don’t get all the mix-up with the exchange and all that stuff. I just ended up getting tripped…the rest is history.
“We’ve got to regroup,” Solomon continued, “and get ready for World Championships. Beijing’s a long way away, so we have a lot of time to get back in shape, get our legs ready to go. We’ll be ready.”
United States grabbed gold in 2:58.43. Bahamas clocked 2:58.91 for silver, while Belgium claimed bronze in a national record time of 2:59.33.
Also on Sunday night, T&T finished fourth in the women’s 4x400m “B” final. Romona Modeste, Janeil Bellille, Magnolia Howell and Josanne Lucas produced a 3:35.23 clocking. Cuba won in 3:30.94, from Japan (3:34.65) and Bahamas (3:35.01).
At the 2014 IAAF World Relays, T&T earned three medals—one silver and two bronze. But in 2015 there were no trips to the podium, and T&T had to be content with 13th spot overall after accumulating eight points at the two-day global meet.
The Americans retained the golden baton, completing their campaign with 63 points and a comfortable cushion on second-placed Jamaica (46). Third spot went to Poland (34).
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4x1 women 5th (http://www.tv6tnt.com/news/4x1-women-5th-302678921.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 5, 2015 at 7:21 PM ECT
Team Trinidad and Tobago - Kamaria Durant, Michelle-Lee Ahye, Reyare Thomas and Kai Selvon - finished fifth in Sunday’s IAAF/BTC World Relays women's 4x100 metres final in 42.88 seconds.
Jamaica won in 42.14, from United States (42.32) and Great Britain (42.84).
After the race, Selvon, Ahye, Thomas and Durant spoke to CCN TV6.
Click this link for video of interview: http://www.tv6tnt.com/news/4x1-women-5th-302678921.html
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4x4 men finish 7th (http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/4x4-men-finish-7th-302680831.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 5, 2015 at 7:36 PM ECT
The Trinidad and Tobago men's 4x400 metres team - Lalonde Gordon, Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow and Machel Cedenio - performed below expectations in the IAAF/BTC World Relays final, on Sunday night, finishing seventh in three minutes, 03.10 seconds, more than a second slower than their 3:02.09 qualifying round run.
United States grabbed gold in 2:58.43. Bahamas clocked 2:58.91 for silver, while Belgium claimed bronze in a national record time of 2:59.33.
After the championship race, T&T’s second leg runner, Jarrin Solomon spoke to CCN TV6.
Click this link for video of interview: http://www.trinidadexpress.com/sports/4x4-men-finish-7th-302680831.html
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Poor performances by T&T teams. NO excuses.
You serious? You guys think before you type? Sorillo injured, and a weakened 4 x 100 womens team lost the bronze in a blanket finish and this is what your brain told you to type?
Steups
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Poor performances by T&T teams. NO excuses.
You serious? You guys think before you type? Sorillo injured, and a weakened 4 x 100 womens team lost the bronze in a blanket finish and this is what your brain told you to type?
Steups
Glad you said it. Bet if he was an athlete he would be thinking differently and would have a little more appreciation for their efforts.
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Yes, all of us are disappointed, but they gave their best at this time of the year. Injury hit the 4x1 men, but like 'Pro said, Sorillo did well to continue so that we finished the race. Fatigue took a toll on Lalonde, but we qualified for Rio. The women 4x1 was close, but qualified for Rio. The 4x4 ladies did their very best. I just hope they are given resources to make that qualifying run. They have PanAm and World Championships to get that done.
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Weir blasts American sprinter Bailey for Bolt gesture at World Relays (http://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/sports/20150505/weir-blasts-american-sprinter-bailey-bolt-gesture-world-relays)
Published:Tuesday | May 5, 2015 | Andre Lowe | Jamaica Gleaner
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Left Photo: T&T's Richard Thompson (left) and Jamaica’s Usain Bolt (right) both chase USA’s Ryan Bailey (centre) on anchor during the men’s 4x100 metres final at the IAAF World Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in The Bahamas on Saturday night.
Right Photo: Jamaica’s Warren Weir reacts after anchoring the men’s 4x200 metres team to the gold medal at the World Relays at the Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in The Bahamas on Sunday night. - Photos by Gladstone Taylor
NASSAU, Bahamas:
Warren Weir spent much of Sunday afternoon on Twitter blasting American sprinter Ryan Bailey for what he called blatant disrespect of Jamaican teammate Usain Bolt.
Later that night, perhaps with tempers still hot, he was driving Jamaica to the gold medal in the 4x200m at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World Relays.
The issue?
Bailey, ecstatic that the United States had finally got one over the Jamaicans in the men's 4x100m a night earlier - the first time the Jamaicans were beaten since the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing - struck a modified Bolt 'To di Worl' pose by dragging his finger across his throat in a cutting gesture.
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Bailey strikes Bolt "To Di world" pose with cut-throat gesture after USA's 4x100m victory over JA
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The anchor would later say in an interview that he had been wanting to spoof Bolt, whom he considered "somewhat of an icon", for a while, drawing the wrath of Weir, who is Bolt's training partner at Racers Track Club in Kingston.
Shortly after leading the Jamaicans to a successful defence of their 4x200m title with a 1:20.97 win over France, 1:21.49 and Germany, 1:22.65, Weir, the Olympic 200m bronze medallist, scolded Bailey.
"It's great that our team could be able to come back here and defend a title, especially after losing another (men's 4x100m). Seeing the team lose the 4x100m last night was definitely a push for us, and additionally, knowing that we didn't have a Usain Bolt in our team, also provided that extra drive for us to get the job done," Weir told The Gleaner.
Then he laid into Bailey.
"When you see the greats, you have to show them respect, you have to respect the legends of our sport. Especially when you are a little nobody, you really are to show more respect to those who are leading the way and those who have accomplished way more than you have," Weir blasted
"He disrespected track and field. He also said that Bolt is 'somewhat of an icon', he is an icon and he was not showing enough respect, not just to Bolt, but to the sport. As an athlete, I feel like he was disrespecting me and as a member of this Jamaican team, I also felt upset and disrespected about it," Weir added. "This is just the beginning."
The Jamaicans would later strike the Usain Bolt pose at the top of the medal podium as they dedicated the win to the six-time Olympic champion, eight time world champion and triple world record holder, who had to withdraw from the team at the last minute after complaining of a sore hamstring.
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Jamaica celebrate their 4x200m victory at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015
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Weir's teammates - Nickel Ashmeade, who ran the third leg; lead off man Rasheed Dwyer and Jason Livermore, who almost blew it with a spotty first baton exchange, expressed their delight with the result.
"We came out here with a strong team without having the big man (Usain) Bolt and it really shows how strong Jamaica is, so I'm really excited and I'm really proud," Ashmeade said.
"We are very pleased about this win. We came out here as a team, we were determined to show our unity and execute the plan and that's what we did, so I'm very happy," Livermore chipped in.
Dwyer added: "Bolt is an amazing athlete and he deserves all the praise. But any four athlete that you put out there for Jamaica is capable of giving you the result and that's our strength. This was a good win for us."
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I think Weir is getting a bit testy on the gesture. I thought it was a cool spoof of the ICON Usain. I don't think he disrespected Bolt. So what if you get beat. Just stick it back to them in Beijing and Rio! By the way, Usain is not the first sportsman to do the lightening bolt pose.
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TT leave Relays empty-handed (http://www.newsday.co.tt/sport/0,210697.html)
Tuesday, May 5 2015 (T&T Newsday)
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Marc Burns passes baton to Rondell Sorrillo during 4x100m Relay Final at World Relays 2015.
Sorrillo sustained a quad strain during his leg and slowed down resulting in T&T placing 7th in final.
Trinidad and Tobago finished empty-handed at the 2nd edition of the IAAF World Relays which concluded in the Bahamas on the weekend.
It was a disappointing showing from the national athletes after taking three medals in the inaugural edition. TT placed 13th overall with just eight points.
After finishing seventh in the Men’s 4x100m relay on Saturday, the Men’s 4x400 team won their heat in three minutes, 2.09 seconds, only to finish 7th in the final in a slower time of three minutes, 3.10.
Jarrin Solomon, Renny Quow and Machel Cedenio were unable to get back into contention following a less than stellar opening leg from Lalonde Gordon. USA were golden in a world leading time of 2:58.43 ahead of Bahamas 2:58.91 and Belgium (2:59.33).
There was not much to celebrate from TT’s one-lap women’s relay squad which was already weakened by the absence of top sprinter Kelly-Ann Baptiste, and ran fifth in the final in 42.88 seconds. TT were also fourth in the 4x400m women’s ‘B’ final on Sunday.
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IAAF World Relays Summary (http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-Iaaf-world-relays-5203---302507481.html)
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 4, 2015 at 10:10 PM ECT
We lead off with athletics, and some improvements will be needed before the World Championships in China come august. No medals last night in the Bahamas with T&T settling for a 13th overall finish at the IAAF World Relays after accumulating eight points at the two-day global meet.
The Americans finished top again with a hefty 63 points.
Kwame Laurence followed the action.
Click this link for video of interview: http://www.tv6tnt.com/sevenpm-news/-Iaaf-world-relays-5203---302507481.html
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World Relays: A Look Beyond (http://www.trackalerts.com/Articles/world-relays-a-look-beyond/13762/)
May 7th, 2015 7:56am
By Robert Taylor, Special to Trackalerts.Com
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The 2015 IAAF World Relays was uneven in my view. Russia and Ethiopia did not send a team while Kenya sends a watered down team. To see Kenya coming last in a 4x800m race with Jamaica fielding a team finishing in front of Kenya explains it best. I am not saying the Jamaican team was not a worthy opponent, I am saying that at this point in track and field development, neither Jamaica male or female athletes are in the class of the Kenyan 800m elite runners.
The US dominated the victory stand with some excellent performances. Their female 4x400m team was in great form with Jamaica coming a credible second. For example, Sanya Richards was reported to have run a 48.7 leg. This is unusual to see an athlete running this fast at such an early juncture of the season. The way the US team performed without Allyson Felix, I am tempted to believe this will be another year of the Jamaican female 4x400m team playing the bridesmaid role.
The US males won the 4x100m and a hefty celebration ensued. I guess after a drought starting 2008, anything would be worthwhile celebrating. Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay seem to be in superb form and if Jamaica does not take notice they could be left lamenting in August at the World Championships. My expectation is that Jamaica will come stronger the next time around. To be fair, so will the US. The next time around I believe it will be a lot closer race at the very least.
It was hard for me to take a lot from most of relays, except to say the US female and male 4x400m teams will be difficult to beat and in the male sprinting, the same old horses will be leading the way. Bolt, Asafa, Gatlin and Gay seem to be the ones who will be dictating the medal situation. I do not know what to say about Yohan Blake at this time because of the two years’ season-ending injuries.
The usual challenger in the 4x400m, Bahamas and a mostly young and rising Trinidad & Tobago team should be in the mix seeking to dethrone the US. Jamaica seems to be at least 1 year away from a serious challenge for a medal or top place. The young quarter milers Jamaica have should need a little more time for senior maturity. European countries like Sweden, Great Britain and possible Poland and Russia should be competing for the minor medal spots.
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The women 4x100m was and has been between Jamaica and the US for some time now except in 2008 when both teams did not finish because of one reason or another. Trinidad & Tobago with the rising star, if not already a star, Michelle-lee Ahye, along with Kelly-Ann Baptiste, Semoy Hackett and if they can find a credible fourth runner, could form a quality team to make it a three way clash. The Bahamas I think need a year or two before their female sprinters are developed enough to field a quality 4x100m team.
The Relays once again showed the depth of the US track & field team. They are the only country to field quality teams in all events. Fortunately or unfortunately depends on one’s perspective, countries like Jamaica, Kenya and Ethiopia concentrate on areas where they have comparative and competitive advantage. Thus, while the US dominated, they will find stiff competition in all races ranging from 100m through marathon and all relays. It is quite possible the US wins in the World Championship will be few and far between.
The just completed event, serves an excellent purpose, in that it provides additional competition for athletes and entertainment for the fans. Importantly, additional earning potential for athletes is accomplished. I believe more could be accomplished if the timing were later in the year. It takes place much too early in the athletic season, so depending on the athletes training schedule; they will either miss the meet or will turn up far from peak condition. This is compounded by the fact that 2015 is a World Championship year. Like the Olympics, it is athletics biggest competition. Thus, the athletes will have no problem sacrificing the Relays for the two major meets. The only solution I think is to have them later in the season where athletes are in superb condition and then the meet will be used for fine tuning of relay teams and races for athletes who need races before the big one.
In the off years, having the Relays during the time athletes are at or close to peak, will have better times and even world records that fans view as significant. This will improve the image of the event. An improved image is important in more ways than one. Then, we will see the top athletes coming in peak condition, with more fans turning up at the stadium and bigger television rights fees. This can bring in more money for the IAAF, athletes and Bahamas, the host country.
I know some deference is given to the Diamond League but the Relays happening at the right time of the year, will only help the sport of athletics. I have come to realize that not only fans but people on a whole, love top quality in all things of life over all else.
**The views expressed in this article are those of the author (Robert Taylor) and do not necessarily represent the views of, and should not be attributed to, trackalerts.com.
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The Future: World Relays Finds A Natural Home In Bahamas (http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/may/05/future-world-relays-finds-natural-home-bahamas/?news)
By RENALDO DORSETT (Sports Reporter), rdorsett@tribunemedia.net
As of Tuesday, May 5, 2015 (Tribune 242)
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NOW a staple on the athletics calendar, the World Relays has found a home in the Bahamas for the immediate future, and according to IAAF President Lamine Diack, the decision was based on the unique appeal of the country and its people in their role as hosts.
Diack made the announcement during a press conference following a meeting with Prime Minister Perry Christie. An agreement between the government and the IAAF, which will see The Bahamas host the 2017 IAAF World Relays, was also formally signed.
“Bahamians have enthusiastically taken the World Relays to their hearts. We are therefore delighted that The Bahamas will also be the hosts for the next edition which takes place in two years time in 2017,” Diack said.
“The organisation of the IAAF World Relays is a team effort. The IAAF would like to thank the local organising committee, the government of The Bahamas, the Bahamas Association of Athletics Associations, official IAAF partners and suppliers, and national partners and suppliers, for their support. We also send our special thanks to all the volunteers, without whom this event could not take place.”
The United States captured the coveted golden baton for the second consecutive year Sunday night when they won seven of the 10 contested events at Thomas A Robinson National Stadium. They finished with a total of 63 points and set two new world records in the men’s and women’s distance medley.
Diack said it added to the brief but powerful impact the event has had on the sport in just two meetings.
“We witnessed a wonderfully successful event, a colourful festival of athletics which was topped by world records,” he said. “Success is a powerful magnet. In total, teams from more than 40 countries comprising more than 600 athletes competed this year. The best relay squads in the world have been attracted by major incentives: There is US$1.4million in prize money on offer across the 10 relay events, including US$50,000 for each victory. There is additionally a US$50,000 world record bonus.”
President Diack was given the freedom of the city of Nassau by PM Christie and was also presented with a ceremonial key to the city to mark the occasion. There was also an exchange of gifts between Christie and Diack.
The third edition of the event will officially become part of the IAAF World Athletics Series that year.
“The creation of the IAAF World Relays is the latest example of athletics’ continual evolution as a sport,” Diack said.
“The IAAF is especially pleased that this exciting new competition has found a natural home in The Bahamas, a nation with a rich and successful history in the relays.”
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Bahamas To Host World Relays In 2017 (http://www.tribune242.com/news/2015/may/05/bahamas-host-world-relays-2017/?utm_content=buffer4500b&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer)
By BRENT STUBBS (Senior Sports Reporter), bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
As of Tuesday, May 5, 2015 (Tribune 242)
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GOOD HOSTS: Shown (l-r) are Lamine Diack, Keith Parker, Mike Sands and Lionel Haven.
Photo by Tim Clarke/Tribune Staff
ON the eve of hosting the IAAF/BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015, International Amateur Athletic Federation (IAAF) President Lamine Diack announced that the Bahamas will be awarded the third edition when the event shifts to biannual one with the next hosting in 2017.
Diack, who will be demitting office during the IAAF Congress at the IAAF World Championships in Beijing, China in August, said the IAAF has agreed to award the Bahamas the rights to host the relays for the third time. He announced that after they used the first two consecutive years as a trial, they have now decided to host the relays every two years.
The Bahamas was awarded the bid for the first relays in 2014 and again this year. The relays is the newest initiative by the IAAF.
Mike Sands, CEO and vice chairman of the Local Organising Committee, said they are grateful for the confidence that the IAAF has placed in the Bahamas in awarding the third edition as well.
“We look forward to hosting the next edition of Bahamazing,” said Sands, who was accompanied by LOC managing director Lionel Haven and executive chairman Keith Parker.
In response to a question as to why the IAAF gave the Bahamas the nod over other Caribbean Islands like Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, Sands said it’s because “it’s better in the Bahamas.”
Haven said a lot of effort went into making this year’s event a success. “It took a lot of work and a lot of effort from a lot of people to ensure the success of the event,” he said. “A lot of people put in a lot of long hours to make sure that everything was in order, so I’m very pleased with the team we had and the personal commitment that they gave.
“That was certainly significant for the overall success that we got. We’re now in the process of decommissioning the event, getting the equipment that was transported in transported out of the country and getting the teams back to their homes in just as safe a manner as they came here. So there’s still a lot of work that we are engaged in.”
But if there’s any sanctification for the LOC, it’s the fact that Haven said they can build on the first two editions to further refine their preparation for the return in 2017.
“It’s just a matter now of looking at the overall programme, the operations ran over the past two days, seeing what we can do to improve on our efficiencies, improve on our preparations, improve on our planning and then of course, improve on our execution to ensure that things flow a lot smoother,” he said.
“The first year, we had a consulting group that came in from the IAAF to sort of guide us, but this year we went at it for the most part on our own. We still worked hand in hand with the directors of the IAAF, but our directors were given the freedom to run their areas and so we had some improvements over last year and we had some areas where we could still see some improvements.”
Over the next two weeks, Haven said the LOC will be engaged in a vigorous post-mortem as they look at all aspects of the event and hopefully they will be able to put a dollar figure on the operation.
“We still have the accommodations for the visiting athletes, the IAAF delegates and their families, the layout and design for the preparation of the stadium to ensure that it’s to the correct standard and then of course, some minimum capital infrastructure that had to be, we’re not quite sure of the dollar value just yet,” he said.
“We know that the government had set a target figure for the production of $5 million, but we haven’t gotten all of the figures. So I don’t want to give any figures unless I’m factual in the estimation. But for events like these, we can’t focus on whether or not we will net a profit. We have to focus more on the economic impact.”
Haven said persons have to look at the fact that the event was broadcast in more than 161 countries around the world last year and that played a significant role in attracting more people this year, who were able to take advantage of all of the amenities that the country has to offer.
More than 40 countries participated in the two-day event that offered $1.4 million in cash prizes. The United States repeated as the Golden Baton champions with 63 points, ahead of Jamaica, who finished with 46 for second. Poland rounded out the top three with 34. The Bahamas was tied for 10th with Canada with 11.
The Americans won all of the relays, except for the women’s 4 x 100 and men’s 4 x 200 that went to Jamaica and the women’s 4 x 200 which was won by Nigeria.
Two world records were set by the United States in the men’s and women’s distance medley relay, which replaced the 4 x 1,500m that saw the Kenyans set world records last year. There was also a number of championship records and world-leading times.
The Bahamas had two teams in the A finals with the men’s 4 x 400m team of Ramon Miller, Michael Mathieu, Steven Gardiner and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown picking up the silver behind the United States, while the men’s 4 x 200m team of Deneko Brown, Andretti Bain, Alfred Higgs and Blake Bartlett placed fifth.
The majority of the top athletes in the world competed in the event, including Jamaica’s Usain Bolt and Veronica Campbell-Brown, Americans Tyson Gay and Allyson Felix and Chris ‘Fireman’ Brown and Shaunae Miller of the Bahamas.
There was also a special appearance by ‘Golden Girls’ Sevatheda Fynes, Chandra Sturrup, Eldece Clarke and Pauline Davis-Thompson. In addition to the various IAAF dignitaries on hand, among the special guests were world renowned retired competitors Michael Johnson from the United States, Frankie Fredericks from Namibia and Ato Bolden from Trinidad & Tobago.
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2nd IAAF BTC World Relays Bahamas 2015 (All Races!!)
https://www.youtube.com/v/p3N36ydmXy8
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In response to a question as to why the IAAF gave the Bahamas the nod over other Caribbean Islands like Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, Sands said it’s because “it’s better in the Bahamas.”
This relay thing is becoming like the US Gold Cup in football. Not taking anything from our Caribbean cousins, but this relay would be super in JA. And I think TT can do a good job with an edition.
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In response to a question as to why the IAAF gave the Bahamas the nod over other Caribbean Islands like Jamaica and Trinidad & Tobago, Sands said it’s because “it’s better in the Bahamas.”
This relay thing is becoming like the US Gold Cup in football. Not taking anything from our Caribbean cousins, but this relay would be super in JA. And I think TT can do a good job with an edition.
A lot of upgrades and professionalism need to be in place to pull something like this off.
1. Need a new, IAAF-certified track for high-quality performances
2. Need to install railings for home-straight, track-side cameras (not likely since HC stadium is used for other sports - football and Carnival fetes
3. Need a full-size warm up track with space for physio tables, etc - not enough space at HC
4. Need professional introduction choreography, video technology, pyro-technics, etc for a Diamond-League type feel and atmosphere
5. Need in-fill, cameraman talent - camera men on golf carts, segways, etc for back straight and post-finish shots
6. Need a staff professional enough to keep on schedule for global TV broadcasting
7. Need state-of-the-art media facilities with all-weather coverage, replete with high-speed Wi-Fi and sufficient bandwidth for the multitude of journalists
8. Need a marketing force and a public that will show up and not embarrass the host country
9. Need enough host nation talent to generate interest in spectatorship
10. Need a credible starting system and clock so that each race does not end in a WR
All in all, not an easy task. Bahamas operates with US currency, and has a serious, T&F-centric sport ministry and culture to make this happen.
Jamaica seems a likely alternative, but they may have to invest in a new stadium without a surrounding cycling track, to keep up with the times, and of course a world-class drug testing facility.
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Cool!