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Thompson smashes Inniss 100m record at AP Invitational
By Edison Jefford
Guyanese Olympic-bound and Texas A&M elite athlete, Brenessa Thompson smashed
Brenessa Thompson (left) takes the Fly Jamaica Women’s 100m yesterday in a record breaking performance.
Jennifer Inniss’s long-standing 100m record to continue her fantastic form yesterday at Aliann Pompey’s (AP) Invitational Meet at the National Track and Field Centre, Leonora.
Thompson ran 11.14 seconds for a new personal best and national 100m record, which erased the 11.26s Inniss had. Trinidad and Tobago’s, Reyare Thomas ran 11.22 seconds while United States of America’s, Tawanna Meadows recorded 11.37s for second and third respectively in the Fly Jamaica-sponsored race.
Thompson also won the Digicel 4G 200m in 23.08 seconds ahead of Kadecia Baird (23.38) and Meadows (23.45) in that order.
Split seconds kept Guyana’s Rupert Perry off the podium in the Digicel 4G Men’s 100m race that USA’s, Phil DeRosier won in 10.25 seconds. Trinidad’s, Kyle Greaux and Bermuda’s, Tre Houston tied for second in 10.28 seconds.
Perry finished fourth as a result in 10.29 seconds, which was his fastest electronic time
USA’s Phil DeRosier (right) out-leans his rivals to win the Digicel 4G Men’s 100m race at the National Track and Field Centre yesterday.
to-date and a personal best on synthetic surface.
World 400m youth silver medalist from two years ago, Baird won the Women’s 400m in 52.26 seconds ahead of British Virgin Island’s Ashley Kelly (53.24s) and Guyana’s US-based, Aliyah Abrams (53.53s) respectively.
Another Guyanese Olympian headed to the Rio Games, Brazil, Winston George loss on the line in the 400m. USA’s Spratlin Brycen ran 45.84 seconds to edge George (45.85s) in a showdown that excited enthusiasts. USA’s Chris Geisting (46.00) was third.
However, George returned to take the 200m in 20.76 seconds ahead of Brycen with Guyana’s Davin Fraser (21.26s) third.
The AP Invitational will be credited for brining the second largest crowd for an athletics event to the National Track and Field Centre. Since its opening last year, the 2015 Inter-Services Annual Athletics Championships (ISAAC) commonly known as Joint-Services has the record for the biggest crowd at the facility.
Devaun Barrington won the Men’s 800m in 1:52.48 ahead of Trinidad’s Paul Sterlen (1:53.30) and Guyana’s Anferne Headecker (1:57.86). According to the official result sheet, Kezra Murray won the female race in 2:16.74, while Andrea Foster (2:22.94) was second and Assata Eastman (2:38.46) third in the all-Guyanese event.
Cleveland Forde settled any doubt as to whether he is still the local distance king with a dominant performance in the Men’s 5000m. Forde won in 15:53.62 ahead of Winston Missengher (15:57.93) and Cleveland Thomas (15:59.20).
Claudrice McKoy won the Women’s 1500m in 4:53.68 ahead of Eastman (5:12.81) and Ashanti Scott (5:18.96) as Guyanese routed the distance races.
USVI’s Eddie Lovett took the Ramada Princess Hotel’s 110m Hurdles in 13.39 ahead of Josh Thompson’s 13.58 and Trinidad’s Rueben Walters (13.80). Trinidad’s Janeil Bellille won the Women’s 400m Hurdles in 58.02 ahead of Guyana’s Jenea McCammon (58.59) and Bahamas’ Jaivairia Bacote (1:01.10) respectively.
The Men’s 400m Hurdles only had two competitors. Haiti’s Jojo Petit-Homme won in 51.04 ahead of Kelto Cumberbatch (52.41). USA’s Donald Scott leaped to the Guysuco Men’s Triple Jump with 17.02m, while Jamaica’s Damon McClean (16.42m) was second and Suriname’s Alante Dowell (15.66m) third.
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