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Richards breaks Boldon's record
By Kwame Laurence (Express).
Jereem Richards established a new Trinidad and Tobago record at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division 1 Indoor Track and Field Championships, in Texas, USA, late yesterday. The University of Alabama student blazed the track in 20.31 seconds to erase Ato Boldon's 20-year-old indoor men's 200 metres standard from the books.
The superb run from Richards earned him top spot in section two and silver overall. American Christian Coleman produced a 20.11 scorcher in section one to grab gold for University of Tennessee. Coleman also won the 60m title, getting to the line in 6.45.
Boldon had established the old T&T record of 20.35 seconds back in 1997. Richards' 20.31 run moved him past Boldon into the number two spot on the all-time Central American and Caribbean (CAC) list, behind CAC record-holder Obadele Thompson (20.26) of Barbados. Richards is now joint-12th on the all-time global list with American Coby Miller. Coleman jumps to third, behind world record holder Frankie Fredericks (19.92) of Namibia and American Wallace Spearmon (20.10).
In Friday's qualifying round, Richards topped heat two in 20.50 seconds.
T&T/Alabama athlete Ruebin Walters clocked 7.77 seconds to secure fifth spot in the men's 60m hurdles final. American Grant Holloway, a student at University of Florida, captured the title with a 7.58 run.
Walters had clocked 7.73 to finish fourth in the first of two qualifying heats, on Friday, progressing to the final as a “fastest loser”.
In the men's distance medley relay, T&T's Asa Guevara ran the second leg for 11th-placed University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). Guevara split 48.05 seconds for the 400-metre run, while UTEP completed the 1200mx400mx800mx1600m race in nine minutes, 56.03 seconds.
University of Mississippi clocked 9:31.32 for the win, forcing Virginia Tech (9:33.35) and Georgetown (9:33.42) to settle for second and third, respectively.
Richards was expected to be back on the track after press time, last night, representing Alabama in the men's 4x400m relay. Another T&T/Alabama athlete, Domonique Williams was listed for action in the women's 4x400m.
At the NCAA Division 2 Indoor Championships, in Alabama, Adams State University sprinter Micah Ballantyne finished seventh in heat two and 13th overall in 6.84 seconds. The top eight advanced to the final.
Socapro:
Jereem Richards wins 2017 NCAA Championship 200M Final Section 2
https://www.youtube.com/v/FKJZxsQOrrk
And here is another video of the race (ESPN coverage): http://www.milesplit.com/videos/191307
Men 200m Dash
Finals: Heat #1
Place Overall Name Year Team Time Score
1 1 Coleman, Christian JR-3 Tennessee 20.11 10
2 4 Mitchell-Blake, Nethaneel SR-4 LSU 20.63 5
3 5 Willis, Maxwell FR-1 Baylor 20.69 4
4 6 Washington, Josh SR-4 Arkansas 20.73 3
Finals: Heat #2
Place Overall Name Year Team Time Score
1 2 Richards, Jereem JR-3 Alabama 20.31 8
2 3 Thymes, Just'N SR-4 USC 20.36 6
3 7 Cotton, Kenzo JR-3 Arkansas 20.75 2
4 8 Titi, Ncincilili JR-3 South Carolina 21.03 1
Preliminaries: Heat #1
Place Overall Name Year Team Time Score
1 3 Coleman, Christian JR-3 Tennessee 20.51
2 10 Trimble, Jamiel JR-3 Air Force 20.84
3 12 Moffett, Malik JR-3 Penn State 20.85
4 15 Belcher, Christopher SR-4 N. Carolina A&T 21.02
Preliminaries: Heat #2
Place Overall Name Year Team Time Score
1 2 Richards, Jereem JR-3 Alabama 20.50
2 7 Washington, Josh SR-4 Arkansas 20.81
3 8 Willis, Maxwell FR-1 Baylor 20.83
4 14 Williams, Cameron SR-4 Boston U. 20.98
Preliminaries: Heat #3
Place Overall Name Year Team Time Score
1 4 Mitchell-Blake, Nethaneel SR-4 LSU 20.55
2 6 Titi, Ncincilili JR-3 South Carolina 20.79
3 11 Hudson, Andrew SO-2 Texas Tech 20.84
4 13 Smith, Teray SR-4 Auburn 20.91
Preliminaries: Heat #4
Place Overall Name Year Team Time Score
1 1 Thymes, Just'N SR-4 USC 20.49
2 5 Cotton, Kenzo JR-3 Arkansas 20.65
3 9 Chambers, Marcus SR-4 Oregon 20.83
4 16 Marshall, Deshawn SR-4 Ohio State 21.27
http://www.milesplit.com/meets/257341/results/500659/raw#.WMpb6tKLRkh
jusbless:
Anybody realised that most of the 200m races was won by the athlete in lane 3. Is lane 3 the best lane to run in for indoors
Aviator:
Lanes 5 and 6 are the best, especially on a banked track. The curve is gentler and you essentially start the race on a downhill angle from those lanes. In this case I just think it was a matter of the best runners being seeded in Lane 3.
Sando prince:
Alabama Track & Field Q&A: Jereem Richards
Full Q&A interview here http://teamtto.org/index.php/sports/athletics/6616-alabama-track-field-q-a-jereem-richards
--- Quote ---When did you realize that you could compete at the collegiate level, and come to the United States for college?
JR: Trinidad & Tobago is really small and at a young age I made a lot of the senior teams instead of running on the junior teams so I was exposed to a lot of senior running and training. I was recruited by some Division I schools but I needed to go the junior college route first because I was missing some classes. What made me really think about going to a D1 college was that I could get an education in the United States and I could run against some of the best athletes in the world, because the college system is where everyone begins.
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