media_artricles :: 2014

Landeau betters best in Belgium

Nicholas Landeau produced a new personal best in finishing second in a men’s 800 metres race at the IFAM Outdoor meet, in Oordegem, Belgium, on Saturday. The 19-year-old Trinidad and Tobago athlete returned a time of one minute, 49.51 seconds--his first-ever sub-1:50 clocking.

Croatia’s Astrit Kryeziu won the race in 1:49.10, while third spot went to France’s Florian Vauthrin (1:49.82).

Saturday’s run was the second time Landeau bettered the 1:50.50 World Junior Championship qualifying standard. On May 18, the England-based middle-distance runner clocked 1:50.38 for bronze at the Loughborough International meet, in England.

Landeau, who captured boys’ under-20 1500m silver and 800m bronze at the 2014 Carifta Games in Martinique, is likely to wear T&T colours at the July 22-27 World Junior Championships, in Eugene, Oregon, USA.

Machel Cedenio, the 2014 world junior leader in the men’s 400m at 45.23 seconds, is expected to lead the charge for T&T at the World Juniors meet.

Chris Hercules bagged bronze in the men’s triple jump, at the HP/OTC Series V meet, in Chula Vista, California, on Saturday. The T&T athlete jumped a wind-assisted 15.96 metres. His best wind-legal jump in the competition was 15.84m.

Troy Doris was the class of the field, the American disturbing the sand at 16.65m. Another United States athlete, Chris Bernard (15.99m) finished second.

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