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Ahye cops silverin Jamaica invi

T&T's Michelle-Lee Ahye made a brilliant run to secure a silver medal in an intense women's 100 metres at the Jamaica International Invitational, an IAAF World Challenge meeting on Saturday in Kingston.

Christania Williams had a bullet start while Allyson Felix on her immediate right was two strides behind. Felix and Morolake Akinosun began to chisel into the lead with Shillonie Calvert-Powell also mounting a challenge on the inside.

Ahye's top end speed kicked in and she joined the party in earnest with 20 metres to go before the top-three blanket finish.

Akinosun, Ahye and Felix were nearly inseparable at the line, with Akinosun getting the nod over Ahye. Both were credited with 11.06 seconds, 0.01 ahead of Felix.

In the men's race Emmanuel Callender placed fifth in a time of 10.25. Jamaican Yohan Blake won the dash in 9.93.

In the women's 200m, local sprinter Semoy Hackett just missed out on a medal, placing fourth in 22.87. Winning was double Olympic champion Elaine Thompson of Jamaica in 22.09.

Middle-distance runner Alena Brooks of T&T too missed out on a top three finish in the women's 800m, crossing fourth in 2:03.09.

Away from the track, Ayanna Alexander was the lone T&T athlete active on the field and she placed seventh in the women's triple jump. Her best effort measured 13.27m.

Denoon, Parris and Warren Zakiya Denoon, Jeminise Parris and Portious Warren each picked up gold in their respecitve events at the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Outdoor Track and Field Championships in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, over the weekend.

Denoon of Monroe College completed the women's sprint double, getting gold in the women's 100m dash in 11.59. Sophomore Mauricia Prieto of South Plains College also competed in the event and she was 10th overall in 11.93, while Shania Alexander of Neosho County Community College was 17th in 12.16.

Denoon cross the line in 24.01 to win the women's 200m. Prieto won the bronze in 24.17, while Alexander's time of 25.54 placed her 17th overall.

Parris of Central Arizona College claimed gold in 13.49 in the women's 100m hurdles final. She also raced in the 400m hurdles and the freshman clocked 1:06.91 to finish ninth.

Prieto was part of the South Plains unit that placed second in the women's 4x400m relay in 3:44.74 while Parris team just missed out on a medal, placing fourth in 3:47.54. Alexander's team was 15th overall in 4:14.21.

On Friday, Warren dominated the women's shot put competition again. The Central Arizona College athlete grabbed gold in the event with a 15.89 metres effort in her second throw. It was not her best performance having to contend with stormy weather conditions, but it was enough to earned her the top spot on the podium.

Her other tosses measured 14.78m on the first try, 15.48 in the third, 14.92 and 15.44m in the fourth and fifth, respectively and had a foul in her final attempt. This followed her up her record-breaking performance at the NJCAA Region I Track & Field Championships in Arizona two weekends ago, when Warren erased a 27-year-old record, when the Central Arizona College athlete threw a personal best 16.90m to grab gold in the women's shot put, to better the 16.86m NJCAA standard achieved in 1990 by Nigerian Grace Apiafi.

Then she was fourth in the hammer throw with a 48.39m effort but on Friday she was unable to get a mark, fouling on each her three throws.

Warren returned on Saturday to place 14th with a 40.82m effort in the discus and in the javelin, she was 12th with a 32.79m throw.

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