Cave sparkles in US ‘outdoors’

CHARLOTTE: Alicia Cave and Keanan Gibson and Jamaicans Brandon Simpson and Aundre Edwards emerged champions at the Conference USA Outdoor Track and Field Championship over the weekend.

Cave won the women’s 100-metre hurdles and Gibson topped her 200-metre field, while Simpson took the men’s 400 and Edwards, the long jump. In the women’s sprint hurdles, Cave won in 13.47 seconds and she also finished second in the 400 hurdles in 58.77 seconds. Gibson also secured two top 10 finishes, landing the 200 metres in 23.36 and getting the runner-up spot in the 100 in 11.48 seconds. Simpson clocked a personal season’s best 45.65 seconds in win the one-lap men’s event and Edwards was measured at a winning 7.60 metres for his best jump. Jamaican Michael Frater ran 10.26 for second in the men’s 100 metres.