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Lendore leads the world
T&T quartermiler clocks 44.90 in Arizona
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Apr 14, 2014 at 9:03 PM ECT

Quartermiler Deon Lendore claimed the top spot on the 2014 world outdoor performance list with a superb 44.90 seconds run in the Sun Angel Track Classic men’s 400 metres event, in Arizona, USA, on Saturday. The clocking is a new personal best for the Trinidad and Tobago athlete, improving on the 44.94 run that earned him silver at the 2013 NCAA Championships.

In Saturday’s race, Lendore led a one-two finish for Texas A&M University and T&T, Carlyle Roudette finishing second in 45.77—a new PR (personal record).

The Sun Angel 400 was Lendore’s one-lap outdoor opener and his first outing since sustaining an injury in the Texas Relays 4x400m last month.

‘’This week was all about seeing how it feels, especially after going down at the Texas Relays,’’ said Lendore, in an interview on the Texas A&M website (www.aggieathletics.com). ‘’I came out here and it was all about executing a good race. I just wanted to do the best I could do and ended up with a PR. I didn’t expect it, but I’m happy that I have it now.’’ Lendore ended the 2014 indoor season as the world leader with a 45.03 seconds clocking.

Another T&T/Texas A&M athlete, Janeil Bellille finished third in the Sun Angel Track Classic women’s 400m hurdles in 58.12 seconds. And Michelle-Lee Ahye was the class of the Texas Invitational women’s 200m field, the T&T sprinter striking gold in a wind-assisted 22.88 seconds. At the Johnson C. Smith Invitational, in North Carolina, Ade Alleyne-Forte secured the men’s 400m title with a 46.79 seconds run.

Durell Busby grabbed gold in the men’s 110m hurdles at the Billiken Invitational, in Missouri. The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student clocked 13.88 seconds, while in Maryland, Coppin State University’s Haysean Cowie-Clarke won the Don Webster Invitational men’s 100m dash in 10.61 seconds.

Another T&T/Coppin State athlete, Deandra Daniel topped the women’s high jump field with a 1.76 metres clearance. Meanwhile, at the Hurricane Alumni Invitational, in Florida, Shermund Allsop finished second in both the men’s 100m and 200m events. The Louisiana State University (LSU) sprinter clocked 10.42 seconds in the century and 20.74 in the longer sprint. Three-time Olympic medallist Richard ‘Torpedo’ Thompson clocked 20.81 for third spot in the 200m. At the Seminole Invitational, in Florida, Lalonde Gordon finished third overall in the men’s 200m in a wind-aided 20.97 seconds. The double Olympic bronze medallist was also third fastest in the 100m, getting home in 10.55. Peli Alzola won the women’s 100m ‘B’ race at the Border Clash meet, in Alabama. The Mississippi State University student got to the line in 11.97 seconds.

University of Southern Mississippi’s Robert Collingwood threw 17.95m to finish third in the men’s shot put. His twin brother and Southern Miss teammate Richard Collingwood was fifth in the men’s discus with a 51.23m effort. And at the Missouri Relays, Jonathan Holder bagged bronze in the men’s 100m dash in a windy 10.61 seconds.

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Texas A&M’s Deon Lendore receives USTFCCCA National Athlete of the Week honor
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NEW ORLEANS –Texas A&M junior Deon Lendore earned his fifth career National Athlete of the Week honor from the United States Track & Field Cross Country Coaches Association as he recorded a world-leading time of 44.90 seconds in winning the 400 meters at the 35th annual Sun Angel Classic to establish a personal best time.

In earning his first outdoor National Athlete of the Week honor from USTFCCA Lendore adds to the four indoor national honors he has received over the past two years, twice in 2013 and twice in 2014.
Lendore and teammate Carlyle Roudette (45.77) both set career best times in finishing first and second in the featured 400 final on Saturday evening in Tempe, Arizona. Lendore’s 44.90 improved upon his previous best of 44.94 he ran in finishing second at the 2013 NCAA Outdoor Championships.
Lendore’s time places him at No. 9 on the Trinidad & Tobago’s all-time list and equal No. 5 on the A&M all-time list.

Running in the 4x400 relay Lendore split 44.7 as the Aggies won the race in 3:02.67 over Arizona State (3:06.12) and Kansas (3:07.19) to record the second fastest collegiate time this season.

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Lendore wins in Louisiana
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Apr 24, 2014 at 10:15 PM ECT

Trinidad and Tobago’s Deon Lendore continued his winning ways with gold at the Louisiana State University (LSU) Alumni Gold meet, in Louisiana, USA, last Saturday. The Texas A&M University student topped the men’s 400 metres field in 45.47 seconds. Another T&T/Texas A&M athlete, Carlyle Roudette clocked 46.34 to finish third.

Lendore is at the top of the 2014 world outdoor performance list at 44.90 seconds. There was victory too at the Alumni Gold meet for Texas A&M’s Wayne Davis II. The T&T athlete won the men’s 110m hurdles in a wind-assisted 13.46 seconds.

Richard “Torpedo” Thompson ran his 2014 100m outdoor opener at the meet, getting home in 10.16 seconds to finish second, behind Zimbabwe’s Gabriel Mvumvure (10.07) and ahead of Bahamian Adrian Griffith (10.24). In the men’s 100m “B” race, T&T/LSU sprinter Shermund Allsop emerged victorious in 10.30.

Robert Collingwood threw 18.04 metres—a new personal best—to finish third in the men’s shot put. His twin brother and University of Southern Mississippi teammate, Richard Collingwood was sixth in the discus with a 50.91m effort.

Kyron Blaise jumped a wind-aided 7.72m to secure fourth spot in the men’s long jump. He also had a legal leap of 7.02m. Texas A&M’s Janeil Bellille was fourth in the women’s 400m hurdles in 57.58 seconds.And Thompson finished sixth in the men’s 200m in a windy 20.63.

At the Mt SAC Relays, in California, Ayanna Alexander topped the women’s invitational triple jump field with a big 13.86m effort. Josanne Lucas won the Olympic Development women’s 400m hurdles in 57.84 seconds. Deborah John clocked 13.54 for second spot in the women’s 100m hurdles.

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student, Durell Busby was fifth in the men’s invitational 110m hurdles “B” race in a windy 13.99. And in the women’s long jump, University of Iowa’s Carisa Leacock finished ninth with a 5.93m leap.

At the Beach Invitational, in California, John won the women’s 100m hurdles “B” race in 13.50 seconds. At the Bryan Clay Invitational, also in California, Busby clocked 14.27 for fifth spot in the men’s 110m hurdles, while in Oklahoma, Reyare Thomas grabbed John Jacobs Invitational women’s 100m gold in 11.36 seconds.

At the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Invitational, Jereem Richards won the men’s 200m in a wind-assisted 20.99 seconds. His South Plains College teammate, Elton Walcott triumphed in the men’s triple jump with a wind-aided 15.81m effort. Another T&T/South Plains athlete, Domonique Williams finished second in the women’s 200m in 24.23.

In Florida, Mikel Thomas clocked 13.54 seconds to bag bronze in the Tom Jones Memorial men’s invitational 110m hurdles. Rondel Sorrillo finished third in the men’s 100m dash in 10.27 seconds.

Lalonde Gordon was second in the men’s 100m “D” race in 10.61. Gordon also competed in the men’s 200m event, finishing third in 21.01. And in the women’s 400m, University of Minnesota’s Alena Brooks got home in 54.21 seconds to finish fifth.

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Thomas golden in Florida
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Apr 29, 2014 at 10:03 PM ECT (T&T Express)

Trinidad and Tobago’s Mikel Thomas grabbed gold in the men’s 110 metres hurdles at the National Training Centre/Pure Athletics Spring Invitational, in Florida, USA on Saturday.

Thomas got to the line in 13.42 seconds, forcing Great Britain’s Andy Turner to settle for silver in 13.47.

Keston Bledman was impressive in the qualifying round of the men’s 100m dash, the T&T sprinter winning heat one in 10.12 seconds. In the final, however, Bledman was disqualified for a false start.

Josanne Lucas topped the women’s 100m hurdles field at the Jack Christiansen Invitational, in Colorado. The T&T athlete got to the line in 13.29 seconds.

Lucas also competed in the 200m, finishing second in 24.55.

In Mississippi, Robert Collingwood finished first in the Golden Eagle Classic men’s shot put with a 17.77 metres throw. His twin brother and University of Southern Mississippi teammate, Richard Collingwood produced a 50.03m effort for second spot in the men’s discus.

Marissa Gale clocked 56.36 seconds to finish second in the women’s 400m, at the Western Texas A&M University Classic, in Texas. The Western Texas College (WTC) student also competed in the 200m, finishing seventh in 24.29.

Gale’s WTC teammate, Kernesha Spann was third in the women’s 400m hurdles in one minute, 05.27 seconds.

At the Drake Relays, in Iowa, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Durell Busby clocked 14.16 seconds for seventh spot in the men’s 110m hurdles final.

University of Iowa’s Carisa Leacock finished seventh in the women’s long jump with a 5.99m leap. And in the women’s 100m hurdles, North Dakota State University’s Deborah John was 13th overall in 13.77 seconds.

At the Penn Relays, in Pennsylvania, Andre Marcano finished seventh in the Olympic Development men’s 100m dash in 10.71 seconds.
Two weekends ago, at the Morgan State University Legacy Track & Field Meet, in Maryland, Deandra Daniel won the women’s high jump with a 1.83m clearance—a new personal best.

Daniel’s Coppin State University teammate, Mark London clocked 1:50.58 to strike gold in the men’s 800m. In the 1500m, London was seventh in 4:04.05.

Morgan State’s Emmanuel Stewart finished first in the men’s javelin (61.79m), second in the discus (53.68m) and ninth in the shot put (14.50m).

And Coppin State’s Haysean Cowie-Clarke bagged bronze in the men’s 100m dash in 10.64 seconds.

In Connecticut, Annie Alexander won the Mark Young Invitational women’s shot put and discus events, throwing 16.89m and 50.15m, respectively.

At the War Eagle Invitational, in Alabama, Marc Burns won a men’s 100m race in a wind-aided 10.30 seconds. Kai Selvon was second in a women’s 100 in a windy 11.39. And in the men’s 400m, Ade Alleyne-Forte clocked 47.65 seconds to finish third.

At the Kentucky Relays, Chris Hercules emerged victorious in the men’s triple jump with a 15.31m effort.

In Texas, Zwede Hewitt was second in the Michael Johnson/Dr. Pepper Classic men’s 200m event in 21 seconds flat. And in the 400m “B” race, Hewitt clocked 47.09 to finish fourth.

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QUOW 1ST, JEHUE 2ND
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 4, 2014 at 11:22 PM ECT

Renny Quow clocked a new personal best at the Red Raider Open track and field meet in Texas, USA, on Saturday.

The Trinidad and Tobago athlete topped the men’s 200 metres field in 20.39 seconds, bettering his old half-lap best (20.61) by 22-hundredths of a second.

There was a PR (personal record) as well for another T&T runner, Jereem Richards. The South Plains College student got to the line in 20.59 seconds to finish third, behind Quow and Bahamian Trevor Mackey (20.47). Richards’ previous 200m best was 20.72.

Another T&T/South Plains athlete, Elton Walcott struck gold in the men’s triple jump with a wind-assisted 15.72 metres effort. He also jumped a wind-legal 15.51m.

Domonique Williams established a new personal best, the T&T/South Plains runner clocking 52.95 seconds to seize silver in the women’s 400m. T&T/Western Texas College athlete, Marissa Gale finished fifth in the event in 55.85.

T&T/South Plains sprinter Shun-Shauna Mason bagged bronze in the women’s 100m dash in a wind-aided 11.51 seconds.

And in the women’s 400m hurdles, T&T’s Kernesha Spann was third, the Western Texas student getting home in one minute, 01.48 seconds.

At the Jamaica International Invitational IAAF World Challenge meet, in Kingston, Jamaica, T&T’s reigning world champion Jehue Gordon finished second to 2004 and 2012 Olympic gold medallist Felix Sanchez, of Dominican Republic, in the men’s 400m hurdles.

Gordon produced a 49.32 seconds run, while Sanchez stopped the clock at 49.21.

In Louisiana, T&T’s Wayne Davis II won the Louisiana State University (LSU) Invitational men’s 110m hurdles, the Texas A&M University student getting home in a windy 13.24 seconds.

Another T&T/Texas A&M athlete, Janeil Bellille was third in the women’s 400m hurdles in 58.94.

At the adidas/Steve Scott Invitational, in California, T&T’s Magnolia Howell finished fourth in the women’s 400m in 55.17 seconds.

In Texas, Marcus Duncan was fourth in the Longhorn Invitational men’s 100m “B” race in a wind-assisted 10.55. Baylor University’s Dannielle Davis clocked a windy 13.99 to finish first in her section and 14th overall in the women’s 100m hurdles.

Last Monday, at the South Florida Multi-Cultural Games, T’Keyah Dumoy won the women’s 200m in a wind-aided 24.32 seconds. In the 100m “B” race, the Florida International University (FIU) sprinter was second in a windy 11.93.

And two Saturdays ago, in Arkansas, Arkansas State University’s Kashef Daniel cleared the bar at 2.11m to finish third in the Red Wolf Open men’s high jump.

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Good on Quow. Was he injured last season?

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Good on Quow. Was he injured last season?

He ran one of our best legs on our 4x400m Relay team at the World Champs last year but I believe he was coming back from an injury.

2013 World Championships Men's 4 × 400 metres relay Final

Rank   Lane   Nation   Athletes   Time   Notes
1   5    United States   David Verburg, Tony McQuay, Arman Hall, LaShawn Merritt   2:58.71   WL
2   4    Jamaica   Rusheen McDonald, Edino Steele, Omar Johnson, Javon Francis   2:59.88   SB
3   6    Russia   Maksim Dyldin, Lev Mosin, Sergey Petukhov, Vladimir Krasnov   2:59.90   SB
4   7    Great Britain   Conrad Williams, Martyn Rooney, Michael Bingham, Nigel Levine   3:00.88   
5   1    Belgium   Jonathan Borlée, Kevin Borlée, Dylan Borlée, Will Owoye   3:01.02   
6   3    Trinidad and Tobago   Renny Quow, Lalonde Gordon, Jehue Gordon, Jarrin Solomon   3:01.74   
7   2    Brazil   Pedro Luiz de Oliveira, Wagner Cardoso, Anderson Henriques, Hugo de Sousa   3:02.19   
8   8    Australia   Steven Solomon, Alexander Beck, Craig Burns, Tristan Thomas   3:02.26   SB

Lalonde Gordon was spent after running the 200m less than 1 hour before the Relay and lost us a possible medal position when he started the 2nd leg way too slow and lost a few positions on that crucial leg.

2013 IAAF World Championships Men 4x400m Relay FINAL
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We ran faster in the Heats when Deon Lendore was on the Relay team, check out video just below.

2013 IAAF World Championships men's 4x400m relay qualifying heats
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Go to 5:34 for start of Heat 2 featuring T&T

The 14th IAAF World track and field championships in Moscow, Russia; Athletics men's 4x400 meter relay qualifying heats. The top 2 finishers in each heat advance to the final along with the next 2 fastest times.

Heat 1
1. Jamaica - 3:00.41 - Q
2. Great Britain & N.I. - 3:00.51 -Q
3. Venezuela - 3:02.04
4. Japan - 3:02.43
5. Dominican Republic - 3:03.61
6. Spain - 3:04.07
7. Nigeria - 3:04.52
8. Botswana - 3:05.74

Heat 2:
1. United States - 2:59.85 Q
2. Trinidad and Tobago - 3:00.48 - Q
3. Belgium - 3:00.81 - q
4. Brazil - 3:01.09 - q
5. Poland - 3:01.73
6. Ukraine - 3:04.98
7. Kenya - 3:06.29
8. Sri Lanka - 3:06.59

Heat 3:
1. Russia - 3:01.81 - Q
2. Australia - 3:02.48 - Q
3. Germany - 3:02.62
4. Bahamas - 3:02.67
5. Italy - 3:03.88
6. Cuba - 3:04.26
7. Czech Republic - 3:04.54
8. Saudi Arabia - 3:05.55

In the Final if we had improved on our time in the Heats then we would most likely have medalled as the 2nd and 3rd place teams were not much faster than the 3:00.48 T&T ran in the heats.
I think losing Lendore due to injury from anchor and not replacing him with Machel Cedenio who was in the squad and then putting a spent Lalonde Gordon rather than Jarrin Solomon on the 2nd leg negatively affected the performance of the team. In my opinion T&T would have definitely ran faster and medalled if we used Renny Quow on the 1st leg, Jarrin Solomon on the 2nd leg, either of the Gordons on the 3rd leg and Machel Cedenio (who was foolishly kept on the bench) on the 4th leg. Not allowing Cedenio to prove his metal in this situation was weak decision making by the T&T Relay Team management that ultimately lost us a medal.

Interview with T&T 4x400m Relay team right after they qualified for final in Moscow
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Daniel strikes gold at MEAC Champs
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 6, 2014 at 9:08 PM ECT

Deandra Daniel struck gold in the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Outdoor Track and Field Championship women’s high jump event, in North Carolina, USA, on the weekend. The Coppin State University sophomore cleared the bar at 1.82 metres. Daniel finished eighth in the long jump with a 5.51m leap, and ninth in the triple jump (11.50m).

Coppin State freshman Mark London returned a time of one minute, 50.52 seconds for second spot in the men’s 800m final. In the preliminary round, he had clocked 1:50.40 to lead all qualifiers into the championship race. London also competed in the 1500m, finishing ninth in 4:12.83.

Morgan State University’s Emmanuel Stewart seized silver in the men’s discus with a 52.16m throw. He also produced a 60.15m effort for bronze in the javelin. And in the shot put, Stewart threw the iron ball 15.08m to finish seventh.

Coppin State sprinter Haysean Cowie-Clarke was ninth overall in the men’s 100m in a wind-assisted 10.66 seconds.

At the Cowpoke Open, in Wyoming, Josanne Lucas grabbed gold in the women’s 100m hurdles in 13.39 seconds.

In Iowa, Carissa Leacock topped the Musco Invitational women’s long jump field with a 6.00m leap. The Iowa University student produced an 11.92m effort for fifth spot in the triple jump.

At the Black and Gold Invitational, in Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi student Richard Collingwood earned gold in the men’s shot put and silver in the discus, throwing 16.30m and 53.35m, respectively.

In Minnesota, North Dakota State University’s Deborah John clocked 14.05 seconds to capture the top spot in the Masanz Classic women’s 100m hurdles.

And Peli Alzola won the women’s 100m and 200m “B” races at the Jace LaCoste Invitational, in Mississippi. The Mississippi State University freshman clocked 11.85 seconds in the century and 24.55 in the longer sprint.

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Peli Alzola ?? where these athletes coming from. Never heard of her.

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LALONDE WARNING
T&T quarter-miler clocks 44.91 in Guadeloupe
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 12, 2014 at 10:33 PM ECT

Lalonde Gordon wins 400m in Guadeloupe
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Trinidad and Tobago’s Lalonde Gordon sent out a stern warning to his Commonwealth Games rivals with a fast run at the International Meeting, in Guadeloupe, on Saturday.

The double Olympic bronze medallist clocked 44.91 seconds for victory in the men’s 400 metres, beating Bahamian Olympic 4x4 gold medallists, Ramon Miller (45.21), Chris Brown (45.23) and Demetrius Pinder (45.59) into second, third and fourth, respectively.
Another T&T runner, Jarrin Solomon was seventh in 46.24 seconds.

The 44.91 run--Gordon’s 2014 400m outdoor opener--earned him seventh spot on this season’s world outdoor performance list, one spot behind his fellow-T&T athlete, Deon Lendore (44.90). The reigning world champion and 2008 Olympic gold medallist, American LaShawn Merritt is the world leader at 44.44.

Michelle-Lee Ahye was also in fine form on Saturday in Guadeloupe. Running into a 1.8 metres per second headwind, the T&T sprinter stopped the clock at 11.17 seconds to strike gold in the women’s 100m, the impressive dash moving her into 11th spot on the 2014 performance list.

American Tori Bowie (11.26) was second, while third spot went to Jamaica’s Schillonie Calvert (11.44).

T&T’s Mikel Thomas finished fourth in the men’s 110m hurdles in 14.01 seconds. American Dominic Berger got home in 13.48 for an easy victory, ahead of 18-year-old French hurdler Wilhem Belocian (13.78), and another Frenchman, 2005 world champion Ladji Doucoure (13.79).

At the Florida State University (FSU) Twilight meet, in Florida, USA, T&T’s Kai Selvon captured the women’s 100m title in 11.29 seconds.

In Virginia, Ade Alleyne-Forte clocked 46.66 for sixth spot in the American Track League men’s 400m.

At the Sun Belt Conference Championships, in Texas, Kashef Daniel cleared the bar at 2.15 metres to equal the T&T men’s high jump record, the effort earning the Arkansas State University student gold. Daniel and Kevin Huggins share the national record. Huggins established the standard back in 2007, while Daniel matched his jump in February this year.

In Pennsylvania, Steve Waithe won the Jim Thorpe Open men’s triple jump event, the Pennsylvania State University student producing a 15.74m effort.

At the Eastern Illinois University (EIU) Last Chance Twilight meet, in Eastern Illinois, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee athlete Durell Busby topped the men’s 110m hurdles field in 13.56 seconds.

In Maryland, Coppin State University’s Haysean Cowie-Clarke emerged victorious in the Coppin State Invitational men’s 100m dash in 10.65 seconds.

Hilenn James triumphed in the Georgia Invitational women’s shot put with a 15.35m throw. She also won the discus, the University of Georgia student landing the implement 51.00m.

At the Oxy Invitational, in California, Magnolia Howell produced a 54.88 seconds run for bronze in the women’s 400m.

Emmanuel Callender finished fifth in the men’s 200m, at the National Training Centre (NTC) Pure Athletics Sprint Elite Meet, in Florida. The
T&T sprinter clocked a wind-assisted 21.20 seconds. Callender also competed in the 100m “B” final, finishing sixth in 10.51. And Geronne Black was sixth in the women’s 100m “B” final, getting to the line in 11.58 seconds.

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Thompson, Ahye take 100m crowns
Published: Monday, May 19, 2014 (T&T Guardian)

T&T Olympians Richard Thompson and Michelle-Lee Ahye both ran impressive times to capture gold medals in the men and women’s 100m events, respectively, at the Ponce Grand Prix, at Paquito Montaner Stadium, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, on Saturday night.
 
T&T and the Caribbean were well represented in the men’s event, with Thompson (10.21) taking the win just ahead of fellow countryman Keston Bledman (10.24), and Antoine Adams (10.27) of St Kitts and Nevis.
 
Thompson also appeared in the 200m final but finished sixth against as many athletes with a 21.08 finish. Panama’s Alonso Edwards won in 19.81 to break the meet record.
 
Meanwhile, Ahye was on top of her game clocking a personal best time of 11.04 seconds en route to victory, well ahead of USA’s Alexandria Anderson and Jamaica’s Carrie Russell, who clocked 11.24 and 11.32, respectively.
 
In the men’s 400m dash, T&T’s Renny Quow clocked 45.36 to finish fourth, behind meet record breakers Lashawn Merrit (44.14) of the USA, Luguelin Santos (44.53) of Dominican Republic and third-placed David Verburg (44.78), another American.
 
Also bringing glory to the Caribbean were Patricia Hall, women’s 400m winner (51.55), and Kineke Alexander of St Vincent, who took silver in the same event in 51.70. Barbadian Shane Brathwaite won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.37 seconds. Jamaica’s Nicholas Gordon finished second in the men’s long jump with a 7.65m effort.
 
Meanwhile, Olympic javelin gold medalist Keshorn Walcott returned to action at the second phase of the Diamond League, in Shanghai, China, yesterday, throwing a season-best 81.09m, in a seventh-placed finish among 12 athletes.
 
Walcott, the only participant to complete all six throws without faults, made his best attempt on his fourth try. His other attempts reached 80.68m, 77.87, 76.37, 76.86 and 77.19. He finished over eight metres behind Egypt’s Abd Ihad El Rahman, who secured an arena record, meet record and a world leading mark with a monsterous 89.21 throw on his opening attempt.
 
Sweden’s Kim Amb and Vitezslav Vesely of the Czech Republic placed second and third with 84.14m and 83.80, respectively. Julius Yego (Kenya, 83.0m), Dmitriy Tarabin (Russia, 82.66), both also securing season bests and Tero Pitkamaki (Finland, 81.38), all finished ahead of Walcott.
 
Jehue Gordon placed sixth, clocking 49.56 seconds in the men’s 400m hurdles. USA’s Michael Tinsley, whose reaction was the slowest, eased to a meet record with a 48.77 run for a first-placed finish. Senegal’s Mamadou Masse Hanne (48.86) finished second with a season best, while another American Bershawn Jackson (48.92) placed third.
 
Another T&T athlete, Mikel Thomas was in 110m hurdles action and ended eighth of nine competitors in 13.64 seconds.
 
The race was tight with China’s Wenjun Xie (13.23), France’s Pascal Martinot-Lagarde (13.26) and USA’s David Oliver (13.28) placing first to third, respectively.

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AHYE SIZZLES
Victory also for Thompson in Ponce
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 19, 2014 at 12:25 AM ECT

100m women Ponce Grand Prix 2014, Ahye 11.04
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Michelle-Lee Ahye struck gold in a new personal best at the Ponce Grand Prix IAAF World Challenge meet, in Ponce, Puerto Rico, late on Saturday.

Ahye stopped the clock at 11.04 seconds for a commanding victory in the women’s 100 metres dash. The Trinidad and Tobago sprinter was unchallenged for the top spot, finishing well ahead of second-placed Alexandria Anderson (11.24) of the United States.

Jamaica’s Carrie Russell (11.32), and Americans Barbara Pierre (11.35) and Shalonda Solomon (11.36) were third, fourth and fifth, respectively. Anderson, Russell, Pierre and Solomon are all sub-11 sprinters.

But Ahye’s run was impressive not only because of the quality of the field. She also had to contend with a 0.9 metres per second headwind.
Saturday’s 11.04 sizzler has moved Ahye into second spot on the 2014 world outdoor performance list, behind Jamaican Samantha Henry-Robinson (11.00) and ahead of Ivory Coast sprinter Murielle Ahoure (11.06).

Ahye’s previous personal best was 11.06 seconds, while her fastest legal run this season before the Ponce dash was 11.17.

The 22-year-old athlete has been enjoying a fine run of form in 2014. She was a 60m finalist at the World Indoor Championships in Sopot, Poland, and is unbeaten in the 100m dash.

Another T&T sprinter, Richard “Torpedo” Thompson secured the men’s 100m title in Ponce.

Thompson clocked 10.21 seconds, forcing his countryman Keston Bledman to settle for the runner-up spot in 10.24. Antoine Adams (10.27), of St Kitts and Nevis, was third.

Thompson also competed in the 200m, finishing sixth in 21.08 seconds. Panama’s Alonso Edward (20.23) topped the field.

T&T’s Renny Quow got home in 45.36 seconds to earn fourth spot in a fast men’s 400m race.

American LaShawn Merritt, the reigning world champion, produced the fastest time in the world this year, 44.14 seconds, to grab gold, ahead of Dominican Republic’s Luguelin Santos (44.53) and American David Verburg (45.03).

Quow’s PR (personal record) is 44.53 seconds. The 2009 World Championship bronze medallist, however, has not run 44-point since 2011.

Two Saturdays ago, Quow won at the Arima Invitational Challenge in 45.62 seconds, and followed up with the 45.36 run in Ponce--a promising sign as he bids to return to sub-45 form.

At yesterday’s Shanghai Diamond League meeting, in China, T&T’s 2013 World Championship gold medallist Jehue Gordon finished sixth in the men’s 400m hurdles in 49.56 seconds.

American Michael Tinsley, the man who finished second to Gordon at last year’s IAAF World Championships in Moscow, Russia, won in 48.77, from Senegal’s Mamadou Kasse Hanne (48.86) and former world champion Bershawn Jackson (48.92) of the United States.

T&T’s reigning Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott produced an 81.09 metres effort to secure seventh spot in the men’s javelin.

Egypt’s Abd Ihab El Rahman won with a big world-leading throw of 89.21m. Sweden’s Kim Amb (84.14m) was a distant second, while Czech Republic athlete Vitezslav Vesely (83.80m) finished third.

Walcott’s 81.09m throw—produced in the fourth round—was his best this season.

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Lendore wins conference 400m in personal best run
Published: Monday, May 19, 2014 (T&T Guardian)

Deon Lendore wins Men's 400m Final (44.36) SEC Champs 2014
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T&T’s Deon Lendore became a hero for his school Texas A&M, yesterday, when he rewrote a 45-year-old record after running the second fastest time in the world this year to claim 400m gold in 44.36 seconds, at the Southeastern Conference Track and Field Championships, in Lexington, Kentucky.
 
The 21-year-old college junior, who easily qualified for the final leading the heats with a 45.34 effort a day prior, made waves all the way to T&T, where he became second in the country’s all-time 400m leaderboard behind Ian Morris (44.21). He leaped over marks set by Jehue Gordon and Renny Quow in the process. In the final, Lendore finished comfortably ahead of another Louisiana State University’s (LSU) Vernon Norwood (45.17) and University of Florida’s Najee Glass (45.40).
 
That performance and the one earlier in the afternoon, when he anchored the Texas A&M 4x100m relay to gold (with Shavez Hart, Aldrich Bailey and Prezel Hardy), were also instrumental in the school finishing first on the men’s points table. The relay team clocked 38.50 seconds for a new meet record, ahead of LSU (38.68) and Florida (38.68).

Deon Lendore anchors Texas A&M Men's 4x100m (38.50) Meet Record SEC Champs 2014
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Ahye, Thompson win 100m races, Merritt sizzles at Ponce Grand Prix
May 18th 7:51am (TrackAlerts.com)
By Gary Smith, TrackAlerts.com contributor

Trinidad and Tobago duo Michelle-Lee Ahye and Richard Thompson won the 100m sprints titles at the Ponce Grand Prix at Paquito Montaner Stadium in Ponce, Puerto Rico on Saturday.

Ahye flashed to a new personal best time of 11.04 seconds (-0.9), to win the women’s race, beating American Alexandria Anderson, who ran 11.24 and Jamaica’s Carrie Russell, who crossed the line, at 11.32.

Thompson led a 1-2 finish in the men’s race, posting 10.21 (-0.2), to win ahead of Keston Bledman (10.24).

Third place went to Antoine Adams of St. Kitts & Nevis in 10.27.

Patricia Hall of Jamaica took the women’s 400m crown in 51.55, with Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ Kineke Alexander (51.70) and USA’s Jessica Beard (51.82) also below 52-seconds on the day.

World Champion Lashawn Merritt of USA produced a meeting record and world-leading 44.14  to win the men’s title after winning section two of the event over season rival Luguelin Santos from the Dominican Republic, who clocked 44.53 for second place.

American David Verburg ran 45.03 for third, with former World and Olympic champion Jeremy Wariner of USA finishing sixth in 46.01.

Also on the evening, Duane Solomon of USA won the men’s 800m in a meeting record of 1:44.79 and Shane Brathwaite of Barbados won the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.37 (-0.4).

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Lendore on fire
44.36 scorcher for T&T quartermiler
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 19, 2014 at 9:41 PM ECT

Deon Lendore produced the fastest 400 metres run by a Trinidad and Tobago athlete in 22 years when he bolted round the track in 44.36 seconds at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Kentucky, USA, on Sunday.

Lendore was not yet born when Ian Morris clocked 44.25 on August 5, 1992 to finish fourth in the men’s 400m final at the Barcelona Olympics. Two days earlier, Morris was third in his semi-final heat in 44.21, setting a national record that is still in the books.

Morris dived under 45 seconds just one more time in his career—a 44.89 run in 1993.

No T&T quartermiler has come close to Morris’ record. On Sunday, though, Lendore announced himself as the main contender for the county’s “Fastest Ever” title, his 44.36 run earning him SEC Championship gold. The clocking was a new Texas A&M University record.

After the race, Lendore was in shock. “It’s really fast,” the 21-year-old quartermiler told ESPN. “Coach told me if I came out here and did what I need to do it would have been around 44.6, but…
“This race,” he continued, “is all about executing. I wasn’t really running for time. I was just running for a good race and to win…the time was crazy.”

Lendore, who went into the SEC Championship final with a 44.90 seconds personal best, jumped from ninth to second on the T&T all-time list, racing past 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon (44.52), 2009 World Championship bronze medallist Renny Quow (44.53), Patrick

Delice (44.58), 1964 Olympic silver medallist Wendell Mottley (44.82), Alvin Daniel (44.84), Ato Stephens (44.87) and Mike Paul (44.88).

With the 44.36 scorcher, Lendore also moved from 203rd to 37th on the global all-time list. He is the second fastest quartermiler in the world this year, behind reigning world champion and 2008 Olympic gold medallist LaShawn Merritt (44.14) of the US.

There was a new PR (personal record) for Wayne Davis II in the SEC Championship men’s 110m hurdles final. The T&T/Texas A&M athlete topped the field in 13.23 seconds. Last year, Davis captured the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) title in a wind-assisted 13.14 seconds.

Davis is joint-third on the 2014 world performance list, with American David Oliver and China’s Xie Wenjun. Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment leads the world with a 13.14 clocking, while American Ronnie Ash is second at 13.20.

Another T&T/Texas A&M athlete, Janeil Bellille clocked 55.67 seconds—a new personal best—to seize silver in the SEC Championship women’s 400m hurdles. Auburn University’s Gabriela Cumberbatch was 18th overall in 1:04.00 seconds. Mississippi State University’s Peli Alzola finished 28th in the women’s 100m in a wind-aided 12 seconds flat, and 32nd in the 200m in 25.47.

At the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Championships, in Arizona, on Saturday, South Plains College freshman Domonique Williams finished second in the women’s 400m final in 53.47 seconds. Western Texas College student Marissa Gale was 11th overall in 55.93.

Another T&T/South Plains student, Jereem Richards finished third in the men’s 400m final in 46.17 seconds. ASA College’s Odou Hazel (48.17) was 18th overall.

Elton Walcott produced a 15.65 metres effort to secure fifth spot in the men’s triple jump. Walcott’s South Plains teammate, Shun-Shauna Mason was sixth in the women’s 100m dash in 11.73 seconds.

Kernesha Spann, of Western Texas College, was fifth in the women’s 400m hurdles preliminaries in 1:02.09. In the final, however, she was disqualified for a false start.

South Plains captured the NJCAA men’s and women’s team titles. Western Texas finished sixth among the women, while ASA secured 13th spot in the men’s competition.

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Record breaker Lendore doubtful for Glasgow
Published: Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Sean Nero (T&T Guardian)

Olympic medallist Deon Lendore, 21, is expressing doubt over his ability to represent T&T at the XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, this July, despite the fact that he now holds the second fastest time in world.
 
At Saturday’s Southern Conference Track and Field Championships, in Lexington, Kentucky, USA, Lendore, captured gold in 400m in a time of 44.36 seconds and as a consequence broke the four-and-a-half decade old stadium record.
 
Although he ran under the banner of his school Texas A&M, at the weekend, his polished performance had booked him a place on the national team for the Commonwealth Games.
 
In a G-Sport interview yesterday, he said: “The Commonwealth Games right now is a kind of iffy situation, because this season I have really been hitting it hard. I went from being number one indoor where I’ve been running some fast times back-to-back, to coming outdoor and dropping some serious time.”
 
Lendore added, “And I had an injury (groin and hamstring) earlier at the Texas relays like a month ago…Back from that injury and having to lead the 4x100m relay (team) which is a new race for me, I have been running a lot of races compared to everybody else. Then at the NCAA Championships, I will be running like six races. I don’t think I will be in the shape. Everybody else (is) not running the collegiate circuit. They don’t know how hard I have it right now to be running all these races.”
 
He said following last weekend’s Conference Championship, attention would now shift to the Regional Championships where he would be expected to compete in another three races.
 
“Within a month, I’m going to run like 12, 13, 14 races. Everybody else will have like two races. I will be at a disadvantage. I will be tired. I won’t be able to give it my all,” Lendore said.
 
He paused to reflect on his double feat at the weekend.
 
During the 400m event, the top national athlete, said: “I went out there and during the first 100m, I stayed focused. After I got to 200m, I started to pick up and the last 50m, I started to move and coming off the turn I started to pull away. I just kept pumping on, looking toward the line, trying to run straighter than everyone. When I crossed the line I looked at the clock. It was saying 44.4 then it ran down to 44.3. I just stood there for a while, because I was shocked. It was really a fast time. I ended up breaking the Stadium record.”
 
While he was not expecting to clock this time, Lendore said it was on his coach’s radar.
 
Running the 4x100 got him warmed for the 400m. He served as the anchor in the previous race.
 
He described the vibe in the 4x100m event as “nice” and declared that the atmosphere was hyped.
 
“It was a short race. The sprint always tends to be hyped to the max because and you have to go all out from the get go. I tried to remain calm, trying to stay focused, because the 4x100m isn’t my type of thing. Even though I am a quarter-miler, I don’t even run 100m.
 
“I don’t even know how fast I can run a 100m. But I had to do it for the team. I knew once I ran a good leg, it would help me with my 400m. I got the stick the same time LSU got their stick, but I put my all into it and we ended with the win,” he said.

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‘Kind of iffy’
Lendore doubtful for Commonwealth Games
Story Created: May 20, 2014 at 10:05 PM ECT (T&T Express)

Trinidad and Tobago’s Olympic medallist Deon Lendore has expressed doubt about his participation in the upcoming Commonwealth Games in Glasglow, Scotland.  “The Commonwealth Games right now is a kind of iffy situation, because this season I have really been hitting it hard,” said Lendore.

“I went from being number one indoor where I’ve been running some fast times back-to-back, to coming outdoor and dropping some serious time.” Lendore, who ran the second fastest time in the world this year to claim 400m gold in 44.36 over the weekend, says a hectic college season will leave him at a disadvantage.

The 21-year-old athlete’s achievement for his school Texas A&M earned him hero status for rewriting a 45-year-old record. Although he ran for Texas A&M, Lendore’s performance had booked him a place on the national team for the Commonwealth Games.

 “I have been running a lot of races compared to everybody else. Then at the NCAA Championships, I will be running like six races. I don’t think I will be in the shape,” said Lendore  “Everybody else (is) not running the collegiate circuit. They don’t know how hard I have it right now to be running all these races.”

Earlier, the Trinidadian quarter miler anchored the Texas A&M four by one hundred metre team to gold to help his school finish first on the men’s points table. Lendore said his attention will now shift to the Regional Championships where he is expected to compete in several races.

“Within a month, I’m going to run like 12, 13, 14 races,” he said. “Everybody else will have like two races. I will be at a disadvantage. I will be tired. I won’t be able to give it my all”. The XX Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, is scheduled to start in July.

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Waithe wins Big Ten title
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 20, 2014 at 9:24 PM ECT

Steve Waithe captured the men’s triple jump title, at the Big Ten Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Indiana, USA, on the weekend.

The Pennsylvania State University student jumped 15.85 metres.

Waithe also competed in the men’s long jump, the Trinidad and Tobago athlete finishing fourth with a 7.32m leap.

University of Iowa senior, Carissa Leacock was fifth in the women’s long jump (6.09m) and 12th in the triple jump (12.00m).

Last Thursday, at the USATF (USA Track & Field) New York Twilight Series Meet, Lalonde Gordon clocked 20.47 seconds to win the men’s 200 metres event. Another T&T athlete, Andre Marcano was sixth in 21.91.

Marcano emerged victorious in the men’s 100m final in 10.38 seconds. Adrian Crichlow got home in 10.60 to finish fifth. Gordon was third fastest in the preliminaries in 10.62, but opted out of the final.

At the Summit League Outdoor Championships, in North Dakota, on the weekend, Deborah John grabbed gold in the women’s 100m hurdles in 13.75 seconds. The North Dakota State University student had clocked 13.67 in the qualifying round.

In the 100m final, John got to the line in 12.45 seconds to finish sixth. Her preliminary round time was 12.14.

Deandra Daniel seized silver in the women’s high jump, at the ECAC/IC4A Outdoor Championships, in New Jersey. The Coppin State University sophomore cleared 1.82m. Another T&T athlete, Morgan State University’s Jeanelle Ovid went over the bar at 1.68m to finish 13th.

Haysean Cowie-Clarke was 14th overall in the men’s 100m dash in 10.85 seconds. His Coppin State teammate, Mark London returned a time of one minute, 51.03 seconds for 18th spot in the men’s 800m.

And Morgan State’s Emmanuel Stewart was 27th in the men’s javelin (57.76m) and 28th in the discus (38.95m).

Kai Selvon bagged women’s 100m bronze at the American Track League meet, in Georgia, the T&T sprinter getting home in 11.48 seconds. Geronne Black (11.85) was 11th overall.

At the Conference USA Outdoor Championships, in Texas, Robert Collingwood threw a personal best 18.23m to finish third in the men’s shot put. His twin brother and University of Southern Mississippi teammate, Richard Collingwood was fourth with a 16.45m effort.
Richard threw 47.41m to finish 11th in the discus.

Florida International University (FIU) sprinter, T’Keyah Dumoy was ninth in the women’s 200m (24.33) and 19th in the 100m (11.93). And in the women’s triple jump, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) junior Aeisha McDavid finished 26th with a 10.85m effort.

Emmanuel Callender was fifth in the Georgia Tech Invitational men’s 100m final in 10.50 seconds. He had produced a 10.40 run in his qualifying heat. In the 200m, Callender (21.48) was 14th fastest.

Ade Alleyne-Forte finished eighth in the men’s 400m in 47.14 seconds, while Pilar McShine clocked 4:30.53 for 10th spot in the women’s 1500m.

And at the Shanghai Diamond League meeting, in China, on Sunday, T&T’s Mikel Thomas was eighth in the men’s 110m hurdles in 13.64 seconds.

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‘Torpedo’ bolts to 9.74
By BY Kwame Laurence
Story Created: May 31, 2014 at 9:35 PM ECT

Richard Thompson windaided 9.74 @ NTC Last Chance Meet
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Richard “Torpedo” Thompson scorched the track in 9.74 seconds to win the elite men’s 100 metres dash, at the National Training Centre/Pure Athletics Last Chance Meet, in Clermont, Florida, USA, yesterday. However, the wind gauge malfunctioned, and the clocking will not hold up as a Trinidad and Tobago record.

Guyana’s Adam Harris was second in 9.90, while T&T sprinters Emmanuel Callender (10.07) and Keston Bledman (11.69) were seventh and eighth, respectively. Bledman felt a muscle twinge and aborted his run. Thompson was fastest in the qualifying round in 10.12 seconds.
Bledman clocked 10.15, Callender 10.29, and Moriba Morain 10.69.

In the 200m, Callender clocked a wind-assisted 20.62 to finish fourth overall. Ade Alleyne-Forte was fourth in the men’s 400m in 46.88 seconds. Kyron Blaise jumped 7.29m for fourth spot in the men’s long jump. And Geronne Black was 12th overall in the elite women’s 100m dash in 11.61.

At the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) West Preliminary meet, in Arkansas, on Friday, Janeil Bellille clocked a personal best 55.41 seconds to win heat three in the women’s 400m hurdles. The Texas A&M University senior led all qualifiers into the June 11-14 NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships, in Oregon, USA.

T&T/Texas A&M athletes, Deon Lendore and Carlyle Roudette qualified for the NCAA Championships in the men’s 400m event. Lendore topped heat two in 45.22 seconds to qualify second fastest among the West athletes. Roudette was fourth fastest, the 22-year-old quartermiler finishing second in heat three in a personal best 45.66.

At the NCAA East Preliminary meet, in Florida, Steve Waithe produced a personal best 16.06 metres effort to finish fourth in the men’s triple jump, the Pennsylvania State University student booking his ticket for the NCAA Championships.

University of Georgia athlete Hilenn James, Coppin State University’s Deandra Daniel, Morgan State University’s Emmanuel Stewart, University of Southern Mississippi twins Robert and Richard Collingwood, and Louisiana State University (LSU) sprinter Shermund Allsop competed in the East Preliminary meet, but did not qualify for the NCAA Championships.

James was 14th in the women’s discus with a 52.42m throw. Daniel cleared the bar at 1.77m for 21st spot in the women’s high jump. In the men’s discus, Stewart (54.61m) and Richard Collingwood (53.12m) were 21st and 29th, respectively. Robert Collingwood finished 23rd in the men’s shot put with a 17.87m effort. And Allsop was 31st overall in the men’s 200m in 21.26 seconds.

At the West Preliminary meet, University of Iowa’s Carisa Leacock and Arkansas State University’s Kashef Daniel were non-qualifiers. Leacock produced a wind-assisted leap of 5.94m to finish 22nd in the women’s long jump, while no height was cleared by Daniel in the men’s high jump.

Texas A&M’s Wayne Davis II and University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Durell Busby were in action after press time, last night, in the West Preliminary men’s 110m hurdles. And North Dakota State University’s Deborah John was on show in the women’s 100m hurdles.

At the Prefontaine Classic IAAF Diamond League meet, in Oregon, yesterday, T&T’s 2012 Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott finished seventh in the men’s javelin with a 75.50m throw. Czech Republic’s reigning world champion Vitezslav Vesely produced an 83.75m effort to top the field.

And in the men’s 400m, T&T’s Olympic bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon did not finish. Grenada’s Kirani James and American LaShawn Merritt finished one-two, both quartermilers clocking 43.97 seconds. Saudia Arabia’s Youssef Masrahi (44.77) was third.

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Walcott, Lalonde struggle at Diamond League
Published: Sunday, June 1, 2014 (T&T Guardian)

T&T Olympians Keshorn Walcott and Lalonde Gordon both struggled in their respective disciplines when the IAAF Diamond League continued in Eugene, Oregon, yesterday.

Walcott, who won gold at the 2012 London Olympics, finished seventh in the men’s javelin event, this time with a 75.50m throw, a step back from his 83.94m meet-winning effort at the IAAF World Challenge, in Beijing, China, two weeks ago. Walcott started with two faults and his third attempt was not good enough to put him among the top six, who were given a further three throws. 

In the end, Vitezslav Vesely of the Czech Republic won the event with a 83.75 throw, which put him on five points to remain the Diamond League javelin leader. Andreas Thorkildsen (80.52) and Dmitriy Tarabin (80.28) placed second and third, respectively.
 
Meanwhile, Gordon, T&T’s double bronze medalist, suffered bitter disappointment after he was unable to finish the 400m dash after pulling up with an injury.

Grenada’s Olympic champion Kirani James and Lashawn Merritt of the USA, who held the world leading mark, both crossed the line in 43.97 in a new world leading tie. Finishing third was Youssef Ahmed Masrahi of Saudi Arabia, who clocked 44.77.

In other Diamond League results, Jamaica’s Novlene Williams-Mills claimed the women’s 400m with a 50.40-second finish, ahead of USA’s Francena McCorory (50.53) and another Jamaican Stephanie McPherson (50.63).

Jamaica also came up big in the women’s 400m hurdles, via Kaliese Spencer who took her Diamond League points tally to six with win in a world leading time of 54.29. USA’s Kori Carter (55.22) and Tiffany Williams (55.97) finished well behind in second and third.

In the men’s 110m (wind +0.8 ), Pascal Martinot-Lagarde of France placed first in a world leading 13.13 mark, and was followed by Jamaica’s Hansle Parchment (13.20) and USA’s David Oliver (13.21), in second and third, respectively.

Kirani James WL 43.97 Men's 400m - Prefontaine Classic 2014
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Kirani James of Grenada edges LaShawn Merritt of USA in an epic 400m at the Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday May 31, 2014. T&T's Lalonde Gordon pulled up with an injury and did not finish.
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1. Kirani James - GRN - 43.97 WL
2. LaShawn Merritt - USA - 43.97 WL
3. Youssef Masrahi - KSA - 44.77 =SB
4. Chris Brown - BAH - 45.15 SB
5. Josh mance - USA - 45.31 SB
6. Martyn Rooney - GBR - 45.52
7. Tony McQuay - USA - 46.25
8. Lalonde Gordon - TTO - DNF

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Davis to defend NCAA title
McShine qualifies for Commonwealth
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jun 1, 2014 at 7:51 PM ECT

Texas A&M University student Wayne Davis II clocked a personal best 13.20 seconds to finish first in heat one and second overall in the men’s 110 metres hurdles, at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) West Preliminary meet, in Arkansas, USA, on Saturday night.

Davis is fourth on the 2014 world performance list with his 13.20 run.

Davis and another Trinidad and Tobago athlete, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee student Durell Busby have earned the right to compete in the men’s sprint hurdles at the June 11-14 NCAA Division 1 Outdoor Track and Field Championships, in Oregon. Davis is the reigning champion.

At the West Preliminary meet, Busby was third in heat two and eighth overall in 13.67 seconds. Deborah John will also be in Oregon for the NCAA Championships. The North Dakota State University student clocked a wind-assisted 13.30 seconds in Arkansas to finish fourth in heat one in the women’s 100m hurdles, qualifying for the national meet as a “fastest loser”. John had produced a wind-legal 13.50 run in the opening round.

At the John Hay Memorial Distance Festival, in Pennsylvania, on Friday, Pilar McShine achieved the Commonwealth Games standard in the women’s 1500m. The T&T athlete finished fourth in four minutes, 19.85 seconds—15-hundredths of a second faster than the 4:20.00 Commonwealth qualifying time.

“It was my second race for the year,” McShine told the Express, “as I’ve been struggling with Achilles and calf issues. But I am finally getting healthy and back to racing again which is always very exciting. The race went out pretty slow from the gun, but still I’m happy to get the Commonwealth standard out of the way so I can focus on my training.”

Another T&T middle distance runner, Jamaal James secured fourth in the men’s 800m. James completed his two laps of the track in 1:48.88—the third time in four outings this season he has dived under the 1:49.60 Commonwealth standard.

“After I opened up with my fastest opener ever (1:47.60),” said James, “thereby getting the Glasgow standard out the way early, my coach and I decided to get back to some base work just to make sure I don’t peak too early.” The 2014 Commonwealth Games will be staged in Glasgow, Scotland from July 23 -- August 3.

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Thompson blazes to 9.74; Henry-Robinson 11.01 in Florida
June 2nd 12:44am (TrackAlerts.com)

Trinidad & Tobago’s 2008 Olympic medalist Richard Thompson clocked 9.74 seconds to win at Saturday’s NTC/Pure Athletics Last Chance Meet.

Although the official results are not showing any wind reading, it is believed the wind was over the allowed +2.0. After Thompson’s race, the women and men 200m heats followed, all helped by wind in range of +3 to +5 m/s.

Thompson admitted on his twitter it was pretty windy. The time, however, is the fastest of the year in any conditions. He clocked legal 10.12 (+0.6) in the heats earlier.

Adam Harris of Guyana 9.90 was second while 400m specialist Gil Roberts 9.92 and Calesio Newman 9.96 rounded off the top four. Dwain Chambers was 6th in 10.06.
 
Samantha Henry-Robinson of Jamaica won women’s 100m in 11.01 (+1.2) over Alexandria Anderson of USA 11.11 and Jamaican Aleen Bailey 11.16.

Ryan Brathwaite from Barbados posted 13.47 (+1.8 ) to top the men’s 110m hurdles while on the women’s side Tenaya Jones 12.75 (+0.9) won ahead of Lavonne Idlette of Dominican Republic 12.84 (12.83 +0.9 in heats).

In the 200m, Walter Dix 20.21 (+5.6) and Kineke Alexander of St. Vincent 23.02 (+3.3) were the winners. Alexander also won the 400m in hand-timed 50.8 PB.

Bahamian Michael Mathieu posted 45.11 to win the men’s one lap ahead of former 400mH world champion Kerron Clement 46.08.

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Landeau betters best in Belgium
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: Jun 4, 2014 at 1:56 AM ECT

Nicholas Landeau produced a new personal best in finishing second in a men’s 800 metres race at the IFAM Outdoor meet, in Oordegem, Belgium, on Saturday. The 19-year-old Trinidad and Tobago athlete returned a time of one minute, 49.51 seconds--his first-ever sub-1:50 clocking.

Croatia’s Astrit Kryeziu won the race in 1:49.10, while third spot went to France’s Florian Vauthrin (1:49.82).

Saturday’s run was the second time Landeau bettered the 1:50.50 World Junior Championship qualifying standard. On May 18, the England-based middle-distance runner clocked 1:50.38 for bronze at the Loughborough International meet, in England.

Landeau, who captured boys’ under-20 1500m silver and 800m bronze at the 2014 Carifta Games in Martinique, is likely to wear T&T colours at the July 22-27 World Junior Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, USA.

Machel Cedenio, the 2014 world junior leader in the men’s 400m at 45.23 seconds, is expected to lead the charge for T&T at the World Juniors meet.

Chris Hercules bagged bronze in the men’s triple jump, at the HP/OTC Series V meet, in Chula Vista, California, on Saturday. The T&T athlete jumped a wind-assisted 15.96 metres. His best wind-legal jump in the competition was 15.84m.

Troy Doris was the class of the field, the American disturbing the sand at 16.65m. Another United States athlete, Chris Bernard (15.99m) finished second.

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Campbell-Brown wins 200m in 22.30 at Star Athletics Sprint Meet and Sorrillo runs 200m SB of 20.22!
June 8th 12:12am
By Vijay, TrackAlerts.com writer

CLERMONT, Florida – Veronica Campbell-Brown, at Saturday’s Star Athletics Sprint Meet, ran a fast wind-aided 200m.

Campbell-Brown, who had earlier showed superb form in winning heat one of the women’s 100m in 10.86secs, skipped the final and later won the 200m in 22.30 (+2.1m/s wind).

Kaylin Whitney was second to Campbell-Brown in 22.80 and Lenora Guion Firmin, third in 23.03.

World fastest man Justin Gatlin, just one day after returning from Rome, achieved 10.05 (+0.9m/s) in the 100m ahead of Trinidad´s Rondel Sorrillo 10.21 and German Martin Keller 10.22.

Mikel Thomas later won heat 2 in 10.20 with a supporting wind of 3.0m/s.

Sorrillo won the 200m in 20.22 (+1.8m/s) ahead of Tristan Walker 20.82 and Emmanuel Callender, who ran in heat 1, 20.85.

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Ostrava Golden Spike will see the clash of Walcott with Vesely
Saturday, 31 May 2014 17:48

OSTRAVA (CZE): Olympic javelin winner Keshorn Walcott of Trinidad confirmed his participation at Ostrava Golden Spike meet on June 17 (IAAF World Challenge). Meet director Jan Zelezny will be happy to see his duel with World champion Vitezslav Vesely and other two Czechs Petr Frydrych and Jakub Vadlejch coached by him.tov.

Slovak European leader Patrik Zenuch (recently improved to 84.83) will get his chance at this stage. Also the participation of current World leader Ihab El Abdelrahman of Egypt is agreed, he is recovering from slight ankle injury from Asian tour and his next competition will be in Oslo at Bislett Games.

[Storeboy]

Does anyone know what has happened to Mark London? I have not heard anything about him since he won Carifta U20 last year. Has he quit the sport?  I know he has always loved cycling and rides a lot.

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Does anyone know what has happened to Mark London? I have not heard anything about him since he won Carifta U20 last year. Has he quit the sport?  I know he has always loved cycling and rides a lot.

Mark London has been attending and competing for the Coppin State University in the USA this season.
See replies #2 and #6 higher up in this thread for news on some of his races and times he has ran this season.

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Torpedo is back!
Thompson wins in Netherlands in 9.95
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: un 9, 2014 at 12:08 AM ECT

Richard Thompson (TRI) 9.95 Chijindu Ujah (GBR) 9.96 (+1.4) 100m FBK-Games 2014
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It’s confirmed. The Torpedo is back! Triple Olympic medallist Richard “Torpedo” Thompson erased any doubts about his current form with a 9.95 seconds men’s 100 metres sizzler at the Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, in Hengelo, Netherlands, yesterday.

The impressive run earned Thompson victory at the IAAF World Challenge meet, the Trinidad and Tobago track star getting to the line just ahead of Great Britain’s Chijindu Ujah, the runner-up in a personal best 9.96. St Kitts and Nevis sprinter Jason Rogers clocked 10.06 to bag bronze.

Two Saturdays ago, Thompson won in Clermont, Florida in 9.74 seconds—his fastest clocking in any conditions. However, the wind gauge malfunctioned and the time could not be recognised as wind-legal.

Thompson later told the Express that the following wind during the race was definitely above the 2.0 metres per second legal limit. But windy or not, he was very satisfied with the run. “My legs are back!”

The 9.95 Hengelo clocking--produced with a 1.4 metres per second wind at his back—was Thompson’s fastest legal run since 2011, the year he established his 9.85 seconds national record.

“I’m just giving thanks and praise to God for protecting me and keeping me healthy. After my anchor leg in the Bahamas (World Relays), I knew I was in sub-10 shape. I really had to calm my anxiety since then because I knew once I got a race with the right conditions that I would do it.”

Thompson, who turned 29 last Saturday, is joint-third on the 2014 world performance list, with Frenchman Jimmy Vicaut and Norway’s Jaysuma Saidy Ndure. The only men who have run faster than 9.95 this season are American world-leader Justin Gatlin (9.87) and Jamaican Kemarley Brown (9.93).

“I have my eyes set on doing well at Commonwealth Games,” said Thompson, “but obviously the first step is to come home and qualify. The season is still relatively young and we know the big guns will show up ready when it’s time, so I still have a lot of work to put in to be ready to roll with them.

“Things are definitely heading in the right direction for me and I’m grateful. I think there’s still a lot of room to improve this season,” he ended, “so I will continue to work and stay hungry.”

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Thompson wins gold in Holland
Published: Monday, June 9, 2014 (T&T Guardian)

Richard Thompson wins 100m at IAAF IWC Meeting Hengelo
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T&T’s three-time Olympic medallist Richard “Torpedo” Thompson continued his terrific run of form yesterday, when he captured the men’s 100m event in 9.95 seconds (wind 1.4) at the IAAF World Challenge’s Fanny Blankers-Koen Games, in Hengelo, Netherlands.
 
Thompson edged Great Britain’s Chijindu Ujah, who set a personal best in 9.96 seconds, while Jason Rogers of St Kitts and Nevis trailed in 10.06 seconds for third place. Jamaica’s Kimmari Roach (10.12) finished in sixth place.
 
Thompson’s time was the third fastest for the year and comes just a week after he clocked 9.74 seconds in a wind-assisted finish to win the 100m event at the NTC/Pure Athletics Last Chance Meet. The time, however, did not stand as the wind gauge malfunctioned, but it would have been the world leading time.
 
Thompson’s 100m record is 9.85m, which he secured in 2011.

FBK 2014 100m finale 9.95 Richard THOMPSON
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[Dumplingdinho]

so wait nah allyuh delete my post...what is the reason?