Reigning NCAA bronze medallist Annie Alexander won the women’s shot put at the Kentucky Invitational at Nutter Field House in Lexington, Kentucky on Saturday. The Tennessee University senior tossed the iron ball 16.08m which was achieved on her third attempt and followed up with 15.88 to finish ahead of Khadija Abdulllah (Louisville 15.80m) and Jennifer Svoboda (Kentucky 14.78m). Another T&T/Tennessee Jamol James made his debut on the US Collegiate circuit and was third in the men’s 60m clocking a 6.78 in a close race which was won by Torrin Lawrence (Georgia) in 6.76. Alexander’s triumph was the third for T&T athletes as Lalonde Gordon and Semoy Hackett also raced to gold. On Friday, Gordon (Zenith Velocity) won the men’s 400m in 46.51 at the Gotham Cup in New York while Hackett (Louisiana State University) captured the women’s 60m dash at the inaugural Crimson Tide Opener in 7.36 seconds. Another T&T sprinter, Kai Selvon (Auburn) was second in 7.38. Hackett’s LSU team-mates Kyron Blaise, Danielle Davis and Shermund Allsop were also in action.
Blaise was sixth in the first heat of the men’s 60m preliminaries. He clocked 7.01 to finish 22nd overall and did not advance to the finals. Davis was seventh in heat one (21st overall) of the women’s 60m hurdles heats clocking 9.24 seconds. Allsop was eighth overall in the men’s 200m after clocking 22.02 to finish top heat two. Baylor’s Zwede Hewitt was second in the men’s 400m at the Texas A&M Invitational at the Mc Ferrin Athletic Centre, College Station, Texas on Saturday. Hewitt was beaten for the gold by his schoolmate Blake Heriot. Hewitt returned to anchor Baylor to silver in the men’s 4x400m relay clocking 3:07:93 behind hosts Texas A&M. Durell Busby was fourth in the men’s 55m hurdles finals at the Carthage Invite at the Tarble Athleteic Center in Kenosha, Wisonsin. The University of Winconsin-Milwaukee junior clocked 7.81 as his school mate swept the top five spots.
-Clayton Clarke
Source: www.guardian.co.tt