http://www.trinidadexpress.com/index.pl/article_sports?id=161139315Watkins on fireGreaves in fine form at West Virginia Champs
Kwame Laurence klaurence@trinidadexpress.com
Tuesday, May 1st 2007
Reigning world junior women's long jump champion Rhonda Watkins earned double gold at the USC/UCLA Dual Meet, in California, USA, on the weekend.
The UCLA student won the women's long jump with a 6.54 metres leap and cleared 1.75m to top the high jump field.
At the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) Championships, in West Virginia, Daniel Greaves struck gold twice and picked up a couple silver medals as well.
The Wheeling Jesuit University athlete won the men's 400m hurdles title in 55.62 seconds and claimed the 110m hurdles crown in 15.14. In the 200m, Greaves got home in 22.08 seconds to finish second, two spots ahead of another Trinidad and Tobago/Wheeling Jesuit athlete, Andre Walcott (22.29). In the 400m, Greaves (48.10) and Walcott (48.80) were second and fourth, respectively. And in the 100m, Walcott copped fourth spot in 11.16 seconds.
Kevin Huggins cleared the bar at 1.96m to take top honours in the men's high jump at the Heart of America Athletic Conference (HAAC) Championships, in Kansas. The Lindenwood University student bagged bronze in the long jump with a 6.72m leap. He also competed in the triple jump, finishing sixth with a 12.36m effort.
At the Don Kirby Memorial Invitational, in New Mexico, University of New Mexico quarter-miler Jarrin Solomon grabbed men's 400m gold in 46.89 seconds.
Marcus Duncan was also in winners' row. The Central Arizona College sprinter bolted to the line in 10.55 seconds to whip his rivals in the men's 100m dash at the ACCAC Phoenix meet, in Arizona. Duncan's teammate and compatriot Rocky Caruth finished third in 11.08. In the 200m, Caruth (22.62) was sixth.
Sherridan Kirk produced an impressive one minute, 47.24 seconds run to snap up silver in the men's 800m special, at the Drake Relays, in Iowa. The T&T half-miler finished behind Puerto Rico's David Freeman (1:46.94) and ahead of Kenyan Jackson Langat (1:47.28).
Renny Quow was third best in the men's 400m special, T&T's reigning world junior champion completing his lap of the track in 46.47 seconds.
And in the university/college women's 100m dash, Lincoln University of Missouri sprinter Nandelle Cameron was fifth in a wind-assisted 11.73.
Danille Prime's 1.65m clearance earned her second spot in the women's high jump, at the Rice Twilight meet, in Texas.
In Florida, South Carolina State University (SCSU) student Natalie Dixon clocked 24.37 seconds to finish second in the Golden Knight Twilight women's 200m event. Florida International University athlete Jurnelle Francis was 12th overall in the 200m in 25.90 and eighth in the 100m in 12.41. SCSU's Shari Sampson got home in 57.04 seconds for fifth spot in the women's 400m.
Kelsey Toussaint seized women's 400m silver at the SIUE Twilight Open, in Illinois. She clocked 57.16 seconds. Toussaint was fourth in the 200m in 25.33. University of Wyoming sprinter Dwight Neptune finished fourth in the men's 100m dash, at the Wyoming Invitational, in Wyoming. He got to the line in 10.55 seconds.
At the Sparky Adams Invitational, in Ohio, Shayne Cooper clocked 15.19 seconds for fourth spot in the men's 110m hurdles. The Slippery Rock University student was 16th overall in the 100m dash in 11.44.
Sadiki James finished fourth in the men's 100m and sixth in the 200m at the University of Washington/Washington State University Dual Meet, in Washington.
The Washington State athlete clocked 11.23 seconds in the 100m and 23.64 in the longer sprint.
Colby Community College freshman Sandino Nero returned a time of four minutes, 12.68 seconds to finish 11th in the men's 1,500m, at the UNK Twilight meet, in Nebraska.
And at the ULM Warhawk Classic, in Louisiana, University of Southern Mississippi student Lyndon Modeste was 23rd overall in the men's 100m in 11.12 seconds.
