Arthur cruises to Hampton gold

CARLAN ARTHUR followed up his gold medal performance in the Boys’ 1,500m at the recent Carifta Track and Field Championships with another victory, this time in the men’s 1,500m, as the 29th annual Hampton International Games began at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on Saturday.

Representing Morvant Jets, Arthur overtook Jamil Nelson with 300m to go and never looked back, crossing the finishing line in four minutes 9.89 seconds, with Nelson trailing in 4:10.56 and Lyndon Bacchus of Tobago Falcons 4:12.54. The dreadlocked Pilar McShine of Success Laventille and Memphis’ Candice Ince traded places throughout the women’s 1,500m but McShine used her experience to claim victory in four minutes 47.08 seconds, ahead of Ince 4:49.01 and fellow Memphis runner Paula Jones 5:01.73.

Antiguan Heather Samuel in lane two and Tobagonian Kelly-Ann Baptiste in lane one were neck and neck from the starter’s gun in the women’s 100m final but Samuel pipped Baptiste on the line to win in 11.53, with Baptiste second in 11.54 and Carifta U-20 bronze medallist Wanda Hutson third in 11.73. And Cuban Maritza Marten, who claimed gold in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, was an easy winner in the women’s discus with a best of 47.79m on her sixth and final throw. Marten’s dominated the event to an extent that all her attempts cleared 44 metres. Loktoya McShine, sister of Pilar, took silver in 38.48m with Joycelyn Huggins of Police third in 37.57.

Other Results:
Boys’ U-17 100m —- 1.Kestor Charles (Zenith) 11.04; 2.Adino Greenaway (Antigua) 11.09, Ramon Gittens (Freedom Striders) 11.09.
Girls’ U-17 100m —- 1.Nichelle DeLandro (Phoenix) 12.64; 2.Jamilia Craig (Freedom Striders) 12.66; 3.Semoy Hackette (Zenith) 12.84.
Men’s 100m —- 1.Cedric Richardson (Rebirth) 10.47; 2.Dwight Neptune (Simplex) 10.57; 3.Winston Smith (Jamaica) 10.59.
Boys’ U-17 400m —- 1.Renny Quow (Zenith) 49.44; 2.David Reyes (Tigers) 50.23; 3.Simeon Perryman (Freedom Striders) 51.18.
Girls’ U-17 400m —- 1.Karla Hope (Concorde) 58.03; 2.Desiree John (Eagles) 58.09; 3.Gineille Felix (Memphis) 58.24.
Men’s 800m —- 1.Marvin Watts (Jamaica) 1:53.10; 2.Tai Payne (Guyana) 1:53.47; 3.Kerry Richardson (Tigers) 153.71.
Boys’ U-20 400m —- 1.Leslie Frederick (Frontline) 47.87; 2.Joel Pile (Phoenix) 48.10; 3.Damon Douglas (Zenith) 48.80.
Men’s 400m —- 1.Danny McFarlane (Jamaica) 46.31; 2.Simon Pierre (Memphis) 47.37; 3.Bedawi Gomez (Memphis) 48.25.
Women’s 400m —- 1.Crystal Skeete (Zenith) 54.80; 2.Abigail David (Memphis) 55.88; 3.Dana Massiah (Concorde) 56.38.
Men’s 5,000m —- 1.Brian Magward (Athletic Central) 15:49.77; 2.Denzil Ramirez (unattached) 15:51.82; 3.Cantius Thomas (Health Olympians) 15:51.96.
Men’s 110m hurdles —- 1.Mickey Reuben (Palo Seco) 14.92; 2.Jerome Guy (Tigers) 15.38; 3.Peter Springer (PFCC) 15.83.
Men’s shot put —- 1.Wesley Brown (Barbados) 13.69m; 2.Keefdon Thomas (Dovers) 13.50m; 3.Wade Franklyn (Zenith) 13.09m.
Women’s long jump —- 1.Michelle Vaughn Toms (Guyana) 5.83m; 2.Rhonda Watkins (Bishop Anstey) 5.64m; 3.Akiba Robinson (TTAFAC) 5.30m.
Men’s high jump —- 1.Kevin Huggins (QRC) 2.04m; 2.Kerry Edwards (Zenith) 1.95m; 3.Joel Phillip (FL Sport) 1.85m.
Women’s javelin —- 1.Natalie Dixon (Neon Trackers) 42.27m; 2.Kathy Ann Gilchrist (Grenada) 42.02m; 3.Euphemia Huggins (Police) 34.56m.