Source: www.trinidadexpress.com
By Kwame Laurence
Trinidad and Tobago's Alena Brooks emerged victorious in the women's 800 metres, at the Bulls Invitational outdoor track and field meet, in Florida, USA, last Friday.
The University of Minnesota sophomore returned a time of two minutes, 09.41 seconds.
Another Trinidad and Tobago/Minnesota athlete, Nyoka Giles, finished second in the women's 400m in 55.89 seconds. And in the men's 100m dash, University of Kentucky freshman Kyron Joseph clocked 10.76 to cop fifth spot.
At the Georgia Intercollegiate Invitational, University of Georgia student Hilenn James earned gold in the women's shot put with a 15.08 metres throw and silver in the discus (43.07m).
Mississippi State University athlete Emanuel Mayers finished second in the Louisiana Classics Collegiate Invite men's 400m event. He clocked 47.45 seconds to beat Louisiana State University (LSU) quarter-miler Ade Alleyne-Forte (47.51) into third spot.
Melissa De Leon got home in 55.50 seconds for bronze in the women's 400m.
McNeese State University student Ashlee Smith threw 49.71m to finish third in the women's discus. She was eighth in the shot put (13.30m) and 15th in the hammer throw (44.23m).
In the men's 200m, Mayers got to the line in 21.85 seconds for 12th spot overall. And in the men's 100m, Southeastern Louisiana University's Rocky Caruth was 18th in 11.16 seconds, while LSU's Shermund Allsop was 27th in 11.41.
At the Florida International University (FIU) Felsberg Invitational, FIU sophomore T'Keyah Dumoy finished second in the women's 100m in 11.99 seconds.
Jacksonville University student Akeela Bravo produced a 50.45m effort to seize silver in the women's hammer throw, at the University of Central Florida Black & Gold Invitational.
Bravo threw 13.02m for sixth spot in the shot put. And in the discus she was eighth at 42.51m.
Gavyn Nero bagged bronze in the Texas Christian University (TCU) Invitational men's 800m event. The Baylor University athlete got home in 1:51.16.
At the Shamrock Invitational, in South Carolina, Campbell University's Adoniss Jones was third in the men's 110m hurdles in 14.44 seconds.
Morgan State University freshman Emmanuel Stewart finished fourth in the men's discus (50.44m) and fifth in the javelin (62.23m), at the Wake Forest Invitational, in North Carolina.
And at the University of Southern California (USC) Trojan Invitational, Washington State University student Shawna Fermin was seventh in the women's 200m in 25.05 seconds.