We should have a decent 4x1 team and Mark Findlay seems good...
Armstrong claims silver in Italy..Findlay third in Britain.
By: Kwame Laurence.
Trinidad and Tobago sprinter Aaron Armstrong snapped up silver in the men's 200 metres event, at the Sport Solidarieta meet, in Italy, on Sunday.
The Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Senior Track and Field Championship half-lap silver medallist clocked 20.56 seconds, at the Solidarieta meet, to finish just behind American Ray Edwards, who got to the line in 20.55.
Another American sprinter, Dirk Homewood, was a distant third, in 21.18.
On Saturday, at the Loughborough European Athletics Permit meet, in Great Britain, T&T's Mark Findlay bagged bronze in the men's 100m final in a hand-timed 10.4 seconds. Australian Patrick Johnson topped the field in 10.2, while British sprinter Daniel Plummer finished second in 10.3.
In the preliminary round, Findlay won heat one in 10.57 seconds to advance to the final as the sixth fastest qualifier. Johnson was the fastest of the qualifiers, clocking 10.30 to top heat two. Plummer was the winner of the third and final heat in 10.42.
Armstrong, who was third in the men's 100m final and first in the 200m final at last month's Sagicor National Open Championships, is part of the six-man 4x100m relay squad selected for national duty at the August 6-14 World Championships in Helsinki, Finland. Findlay, though, did not qualify for the 100m final at the National Championships, and was not chosen for the Helsinki trip.
Armstrong, Marc Burns, Jacey Harper and Darrel Brown combined for 4x100m gold at the CAC Senior Championships, in Nassau, Bahamas, two weekends ago, in a national and Championship record time of 38.47 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.
The same quartet, as well as Kevon Pierre and Melvin Nero, have been selected for the World Championships.
