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Selvon speeds up to win War Eagle 100m

Kai Selvon won her first race of the 2016 campaign with a 11.42 seconds clocking in the Women` s 100 metres at the War Eagle Invitational, Alabama, USA over the weekend.

Running into a 0.3 headwind, Kai was made to work harder to compensate for her slow start to eventually defeat second placed Janet Pate of Alabama University who clocked 11.85 seconds and Victoria Parker from Syracuse University who trailed in 12.15 seconds.

The Puma-sponsored athlete, who was relieved to have participated in a 100 metres event after an injury plagued year, spoke to Newsday about her race.

"I started slowly off the blocks but I continued regardless so I made up ground around the 40 metre mark and was able to win easily in the end," she noted.

She went on to say, "It feels good to be back in form, it is not an overly fast time but the season is young so once I work on some mistakes I will be where I need to be." Also on the weekend, Trinidad and Tobago's Michelle-Lee Ahye, captured the 100m event at the Michael Johnson Invitational at Clyde Hart Track and Field stadium in Texas.

Ahye clinched gold in 11.31 seconds while Jamaica's threetime Olympic gold medallist Kerron Stewart took third spot in 11.32.

Asafa Powell blew away the field to win the 200m.

The Olympic gold medallist clocked 20.51 seconds to secure the win after launching his outdoor campaign with victory in a 400m run last month.

The Jamaican sprinter, preparing for the Olympics in Brazil this summer, beat Diondre Batson who was second in 20.55 World Indoor 60m champion Trayvon Bromell of the USA took top spot in the men's 100m clocking 10.04 seconds after opting out of the 200m. Nigeria's Blessing Okagbare won the women's 200m in 22.87 seconds.

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