Thompson wins Nike 200m event
Nicholas Clarke | 8:41 pm
Published: April 16, 2009
Olympic silver medallist Richard Thompson was among several T&T athletes to compete in track meets across the US over the weekend. Thompson won the Men’s 200m in 20.65 seconds while representing Nike at the 30th Annual Sun Angel Track Classic in Tempe Arizona. He was followed by AAG’s Dion White (20.73) and LSU’s Gabriel Mvumvure (21.00). Adidas’ Marc Burns placed fifth in 21.06 while Arizona State’s Marcus Duncan came in eighth in 21.27.
In a close Men’s 800m final, LSU’s Jamaal James placed third in one minute 48.86 seconds. He finished just behind his schoolmate Richard Jones (1:48.85) and Columbia’s Jeff Moriarty who placed first in 1:48.82. Louisiana State University’s Monique Cabral won the Women’s 100 Meter Dash in 11.72 seconds, beating Illinois’ Tamika Robinson (11.83) and Missouri State’s Shantel Llewellyn (12.12). She returned to the track to take a bronze in the Women’s 200m. Her time of 24.06 was bettered by her teammates Liann Kellman (23.78) and Kristina Davis (23.87). Another T&T athlete, Nyoka Giles placed seventh in 24.56 for the University of Minnesota.
Giles was a part of the Minnesota quartet including Chimerem Okoroji, Chioma Omeoga and Kylie Peterson that placed sixth in the Women 4x100 Meter Relay in 46.93. LSU placed first in 43.76 seconds followed by Arizona State (44.38) Auburn (44.43). The University of Mississippi’s Emmanuel Meyers won the Men’s 400m Hurdles at the Ole Miss Invitational in Oxford Mississippi. Meyers ran a time of 51.57 to beat his teammate Carson Blanks (52.20) and County CC’s Carlyle Thompson (52.48). Meyers did not fare as well in the Men’s 400m in which he placed sixth in a time of 47.88. Bruce Davis won the race in 46.81 followed by Jacob Farmer (46.91).
Florida State University’s Pilar McShine won the Women’s 800 Meter Run at the Seminole Invite in Tallahassee, Florida. McShine had a time of 2:05.48 to beat Jacksonville’s Alyssa Deal (2:14.92) and North Florida’s Brooke Baumann (2:17.37).
At the Spec Towns National Team Invitational, the University of South Carolina’s Sade St Louis placed eighth in the Women’s 200m after finishing in 25.43 seconds. Georgia’s Georgina Nembhard was first to cross the line in 23.72 followed by St Louis’ teammate Breehana Jacobs (24.06) and Boston University’s Tahari James (24.73). In the Women’s 4x400m, the South Carolina B team of St Louis, Radiance Basden, Kettiany Clarke and Shayla Mahan placed fifth in 4:03.66 seconds. South Carolina’s A team of Brandi Cross, Gabrielle Glenn, Janica Austin and Breehana Jacobs won the race in 3:49.54 while Purdue A (3:52.65) and Boston University A (3:53.95) placed second and third respectively.
