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Quow, Solomon, James, Thomas shine on US tracks

Renny Quow opened his 2013 campaign with an impressive victory in the men’s 200 metres event at the Texas Tech Open in Texas, USA, on Saturday.

The Trinidad and Tobago athlete finished first in section three and first overall in 20.75 seconds—his fastest ever half-lap opener.

Saturday’s race was Quow’s first competitive outing since the quarter-miler withdrew from the 2012 London Olympics with a hamstring injury.

Reyare Thomas and Kernesha Spann were also in winners’ row at the Texas Tech Open.

Thomas emerged victorious in the women’s 100m dash, the T&T/Abilene Christian University (ACU) sprinter stopping the clock at 11.57 seconds.

Spann, meanwhile, topped the women’s 400m hurdles field. The T&T/Western Texas College athlete returned a time of one minute, 00.27 seconds.

And in the women’s 100m hurdles, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) student, Aeisha McDavid clocked 14.88 seconds to finish sixth in section one and ninth overall.

Jarrin Solomon was a runaway winner of the men’s 400m event, at the Don Kirby Tailwind Collegiate Invitational, in New Mexico. The T&T quarter-miler grabbed gold in 45.70 seconds, the clocking earning him third spot on the 2013 world outdoor performance list. Solomon also competed in the 200m, finishing second in 20.90.

At the Sam Howell Invitation, in New Jersey, Jamaal James shrugged off uncomfortably cold conditions to win a men’s 1500m event in 3:53.30. The race was James’ 2013 opener.

Mikel Thomas bagged bronze in the men’s 110m hurdles at the Florida Relays. He got to the line in 13.57 seconds to finish first in his section and third overall.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste ran the leadoff leg for Pure Athletics in the women’s 4x400m relay, the T&T sprinter helping her team earn fourth spot in 3:29.43. Baptiste combined with Jamaican Samantha Henry-Robinson and Americans Tiffany Townsend and Shalonda Solomon.

Aleesha Barber was 12th fastest in the women’s 100m hurdles in a wind-assisted 13.39 seconds. In the men’s 800m, Baylor University senior Gavyn Nero and St Augustine’s College junior Jameel Walcott finished 12th and 18th, respectively, clocking 1:51.59 and 1:52.33. Coppin State University’s Deandra Daniel cleared the bar at 1.71 metres for 12th spot in the women’s high jump.

Olympic 400m bronze medallist Lalonde Gordon was 13th in the men’s 200m in 20.92 seconds. University of Tennessee sophomore Jamol James clocked 21.41 for 23rd spot. James finished 18th overall in the men’s 100m dash in a wind-aided 10.59 seconds, while Moriba Morain was 43rd in 10.76.

And in the men’s 400m, University of Florida senior Jovon Toppin (47.97), Rondel Sorrillo (48.98), Long Island University (Brooklyn Campus) junior Kervin Morgan (49.22) and Jamil James (50.76) were 25th, 40th, 43rd and 55th, respectively.

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