Yohan Blake will join cricket legends Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the series, set to begin on 7 March.
Jamaica’s 2011 world 100m champion Yohan Blake will represent West Indies legends at the Road Safety World Series 2020 in India.
He will join cricket legends Brian Lara and Shivnarine Chanderpaul for the series, set to begin on 7 March and ends 22 March.
Blake won silver medals in both 100m and 200m at the London 2012 Olympic Games behind Usain Bolt. He is also the second-fastest 200m sprinter with 19.26 and has a personal best in the 100m of 9.69.
Lara-led West Indies will play Sachin Tendulkar-led India Legends in the opener of the series.
The legends of cricket from different parts of the world are joining hands to create awareness about road safety and change people’s mindset towards their behaviour on the roads.
West Indies Legends Squad: Brian Lara (c), Yohan Blake, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Adam Sanford, Carl Hooper, Danza Hyatt, Darren Ganga, Pedro Collins, Ricardo Powell, Ridley Jacobs (wk), Samuel Badree and Suleiman Benn.
Indian Legends Squad: Sachin Tendulkar (C), Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Sameer Dighe (WK), Irfan Pathan, Ajit Agarkar, Zaheer Khan, Sanjay Bangar, Munaf Patel, Mohammad Kaif, Pragyan Ojha and Sairaj Bahutule.
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American track and field legend Micheal Johnson said it would be “very difficult” for Wayde Van Niekerk to defend his Olympic Games 400m title.
“An athlete who misses two seasons through an injury usually takes one season to get back into shape,” the four-time Olympics champion was quoted in the international press.
“Therefore, expectations around Wayde should not be too high as it will be a huge challenge for him to be at his best in Japan,” added Johnson.
The Games of the XXXII Olympiad and commonly known as Tokyo 2020 will be held between July 24 and August 9, 2020.
Van Niekerk, at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, ran from lane eight to win the men’s 400m title in a world record 43.03secs, smashing Johnson’s 43.18secs previous mark.
The South African followed up by defending his 400m world title at London 2017. He, however, has not competed on the international circuit since suffering a knee injury while participating in a celebrity rugby match on the same weekend he got married in October 2017.
“It is mentally tough to stage a comeback in an Olympic year, especially when many of your rivals for medals are clocking really fast times,” said Johnson.
“That is not to say, however, that Wayde has no chance of emulating his feat of four years ago and winning another 400m gold medal.
“He is a special athlete who may not follow the normal patterns of recovery. I guess we will just have to wait and see how he performs,” added Johnson.
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Charokee Young, formerly of Hydel, ran around the Sports Performance Complex track in 2:08.38 to take the victory
CLEMSON, S.C. –Multiple Aggies recorded Texas A&M all-time top-10 marks to finish the Tiger Paw Invitational, Saturday evening at the Clemson Indoor Track and Field Complex.
Texas A&M came back stronger on day two as nine Aggies recorded personal bests marks, including four of those marks landing on the Aggie all-time top-10 performer lists. Jon Bishop, Eric Casarez, Zephyr Seagraves and Charokee Young each moved up on the all-time top-10 performer lists in their respective events.
The Aggie distance crew highlighted the day as all seven entries set personal best times in the 3000m. The men’s crew took 1,2 and 3 in the event with Bishop leading the way in 8:06.53, moving him to No. 4 on the Aggie all-time performer list. Teammates Casarez followed in second (8:06.57) and Seagraves in third (8:09.26), Casarez moved to No. 5 and Seagraves No. 9 on the all-time list. Gavin Hoffpauir placed 11th overall with a personal best time of 8:27.93.
Not to be outdone the women’s 3000m crew of Abbey Santoro, Julia Black and Grace Plain each recorded personal bests, while Santoro and Black each recorded top-10 finishes. Santoro shaved nearly eight seconds off her previous best to finish fourth overall in 9:52.75, while Black clocked 9:59.43 to round out the top-10. Plain ran 10:02.81 to place 12th overall.
Freshman Charokee Young led the Aggies in the women’s 800m finishing as the top collegiate runner with a personal best time of 2:06.45, Young moved to No. 4 on the Aggie all-time performer list. Teammate Rachel Bernardo also set a personal best in the 800m finishing with a time of 2:12.97, her second consecutive day to set a personal best after finishing second in Friday’s mile race in 4:50.74.
The men’s 800m duo of Carlton Orange and Devin Dixon finished second and third, Orange in 1:52.09 and Dixon in 1:52.19.
Already owning the nation’s fastest 4x400m time of 3:03.21, the relay group of Jamal Walton, Bryce Deadmon, Carlton Orange and Devin Dixon did not disappoint as the Aggies won the men’s race in 3:03.23.
In the women’s 4x400m, the crew of Tierra Robinson-Jones, Charokee Young, Jaevin Reed and Syaira Richardson finished third, behind Kentucky and USC, with a season-best time of 3:30.91. All three teams recorded the nation’s fastest three times thus far in the indoor season.
Aggies that impressed in the field events include Ciynamon Stevenson, Kirby Matocha, LaJarvia Brown, Logan Freeman, Zach Davis and Alstian Walker each recorded top-10 finishes in their respective event.
Stevenson led the women in triple jump with a mark of 13.38m/43-10.75, she finished as the top collegiate athlete and second overall. Brown placed fifth in the event landing at 12.98m/42-7.
Matocha cleared 1.73m/5-8 to finish fourth overall in women’s high jump.
The pole vault duo of Freeman and Davis finished seventh and eighth overall, Freeman cleared 5.10m/16-8.75 and Davis vaulted 4.95m/16-2.75.
In a field that featured five of the nation’s top-10 leaders in men’s triple jump, Walker finished the day ninth with a mark of 15.84m/51-11.75.
Up Next
The Aggies head back to College Station to host the Texas A&M Invite on Saturday, Feb. 22, at the Gilliam Indoor Stadium.
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LUBBOCK, Texas – Alabama track and field wrapped up the indoor regular season on Saturday evening at the Texas Tech Shootout and Vanderbilt Music City Invite. The Crimson Tide picked up two wins during the meet while ten UA student-athletes posted personal bests.
Senior Robert Dunning was victorious and put his name in good company in the Alabama record book, tying for the fifth-best men’s 60m hurdles indoors time with a 7.64. Dunning broke his own personal best that he set earlier today in the first round. That time also puts him at second in the SEC and the No. 4 performer in the NCAA this season.
Texas Tech Shootout
Crimson Tide senior sprinters D’Jai Baker and Takyera Roberson put together another solid showing in the women’s 400m. Baker (53.42) snubbed a runner-up finish and Roberson (53.55) followed right behind for third, both times marked personal bests.
In the women’s pole vault open, junior Taylor Pickett cleared a PR 12-11 ½ (3.95m) to take home third.
Junior Tamara Clark finished runner-up in the women’s 60m clocking in at 7.33.
Juniors Champion Allison and Joshua St. Clair hit the track for the men’s 400m. Allison (47.48) claimed fourth and St. Clair (46.69) finished ninth with a PR.
The Alabama women’s 4×400 relay team stole the rest of the night, clocking the fastest time of 3:31.78.
Vanderbilt Music City Invite
Junior shot putters Nickolette Dunbar and Cherisse Murray claimed top-five finishes in Nashville, Tenn. Dunbar topped out at 53’9.75″ (16.40m) to set a meet record and Murray (50’5.25″/15.37m) placed fifth.
For the men, junior Isaac Odugbesan (63’8.75″/19.42m) finished runner-up and sophomore Chago Basso (59’11.75″/18.28m) placed fourth in shot put.
In the one-mile run, Alabama found two top-10 finishes and collegiate bests. Freshman Grady Shiflet (4:13.95) placed seventh in the men’s division, while fellow freshman distance runner Amaris Tyynismaa (4:47.37) finished ninth for the women.
Up Next
Post-season begins with the SEC Indoor Championships on Feb. 28-29 in College Station, Texas.
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Viveros Sets School Record in Shot Put at Music City Challenge
CLEMSON, S.C./NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An Alicia Viveros school record and two top-five marks in the indoor record books paced the Mississippi State track and field team on Saturday (15 Feb).
Viveros shattered her personal best and the school record with a toss of 15.33m (50-5.25) for a sixth-place finish. The junior became the first Bulldog woman in school history to eclipse 15 meters.
Giacomo DeLuca and Faith Gilbert landed two times inside the school’s all-time indoor top five. DeLuca joined teammate Stephen Jones in the indoor men’s 3000 top five with a 8:15.93 and seventh-place finish at the Music City Challenge.
In the women’s 200m in Clemson, Gilbert ran a personal-best time of 24.04 that bumped her into second all-time in MSU indoor history. Gilbert had previously cracked the top-5 charts at the 2019 SEC Indoor Championships, finishing in 24.23 to tie for fourth in program history.
“This was a weekend that we wanted to utilize to prepare for conference in a few weeks,” head coach Chris Woods said. “We had a number of personal-best performances and a really good team effort that will set us up to be our best in a few weeks. We’ll take next weekend off and continue to go compete at our best in a few weeks.”
State posted 14 top-10 finishes – including four Bulldogs who placed among the top 5 – on Saturday to conclude a successful weekend in Clemson and Nashville.
Shayla Broughton led the way with a second-place finish in the 60m hurdles final after running a personal-best 8.35. On the men’s side, Jesse Henderson crossed the line fifth in the men’s 60m hurdles with a time of 8.13.
The Maroon and White’s women’s 4x400m relay of Cathrina Morris, Shayla Broughton, San’Toria Harris and Destini Pickens continued to dominate, as they took home fourth place with a season-best time of 3:45.37.
At the Tiger Paw Invitational, Charlotte Cayton-Smith rounded out the Bulldogs’ top-five finishes as she earned fifth, running the 800m in 2:09.92.
All four Bulldogs who competed in the women’s 3000m shattered their career bests by at least eight seconds. Sylvia Russell’s personal-best time of 9:41.90 earned her sixth place in the event.
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BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa – Olympic winner and World record holder Wayde Van Niekerk ran his first race, on Monday (17 Feb), since 2017.
The South African has not competed on the international circuit since suffering a knee injury while participating in a celebrity rugby match on the same weekend he got married.
At University of Free State (UFS) meet in Bloemfontein, Van Niekerk ran 10.2, hand-timed 10.2 on grass, in his first race at 100m since 2017.
He also ran 1:57 in the 800m with a fast finish. Both races were training runs for the South African sprinter.
“Grateful to see him healthy and back on track doing what he does best,” tweeted his agent Peet Van Zyl.
Van Niekerk’s first real competition of the year will be on Feb 28-29 at regional championships in Bloemfontein where he will run the 400m.
Then he plans two more races before South African National Championships April 23-25.
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Natoya Goule won the women's 800m at Tiger Paw Invitational
Jamaicans Natoya Goule, Kimberly Williams, Lloydricia Cameron and Jordan Scott were winners the Tiger Paw Invitational held at Clemson in South Carolina on Saturday ( 15 Feb).
Goule, Jamaica’s record holder, clocked 2:00.49 in the 800m to beat Chrishuna Williams, 2:04.45.
Former Hydel standout Charokee Young finished third for Texas A&M in 2:06.45.
Jamaican Andre Ewers took 3rd in the men’s 200m, running 20.87 to finish behind Marcus Parker 20.70 and Joseph Fahnbulleh 20.85.
Williams leapt 14.12m in the triple jump to beat Ciynamon Stevenson of Texas A&M, 13.38m.
Cameron threw 17.57m to take the top spot in the women’s shot put. Alycia Springs of South Carolina ended 2nd with 15.85m.
In the men’s triple jump, Scott, representing Virginia with 17.02m took top honours.
Jamaicans Clive Pullen 16.84m, Carey McLeod of Tennessee 16.68m and O’Brien Wasome of Texas, 16.56, completed the top four finishers.
Meanwhile, Anavia Battle clocking World leading 22.66 in the 200m ahead of Abby Steiner 22.86, St. Lucia U20 talent Julien Alfred 22.99 (CAC U20 indoor record) and hurdles World record holder Keni Harrison 23.11.
In another race, Kynnedy Flannel ran 22.93. Marcus Parker was the fastest in the men’s 200m with 20.70.
Texas AM clocked 3:03.23 in the 4x400m, and co-World leader Darryl Sullivan cleared 225 in the high jump.
Kentucky won the 4×400 m in 3:29.74 World lead over USC 3:30.23 and Texas AM 3:30.91.
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Kingston College (KC) was the top team. However, Calabar High’s Kevroy Venson commanded the most attention at the end of Saturday’s (15 Feb) Digicel-sponsored Corporate Area Development Meet at the National Stadium.
Venson hurt KC in at least two ways. He easily dismissed KC’s African duo of Aron Tanui 15:44.90 and Aryamanya Rodgers 15:56.24 in the 5,000m open.
And if that wasn’t enough, when he crossed the line in 14:55.67, the names of KC and Shane Buchanan, who ran 15:11.71 three years ago, were removed from the record book.
Mickayla Gardener of Wolmer’s Girls’ was responsible for two of the many records fell on the day.
She ran 11.75 to beat the Class 3 100m dash old record of 11.89 by Kiara Grant, set back in 2015, and then 24.46 to erase Ackera Nugent’s old mark of 24.64 in the 200m dash.
Immaculate Jaida Creary ran 11.95 to win the Class 4 girls’ 100m and bettered the 2016 old mark of 11.06
KC’s Roshaun Rowe ran 10.45 to equalled JC’s Edward Clarke’s 2015 Class 1 boys’ 100m record.
Adrian Kerr, also of KC, topped the Class 2 boys’ 100m dash final in a new record of 10.63. Calabar’s David Lynch with 10.77 also went below the previous mark of 10.79,
Ra’John Gray of KC was also in the record-breaking mood, running 13.20 to beat the old Class 3 100m hurdles record of 13.44.
JC’s Mark Miller ran 22.08 for a new Class 3 boys’ 200m record. KC’s Nkrumie Bouwahjgie had the previous best of 22.43.
Akeel Hanchard of KC, 60.49m, became the first athlete to throw over 60m in the javelin open event.
Tyrone Lawson of JC ran 4:18.93 in the Class 3 boys’ 1500m to lower 4:22.63.
Aaron McKenzie cleared a record 1.85m to win the Class 3 boys’ high jump. Torian Caven of Ardenne, 1.70m and Shanniqua Williams of Wolmer’s, 1.55m set records in the Classes 3 and 4 girls’ high jump.
KC topped the points standings with 488 points, well ahead of Jamaica College (JC) 308 and Calabar 289. Wolmer’s 178 and Excelsior 141 rounded off the top five teams.
Excelsior won the girls section with 280.5, narrowly beating Wolmer’s 262.5 and The Queens School 243. Immaculate 169.5 and St. Andrew High 125 completed the top five schools.
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