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Maybe a gold or silver for Baird
Kadeacia Baird
– Daphness disqualified from 200m heats
Guyana will taste glory on the global stage again today once overseas-based quarter mile athlete Kadeacia Baird is able to execute a brilliant 400 meter race in the finals at the 14th IAAF World Junior Championship in Barcelona, Spain which is set for 20:30 hrs (Barcelona time).
The competition which is being conducted at the Montjuic Olympic Stadium saw Baird finishing second in her heat after blasting around the 400 meter track in 52.40 seconds in the semis. Winning the heat was Erika Rucker of the USA in 52.05 seconds, the fastest qualifying time for the 400 meters in the championship.
Analyzing Baird’s performance from the various rounds especially the semi finals, it is more than likely that the athlete can clinch one of the three podium spots for Guyana.
Entering the Championship with personal best time of 52.14 seconds, Baird will be in for the run for her life when the race commences against the other athletes that will be gunning to grab the gold medal.
Baird who is assigned to lane four for the finals, main competitors for the race will be Ruker who will be running out of lane three and USA’s Ashley Spencer (lane five) who clocked 52.24 in her semi final heat.
Other athletes that qualified for the race are Justine Palframan (52.65 seconds), Chrisann Gordon (52.70 seconds), Shaunae Miller (52.75 seconds), Bianca Razor (52.87 seconds) and Olivia James (52.71 seconds).
Another overseas based athlete, Sheniece Daphness was disqualified from the Women’s 200 meters heat (four) from lane six; Olivia Erpone won the heat with 23.49 seconds.
Daphness has a personal best time of 24.49 seconds in the event which was achieved in Auburn, Alabama, United States.
Stephan James who failed to qualify for the 400m final was won by Luquelin Santos in 44.85 seconds, Arman Hall was second in 45.39 seconds as Steven Solomon secured the final podium position with 45.52 seconds.
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