News23 Mar 2008


Impressive anchor leg from Powell

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10.04 meeting record for Asafa Powell at the World Athletics Tour meet in Melbourne in 2008 (© Getty Images)

World 100m record holder Asafa Powell was impressive on his anchor leg for MVP Track Club at Saturday's University of Technology (UTech) 50th Anniversary Track Classic at the National Stadium in Kingston, Jamaica (22 March).

Powell, who received the baton with a comfortable lead from Trinidad & Tobago's 2003 World Championships 100m silver medallist Darrell Brown, strolled to an easy team victory in 39.22 seconds.

Nester Carter and Jamaica's 2005 World Championships 100m silver medallist Michael Frater completed the quartet, which beat UTech Track Club (39.93) and UTech (40.01) to better the four times listed so far this season.

G. C. Foster College (44.12) won the women's 4x100m ahead of Sprint Tech (46.45).

Sprinter Sherone Simpson improved on her 400m time with an impressive 51.25 seconds to beat two-time World Junior Championships 400m silver medallist Sonita Sutherland (51.32) and Melaine Walker (51.61).

In the men's 200m, Carter, a member of Jamaica's silver medal sprint relay team in Osaka, raced to victory in a personal best 20.38 seconds to beat Frater (20.81) and Ghana's Seth Amoo (20.93).

Andrew Hinds of Barbados improved to 10.20 to win the men's 100m while Shericka Williams won the women´s 100 m in 11.49.

Oniel Wright of Liberia ran 51.38 to win the men's 400m hurdles ahead of Cuban Yasel Abril (51.91).

Great Britain's Germaine Mason, a member of MVP Track Club, won the men's High Jump with a leap of 2.15m while Jovanee Jarrett leapt 6.61m to win the women's Long Jump.

World Championships medallist Brigitte Foster-Hylton made a solid return to the hurdles with an easy win in 13.16 seconds.

Anthony Foster for the IAAF

 

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