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Jehue opens second

Jehue Gordon finished second in his first 400 metres hurdles race this season, at the Miami Hurricane Alumni Invitational, in Florida, USA, on Saturday. The 2013 world champion clocked 50.90 seconds to finish behind American Desmond Palmer (50.58) and ahead of Puerto Rico's Eric Alejandro (51.08).

Gordon was hampered by injury last season, and bowed out of the World Championships in Beijing, China in the opening round. The injury was later diagnosed as a severely torn lower ab, and he had to have surgery. Yesterday's race was Gordon's first competitive one-lap hurdles outing in more than seven months, his last race in his specialty event having come at the Beijing Worlds last August.

Alena Brooks finished fourth in the Hurricane Alumni Invitational women's 400m event in 55.18 seconds. Trishelle Leacock was fifth overall in the women's 200m in a wind-aided 23.97. Her University of Miami teammate, Breon Mullings was 15th fastest in the men's 200m in 21.56.

Marsha Mark-Baird picked up silver in the Utah Spring Classic women's long jump, the veteran Trinidad and Tobago athlete disturbing the sand at 5.66 metres.

In Alabama, Kai Selvon produced a solid run in the Auburn Tiger Track Classic women's 400m event, the T&T sprinter clocking a personal best 52.64 seconds to bag bronze.

At the Cerritos Invitational, in California, Jamie Payne finished first in his section and seventh overall in the men's 100m dash in a wind-assisted 10.70 seconds.

Two weekends ago, at the UWI Invitational in Jamaica, Sparkle McKnight won the women's 400m hurdles in 57.72 seconds, while Marielle Pierre was second in the women's discus with a 42.55m throw.

At the Don Kirby Tailwind Open, in New Mexico, USA, Jarrin Solomon topped the men's 200m field in 21.04 seconds. Ade Alleyne-Forte was fourth in the same race in 21.57. In the men's 100m, Payne finished first in his section and sixth overall in 10.76.

In New Jersey, Monroe College's Zakiya Denoon struck gold in the Ramapo College Invitational women's 400m in 56.21 seconds.

At the Millersville Metrics meet, in Pennsylvania, Steve Waithe won the men's triple jump with a 15.42m effort.

Josanne Lucas clocked 24.75 seconds to secure third spot in the women's 200m "A" race, at the Tom Benich Invite in Northern Colorado.

Holland Cabara captured men's 200m bronze at the Stanford Invitational, in California. The College of the Sequoias student got home in 21.34seconds. Earlier in the meet, Cabara won the 100m in 10.42, after clocking a personal best 10.34 in the qualifying round.

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