Antiguan Greene sizzles at NAAA Champs

Greene prevailed in heat nine in 10.08, .04 seconds faster than Emmanuel Callender, who won heat five, while Moriba Morain won heat six in 10.13 seconds.

There were little surprises in the other heats, as Mikel Thomas took heat one in 10.40, Rondell Sorrillo won heat two in 10.26, Kyle Greaux heat three in 10.30, Marcus Duncan heat four in 10.24, Dan-Neil Telesford heat seven in 10.39 and Chavaughn Walsh of Antigua/Barbuda heat eight in 10.27.

Michelle-Lee Ahye was the fastest among the women in the 100m heats, as she stopped the clock in 11.15 seconds in heat two.

National Under-20 champ Khalifa St Fort prevailed in heat one in 11.53, while Tameka Williams of St Kitts/Nevis won heat three in 11.25.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste won heat four in 11.51 while Reyare Thomas crossed the line first in heat five in 11.31.

Jarrin Solomon emerged as the fastest runner in the men’s 400m heats, as he won heat one in 46.5.

Veteran Renny Quow won heat two in 46.98, while Tacuma Sterling took heat three in 48.42, Lalonde Gordon heat four in 47.73 and Machel Cedenio heat five in 47.01.

In the women’s 400m, Domonique Williams took heat one in 52.76, while Rae-Anne Serville claimed heat two in 56.85 and Chelsi Charles heat three in 56.08.

The semi-finals and finals of the men’s and women’s 100 metres will take place today, as well as the men’s and women’s 400m finals, and men’s 110m hurdles final.

Also on today’s agenda will be the men’s shot put, women’s high jump, women’s 100m hurdles, women’s javelin, men’s and women’s 1,500m, men’s long jump, men’s 400m hurdles (heats), men’s 5,000m, women’s discus, women’s triple, as well as the men’s decathlon and women’s heptathlon. Ryan Samuel of Eastonians was the lone competitor in the men’s hammer, and his best effort was 19.35 metres. In the women’s hammer throw, Sherselle Murray of Toco Tafac took gold with a best of 28.84m, ahead of Angel Coombs of Striders (28.50m) and Gwendolyn Smith of Palo Seco (25.18m). Action continues today from 3 pm.