media_artricles :: 2015

Lalonde golden in New Jersey

Lalonde Gordon captured the men’s 200 metres title at the Essex Brick City Classic, in New Jersey, USA, on Sunday. The double Olympic bronze medallist stopped the clock at 20.90 seconds.

Another Trinidad and Tobago athlete, Odou Hazel won the men’s 800m event in two minutes, 00.95 seconds.

In California, College of the Sequoias athletes, Ashron Sobers and Ohdel James struck gold at the CVC Championships.

Sobers topped the men’s 100m field in 10.68 seconds, while James clocked 47.70 to emerge as men’s 400m champion. Another T&T/Sequoias athlete, Theon Lewis earned silver in the 400m in 47.93. In the 200m, Lewis (21.56) and Sobers (22.05) finished second and fifth, respectively.

At the Red River Athletic Conference Championships, in Oklahoma, Dan-Neil Telesford earned one individual gold medal as well as two silvers.

Telesford won the men’s 200m in 21.14 seconds. Two other T&T/Wiley College athletes, Quinn-Lee Ralph and Justin Maloney were second and fourth, respectively, clocking 21.41 and 21.69.

Ralph grabbed 100m gold in 10.69 seconds, forcing Telesford to settle for the runner-up spot in 10.79. And in the 400m, Maloney triumphed, edging Telesford into the silver slot. Both athletes clocked 48 seconds flat.

Emmanuel Stewart was the class of the Delaware Classic men’s discus field, the T&T field athlete winning with a 51.34 metres effort.

At the Kip Janvrin Open, in Indiana, Deborah John clocked 13.95 seconds to win the women’s 100m hurdles.

At the Triton Invitational, in California, Ruebin Walters was third in the men’s 110m hurdles in a wind-assisted 14.04 seconds, and fourth fastest in the 400m hurdles in 52.94. His Central Arizona College teammate, Hezekiel Romeo finished third in the men’s shot put with a 17.28m throw.

Magnolia Howell was third in the women’s 200m in 24.43 seconds, and fourth in the 400m in 54.36.

In Texas, Marissa Gale finished third in section one and fourth overall in the West Texas A&M Open Twilight women’s 200m event. The Western Texas College student got to the line in 24.14 seconds.

At the Bellarmine Classic, in Kentucky, Peli Alzola clocked 12.35 seconds to secure fifth spot in the women’s 100m dash. The Western Kentucky University sophomore also competed in the 200m, finishing eighth in 25.93.

At the Brutus Hamilton Challenge, in California, Aeisha McDavid was ninth fastest in the women’s 200m in a wind-aided 25.84 seconds. And in the javelin, the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) senior finished 11th with a 31.29m throw.

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