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Lucas outclasses Falcon field

Josanne Lucas was the class of the Falcon Games women’s 400 metres hurdles field, at the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Port of Spain, late yesterday.

Running in lane four, the 2009 IAAF World Championship bronze medallist quickly established her superiority, seizing full control of the race by the halfway mark. Clearly, Lucas’ only challenger would be the clock, and when the Tobago athlete crossed the finish line in 59.82 seconds, her closest rival was only just clearing the final hurdle.

Antonia Attale finished a distant second in one minute, 07.23 seconds, while third spot went to Mikayla Ottley (1:08.06).

Aleena Brooks emerged victorious in the women’s 800m, completing her two laps of the track in 2:11.40. Dawnel Collymore produced a solid run, clocking 2:12.67 to secure the runner-up spot.

Cliffton Sylvester won the men’s 800m in 1:53.18, beating Ashton Gill (1:54.17) and George Smith (1:55.60) into second and third, respectively.

The Boys Under-18 discus event was keenly contested, Daniel McNish eventually winning with a 42.32 metres throw. Clarence Hannibal and Isaiah Greaves also went past the 42-metre mark, but had to settle for the minor medals. Hannibal threw 42.18m for silver, while Greaves landed the disc 42.03m to bag bronze. Nkosi James (41.97m) was also a contender for top honours, but was forced into fourth spot.

Genesis Romero disturbed the sand at 6.17m to strike gold in the women’s long jump. The Venezuelan athlete is expected to clash with Lucas in today’s 100m hurdles.

Jehue Gordon is on the start list for the men’s 400m final. The reigning 400m hurdles world champion clocked 49.68 seconds in Friday’s preliminary round to advance to the championship race as the seventh fastest of the eight qualifiers.

Nicholas Deshong was the fastest of the one-lap qualifiers, the Barbadian getting home in 48.35 seconds.

Romona Modeste established herself as the favourite for women’s 400m honours when she won her qualifying heat, on Friday, in 55.84 seconds.

One of the highpoints on today’s programme will be the men’s 100m dash, expected to feature T&T sprinters Darrel Brown, Emmanuel Callender, Marcus Duncan and Jonathan Farinha, as well as Barbadian Levi Cadogan and Suriname’s Ifrish Alberg.

The first event at the Crawford Stadium today is scheduled for 9.30 a.m. The second session starts at 3.30 p.m.

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