Bledman vies for 100m gold today

The 17-year-old Bled-man will line up in lane four of the boys’ 100-metre final, after he demolished the field in yesterday’s first of three semifinal heats, to clock 10.51 seconds. But Kieron Anthony failed in his bid to join Bledman in the final after he finished fifth in the second semi in 10.75 seconds.

Earlier on yesterday’s opening day, Bledman won his first round heat in a personal best time of 10.48 seconds, while the 16-year-old Anthony won his opening round sprint in 10.95.

Jamaal James will also be in action today, this time in the boys 800m semis, after he also re-corded a personal best time of one minute 51.59 seconds in his third-place finish in the first round. The 16-year-old was drawn in lane one of today’s semi.

Other semifinalists today will be 16-year-olds Ade Alleyne-Forte and Kervin Morgan, who will both be featuring in the 400m. Alleyne-Forte was second in his first round attempt in 49.48 seconds while Morgan was fourth in his heat in 48.24. Today, Alleyne-Forte will be in lane eight of the second (of three) semi while Morgan will face the starter’s gun in lane seven of heat three.

In the girls 100m, two 15-year-olds, Sade St Louis and Jurnelle Francis had contrasting results. St Louis won heat two in 11.72 while Francis was second in heat 11 in 12.11. Only St Louis progressed to the semis, but made it no further as she finished third in the third semi in 11.73, and was not one of the two fastest ‘losers.’

And Janeil Bellille was eliminated in the first round of the girls one-lap event, after she placed fourth in heat one in a time of 56.78.

The 16-year-old failed to advance as one of the four fastest losers in the event.