A great meet last night in Kingston, Jamaica. Usain Bolt opened with 9.82 for 100 meters. Yohan Bolt ran 19.91 for 200 meters. Two other world leaders were Carmelita Jeter, who ran 100 meters in 10.81. Brigitte Foster-Hylton ran a superb 100 meter hurdles, in 12.51. The 2012 journey to London is getting more and more interesting.
05/05/2012
Jamaica International Invitational
Kingston (NS), JAM, 05/05/2012
Men’ results
100 Metres – Men Race 1 Wind: +1.0 m/s
1 Bolt , Usain JAM 9.82
2 Frater , Michael JAM 10.00
3 Clarke , Lerone JAM 10.03
4 Patton , Darvis USA 10.09
5 Bailey , Daniel ANT 10.10
6 Thompson , Richard TRI 10.14
7 Bailey , Oshane JAM 10.15
8 Lee , Dexter JAM 10.15
100 Metres – Men Race 2 Wind: +2.0 m/s
1 Bailey-Cole , Kemar JAM 10.09
2 Mitchell , Sheldon JAM 10.14
3 Harvey , Jacques JAM 10.16
4 Young , Jason JAM 10.19
5 Roach , Kimmari JAM 10.20
6 López , Miguel PUR 10.35
7 Dunn , David JAM 10.54
200 Metres – Men Wind: +1.1 m/s
1 Blake , Yohan JAM 19.91
2 Ashmeade , Nickel JAM 20.09
3 Weir , Warren JAM 20.21
4 Anderson , Marvin JAM 20.45
5 Saidy Ndure , Jaysuma NOR 20.46
6 Spence , Lansford JAM 20.80
7 Forsythe , Mario JAM 20.95
8 Dwyer , Rasheed JAM 20.96
400 Metres – Men Race 1
1 Smith , Calvin USA 45.47
2 Quow , Renny TRI 45.48
3 Gonzales , Jermaine JAM 45.66
4 Chambers , Ricardo JAM 45.71
5 Steele , Edino JAM 45.78
6 Barrett , DeWayne JAM 46.21
7 Fothergill , Allodin JAM 46.41
8 Thompson , Oral JAM 46.42
400 Metres – Men Race 2
1 Gayle , Jermaine JAM 45.60
2 Maitland , Nicholas JAM 46.08
3 Mason , Michael JAM 46.38
4 Mullings , Dwight JAM 46.77
5 Burton , Miguel JAM 47.07
6 Matthews , Peter  
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7 Green , Alvin JAM 47.72
8 Brown , Mellard JAM 48.37
1500 Metres – Men
1 Wote , Aman ETH 3:35.92
2 van der Westhuizen , Peter RSA 3:36.56
3 Milne , Taylor CAN 3:38.50
4 Acosta , Andrew J. USA 3:40.26
5 Pitter , Sean JAM 3:47.54
6 Cheru , Tesfaye ETH 3:47.57
7 Scott , Derek USA 3:50.03
8 Lawrence , Ryan JAM 3:52.44
9 Headley , Andre JAM 3:54.23
10 Wint , Orain JAM 3:59.53
11 Campbell , Kevin JAM 4:06.72
Allen , Evan JAM DNF
3000 Metres Steeplechase – Men
1 Bruce , Ben USA 8:34.17
2 Winter , Chris CAN 8:37.29
3 Brown , Kurt JAM 9:31.17
4 Acosta , Andrew J. USA 10:17.77
5 Johnson , Rushawn JAM 10:20.53
6 Bent , Damein JAM 11:00.12
Cowart , Donald USA DNF
Chung , Webster JAM DNF
110 Metres Hurdles – Men Wind: +1.0 m/s
1 Parchment , Hansle JAM 13.19
2 Ash , Ronnie USA 13.20
3 Hicks , Antwon USA 13.36
4 Turner , Andrew GBR 13.50
5 Carter , Deuce JAM 13.79
Phillips , Richard JAM DQ
400 Metres Hurdles – Men
1 Jackson , Bershawn USA 48.73
2 Gordon , Jehue TRI 48.98
3 Gaymon , Justin USA 49.08
4 Robertson , Josef JAM 49.16
5 McFarlane , Danny JAM 49.99
6 Green , Leford JAM 50.53
7 Greaves , Conroy JAM 52.70
Tinsley , Micheal USA DNF &nb
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High Jump – Men
1 Thomas , Donald BAH 2.27
2 Nieto , Jamie USA 2.24
3 Dottin , Henderson BAR 2.15
4 Williams , Brendan DMA 2.10
5 Bogle , Jelani JAM 2.00
6 Robertson , Akeem JAM 1.95
Triple Jump – Men
Wind
1 Sands , Leevan BAH 16.33 -0.5
2 Achike , Onochie GBR 16.26 -0.6
3 Laine , Samyr HAI 16.19 -0.7
4 Halim , Muhammad ISV 16.07 -1.0
5 Thomas , Nicholas GBR 15.95 -1.4
6 Walker , Wilbert JAM 15.93 -1.6
7 Durañona , Yordanis CUB 15.29 -0.9
Shot Put – Men
1 Hoffa , Reese USA 20.71
2 Mulabegovic , Nedžad CRO 20.66
3 Martin , Cory USA 20.43
4 Taylor , Daniel USA 19.64
5 Richards , O’Dayne JAM 19.25
6 Bryant , Noah USA 18.78
7 Brown , Raymond JAM 18.32
Whittingham , Nyam JAM NM
Harris , Oshane JAM NM
Women’ results
100 Metres – Women Wind: +1.0 m/s
1 Jeter , Carmelita USA 10.81
2 Baptiste , Kelly-Ann TRI 10.86
3 Stewart , Kerron JAM 10.98
4 Calvert , Schillonie JAM 11.15
5 Zang Milama , Ruddy GAB 11.22
6 Bailey , Aleen JAM 11.23
7 Ferguson-McKenzie , Debbie BAH 11.26
8 Simpson , Sherone JAM 11.28
200 Metres – Women Wind: +1.7 m/s
1 Knight , Bianca USA 22.49
2 Fraser-Pryce , Shelly-Ann JAM
22.53
3 Solomon , Shalonda USA 22.82
4 Ferguson , Sheniqua BAH 22.86
5 McLaughlin , Anneisha JAM 22.87
6 Lucas , Porscha USA 23.04
7 Facey , Simone JAM 23.12
8 Williams , Shericka JAM 23.23
400 Metres – Women
1 Williams-Mills , Novlene JAM 49.99
2 Richards-Ross , Sanya USA 50.11
3 Ohuruogu , Christine GBR 50.93
4 Whyte , Rosemarie JAM 50.97
5 Atkins , Joanna USA 51.22
6 Spencer , Kaliese JAM 52.94
7 Lloyd , Shereefa JAM 53.05
8 Prendergast , Davita JAM 54.33
1500 Metres – Women
1 Stellingwerff , Hilary CAN 4:12.09
2 Elmore , Malindi CAN 4:13.18
3 Hinds , Korene JAM 4:21.49
4 Hyman , Marjorie JAM 4:25.31
5 Campbell , Simoya JAM 4:34.69
Derby , Danique JAM DNF
Salmon , Roxcine JAM DNF
100 Metres Hurdles – Women Wind: +1.5 m/s
1 Foster-Hylton , Brigitte JAM 12.51
2 Lopes-Schliep , Priscilla CAN 12.64
3 Porter , Tiffany GBR 12.65
4 James , Tiki USA 12.91
5 Dixon , Vonette JAM 13.00
6 Laing , Kimberly JAM 13.12
7 Bliss , Andrea JAM 13.40
Williams , Shermaine JAM DNF
400 Metres Hurdles – Women
1 Walker , Melaine JAM 55.28
2 Williams , Tiffany USA 55.80
3 Tracey , Ristananna JAM 56.62
4 Stoddart , Shevon JAM 56.78
5 Wilson , Nickiesha JAM 56.97
6 McPherson , Stephanie JAM 58.26
7 Morgan , Sheryl JAM 1:00.18
Long Jump – Women
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1 Reese , Brittney USA 6.56 -0.6
2 Stuart , Bianca BAH 6.46 -1.2
3 Jarrett , Jovanee JAM 6.41 -0.6
4 DeLoach , Janay USA 6.32 -0.6
5 Youngblood , Jamesha USA 6.30 -0.7
6 Glenn , Brianna USA 6.29 -1.2
7 Levy , Yanique JAM 6.03 -0.4
Triple Jump – Women
Wind
1 Williams , Kimberly JAM 14.33 -0.5
2 Alexander , Ayanna TRI 13.69 -0.8
3 Liehr , Whitney USA 13.18 -1.1
Shot Put – Women
1 Carter , Michelle USA 19.22
2 Borel , Cleopatra TRI 18.69
3 Chukwuemeka , Vivian NGR 16.95
4 Northover , Zara JAM 16.58
5 Thomas , Danniel JAM 14.14
Author
Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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