American Newman grabs Quantum double

Sprinters held the spotlight at this year’s Quantum Classics as American Calesio Newman scorched the Hasely Crawford stadium track on Saturday, taking both the 100m (10.07) and 200m (20.31) titles. Ruddy Zang Milama of Gabon also clocked a world class time of 11.03 in taking the women’s 100m while top billing Natasha Hastings of the USA dominated the women’s 400m (51.71). Keshorn Walcott and Ayana Alexander continued their record breaking form this season winning the men’s javelin with a 78.94m and women’s triple jump (14.15) respectively. Both set national open records.

Newman blazed to victory in the men’s 200m ahead of Tremaine Harris of Canada (20.63) and local sprinter Moriba Morain (Simplex) who clocked a personal best of 20.77. The effort also earned Newman a new personal best (pb) time and also got him under the Olympic A standard of 20.55 while Morain cut 0.03 seconds on his previous best.  

 

 

Another T&T sprinter, 18-year old Jareem Richards finished fourth with a pb of 20.82. The American then returned to capture the 100m in 10.07, again getting his best time ever over the trip. He finished ahead of compatriot Ivory Williams (10.20) and Canada’s Justin Warner (10.29). Zang Milama soared to victory in the women’s 100m clocking a Gabonese record of 11.03, lowering the previous best of 11.09 which she held since 2009. The 2010 World Indoor 60m bronze medalist raced to the line well clear of the field pulling Chastity Riggien of the USA (11.23), T&T’s sprint lass Michelle Lee-Ahye (11.24) and Phyllis George of Canada (11.25) under the Olympic A standard of 11.29. Lee-Ahye has now gotten the Olympic Mark for the second time in 2012 after clocking a pb of 11.19 in April. Hastings, a multiple World and Olympic relay gold medalist, was unstoppable in the women’s 400m dominating the race. The daughter of former national sprint John Gardiner took the lead after the first 100m and clocked a 51.71 seconds. Bahamian Lenece Clarke was a distant second (54.46) with another American Demetria Davis in third (54.51). The women’s 200m was also a fast encounter with USA’s Porsha Lucas winning in 22.65 seconds with compatriot and this year’s Southern Games double sprint champion Shayla Mason runner-up in 22.99. The pair was ahead of Canada’s Crystal Emanuel 23.12.

 

 

 Walcott was not to be outdone in the field events as the 19-year-old added another record to his collection getting the men’s open mark with a distance of 78.94. This erased the old record of 78.06 which Kirk Thompson set in 1996. Walcott also bettered his national junior distance of 77.59 which he achieved in taking his third straight Boys Under-20 Carifta javelin title in Bermuda in April. Another Carifta champion Mark London took the men’s 800m in a pb of 1:51.99, improving on his 1:52.08 attained last month. Reigning Commonwealth silver medallist Ayana Alexander got a national record of the second straight weekend. Alexander got out to 14.15m improving the 14.14 which she set at the Virginia Challenge in the USA on May 12. Mikel Thomas was denied a national record in the men’s 100m hurdles after he finished second in a wind assisted time of 13.31 seconds. Thomas who has qualified for the Olympic with his 13.48 clocking earlier this year, was denied the national mark as the wind reading was 2.6m/s, over the legal limit of 2.0. The University of Kentucky graduate finished behind American Ronnie Ash who won in 13.26.

 

 

Results 

 

Women 

Open 100m (+1.1)

1 Ruddy Zang Milama Gabon 11.03

2 Chastity Riggien USA 11.23

3 Michelle Lee Ahye T&T 11.24

 

200m (+0.9)

1 Porsha Lucas USA 22.65

2 Shayla Mahan USA 22.99

3 Crystal Emanuel CAN 23.12

 

400m Section 1

1 Dana Massiah Concorde 54.72

2 KerneshaSpann Neon Trackers 55.96

3 Marissa Gale Air Bon Sonics 57.02

 

Section 2

1 Natasha Hastings USA 51.71

2 Lanece Clake BAH 54.46

3 Demetria Davis USA 54.51

 

800m

1 Dawnel Collymore Memphis 2:18.10

2 Lateifa Sylvester Quantum 2:28.95

 

100m Hurdles(+3.4)

1 Nikkita Holder Canada 12.74

2 Candice Davis USA 12.79                

3 Kierre Beckles Barbados 12.97

 

Triple Jump

1 Ayana Alexander T&T 14.15 (+1.0)

(14.00, 14.02, 13.94, 14.15, 13,86, 13.74)

 

Shot put

1 Nieves Berro Luna Cuba 15.97

2 Cherisse Murray Toco TAFAC 11.89

3 Gwendolyn Smith Petrotrin Palo Sec 11.62

 

4X100m

1 Canada 44.64

2 Concorde 46.07

3 Memphis 47.23

 

4X400m

1 Neon Trackers 3:50.80

2 Air Bon Sonics 4:07.44

 

Under 20 100m (+1.6)

1 Lisa Wickham Concorde 11.78

2 Peli Alzoli Memphis 11.88

3 Zakiya Denoon Zenith 12.05

 

Men Open 100m

Section 1 (+2.0)

1 Dontae Kwok Canada 10.40

2 Raymond Campbell Tobago Jaguars 10.59

3 Eddison Bonald Bio-Mel 11.02

 

Section 2 (+0.4)

1 Calesio Newman USA 10.07

2 Ivory Williams USA 10.20

3 Justin Warner Canada 10.29

 

200m Section 1 (+1.4)

1 Ian Thomas Memphis 21.36

2 Ayodelle Taffe Petrotrin PAP 21.58

3 Ashron Sobers Zenith 21.80

 

Section 2

1 Calesio Newman USA 20.31

2 Tremaine Harris Canada 20.63

3 Moriba Morain Simplex 20.77

 

400m

Section 1

1 Wesley Neymour BAH 46.96

2 Deverne Charels TTDF 47.88

2 Stephwan Solomon Rebirth 49.03

 

Section 2

1 Ramon Miller BAH 45.78

2 Armanti Hayes USA 46.05

3 Osei Phillip Canada 46.68

 

800m

1 Mark London Zenith 1:51.99

2 Kenny Jesensky USA 1:53.19

3 Edward Nelson Quantum 1:54.12

 

1500m

1 Matthew Hagley TTDF 3:56.46

2 Nicholas Landeau Air Bon Sonics 4:03.80

3 Jules La Rode Penal 4:04.77

 

110m Hurdles (+2.6)

1 Ronnie Ash T&T 13.26

2 Mikel Thomas T&T 13.31

3 Duece Carter Jamaica 13.74

 

400m Hurdles

1 Roxroy Cato Jamaica 49.03

2 Adrian Findlay Jamaica 49.81

3 Joe Dante Greene USA 50.10

 

Triple Jump

1 Brandon Roulhac USA 16.74 (+3.3)

2 Rafeeq Curry USA 16.01 (+1.6)

3 Elton Walcott Rebirth 15.83 (+2.7)

 

Javelin

1 Keshorn Walcott Rebirth 78.94

(74.26, 73.56, 78.94, f, 74.54, 76.76)

2 Michel Alvarez Cuba 67.51

3 Kerron Brown UTT 58.36

 

4X100

1 Simplex 40.28

2 Memphis 41.02                                

3 Concorde 41.29

 

4X400

1 Quantum 3:12.75

2 TTDF 3:14.48

3 Abilene Wildcats 3:14.99

 

Under 20 400m

1 Machel Cedenio Unattached 46.73

2 Asa Guevara Abilene Wildcats 48.52

3 Tyler Francis Alpha 49.31

 

100m (-1.2)

1 Jonathan Holder Concorde 10.64

2 John Mark Constantine Concorde 10.65

3 Jonathan Farinha Abilene Wildcats 10.66