Semifinal 1

Rank Country Name Time Diff React. Time
1 USA TAYLOR Angelo 47.94 Q SB 0.164
2 USA JACKSON Bershawn 48.02 Q SB +0.08 0.164
3 RSA Van ZYL L.J. 48.57 Q +0.63 0.251
4 POL PLAWGO Marek 48.75 Q +0.81 0.318
5 JAM PHILLIPS Isa 48.85 +0.91 0.294
6 RUS DEREVYAGIN Alexander 49.23 +1.29 0.186
7 RSA de VILLIERS Pieter 49.44 +1.50 0.172
8 PUR CULSON Javier 49.85 +1.91 0.248

Semifinal 2

Rank Country Name Time Diff React. Time
1  USA  CLEMENT Kerron  48.27  Q    0.316
2  JAM  McFARLANE Danny  48.33  Q SB +0.06  0.259
3  JAM  BUCKLEY Markino  48.50  Q PB +0.23  0.306
4  GRE  IAKOVAKIS Periklis  48.69  Q SB +0.42  0.300
5  RSA  MYBURGH Alwyn  49.16    +0.89  0.361
6  BIZ  WILLIAMS Jonathan  49.64    +1.37  0.166
7  BRA  SUGUIMATI Mahau  50.16    +1.89  0.299
8  PAN  KAMANI Bayano  50.48    +2.21  0.221

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Both Cleopatra Borel-Brown from Trinidad and Tobago as well as Zara Northover were unable to make inroads in the competition after finishing 7th and 16th respectively.

BOREL-BROWN, Cleopatra
17.96m
17.32m
17.57m

NORTHOVER, Zara
15.73m
15.85m
15.64m

Jamaica’s Dorian Scott was unable to get through to the medal round of the shotput after finishing 8th. Here were Scott’s numbers:

1. 19.54m
2. 19.94m
3. 19.71m

100M Men’s
1. Asafa Powell JAM 9.82s
2. Darvis Patton USA 9.98s
3. Nesta Carter JAM 10.02s

100M Women’s
1. Kerron Stewart JAM 10.94s
2. Sherone Simpson JAM 10.95s
3. Torri Edwards USA 11.02s

100M Women’s Hurdles
1. Bridgette Foster Hylton JAM 12.49s
2. Sally McLellan AUS 12.53s
3. Joanna Hayes USA 12.67s

Triple Jump Men’s
1. Randy Lewis GRE 17.42m

Men’s 100M

Rank Name Nat Time
1 Asafa POWELL JAM 9.88
2 Usain BOLT JAM 9.89
3 Jaysuma Saidy NDURE NOR 10.06
3 Richard THOMPSON TRI 10.06
5 Derrick ATKINS BAH 10.20
6 Francis OBIKWELU POR 10.20
7 Churandy MARTINA AHO 10.25
8 Travis PADGETT USA 10.29

Men’s 400M

1	Jeremy Wariner	USA	44.29
2	Chris Brown	BAH	44.53
3	Ricardo Chambers	JAM	44.84
4	Sean Wroe	AUS	45.20
5	David Neville	USA	45.39
6	Tyler Christopher	CAN	45.41
7	Kerron Clement	USA	45.47
8	Joel Milburn	AUS	45.49

Men’s 110M Hurdles

1	Dayron Robles	CUB	12.91
2	David Oliver	USA	13.04
3	Aries Merritt	USA	13.33
4	Terrence Trammell	USA	13.35
5	Antwon Hicks	USA	13.41
6	Stanislavs Olijars	LAT	13.63
7	Robert Kronberg	SWE	13.76

Men’s Shot Put

1	Adam Nelson	USA	20.75
2	Dorian Scott	JAM	20.37
3	Christian Cantwell	USA	20.35
4	Dylan Armstrong	CAN	20.18
5	Peter Sack	GER	20.02
6	Daniel Taylor	USA	20.01
7	Scott Martin	AUS	19.93
8	Magnus Lohse	SWE	16.25

Women’s 100M

1	Lauryn Williams	USA	11.10
2	Marshevet Hooker	USA	11.13
3	Chandra Sturrup	BAH	11.14
4	Bianca Knight	USA	11.15
5	Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie	BAH	11.15
6	Muna Lee	USA	11.18
7	Sheri-Ann Brooks	JAM	11.19
8	Shalonda Solomon	USA	11.19

Women’s 400M

1	Sanya Richards	USA	50.38
2	Novlene Williams	JAM	50.85
3	Allyson Felix	USA	50.88
4	Shericka Williams	JAM	51.17
5	Amantle Montsho	BOT	51.46
6	Monique Henderson	USA	51.80
7	Natasha Hastings	USA	51.92
8	Kaliese Spencer	JAM	51.95

Women’s 100M Hurdles

1	Priscilla Lopes-Schliep	CAN	12.61
2	LoLo Jones	USA	12.64
3	Delloreen Ennis-London	JAM	12.70
4	Sally McLellan	AUS	12.73
5	Nichole Denby	USA	12.75
6	Vonette Dixon	JAM	12.76
7	Anay Tejeda	CUB	12.79
8	Candice Davis	USA	12.82
8	Joanna Hayes	USA	12.82

Women’s Shot Put

1	Nadzeya Ostapchuk	BLR	20.33
2	Cleopatra Borel-Brown	TRI	18.87
3	Nadine Kleinert	GER	18.68
4	Anca Heltne	ROU	17.86
5	Helena Engman	SWE	17.28

100M Men’s
1st Dexter Lee JAM 10.40

100M Women
3rd Sheniqua Ferguson BAH 11.52

200M Men’s
2nd Nickel Ashmeade JAM 20.84

200M Women’s
1st Sheniqua Ferguson BAH 23.24
2nd Meritzer Williams SKN 23.40
3rd Janelle Redhead GRN 23.52

400M Men’s
2nd Kirani James GRN 45.70

400M Women’s
3rd Susana A. Clement CUB 52.36

100M Women’s Hurdles
2nd Shermaine Williams JAM 13.48
3rd Belkis Milanés CUB 13.49

110M Men’s Hurdles
3rd Keiron Stewart JAM 13.51

400M Men’s Hurdles
3rd Amaurys R. Valle CUB 49.56

400M Women’s Hurdles
2nd Janeil Bellille TRI 56.84

High Jump Women’s
3rd Lesyani Mayor CUB 1.86

Triple Jump Men
2nd Osviel Hernández CUB 16.90

Triple Jump Women
1st Dailenys Alcántara CUB 14.25
2nd Josleidy Ribalta CUB 13.85

4×100M Men’s
2nd Jamaica Junior
(Oshane Bailey; Dexter Lee; Nickel Ashmeade; Yohan Blake) JAM 39.25

4×100M Women’s
2nd Jamaica Junior
(Shawna Anderson; Kaycea Jones; Gayon Evans; Jura Levy) JAM 43.98

It seems there is no stopping him this year as Usain Bolt stamped his authority on the 200M at the recent Athens Grand Prix when he won the event in a world leading 19.67s. Running with a 0.5m/s tail wind, Bolt finished a half a second ahead of his nearest rival, Antiguan Brendan Christian who was second in 20.36. Zimbabwe’s Brian Dzingai was third in 20.45s.

“I am very satisfied with my performance,” Bolt said after his win.

“The crowd helped me a lot. I feel sure I will be very strong at the Olympic Games,” added the 21-year-old.

200m - Usain Bolt - 19.67s

Just when everyone thought he was back and raring to go, Asafa Powell is yet again sporting another injury prior to the Olympics. Powell pulled out of his heat at the IAAF Golden League meet after experiencing a groin cramp coming out of the blocks. He managed to limp across the line in 10.19s to finish fifth in the heat but passed on sprinting in the final. His team mates Nesta Carter and Michael Frater, however, are featured in the final.

Jamaica’s Dexter Lee continued the trend of excellence in the Jamaican track and field program when he mined a gold in the 100M at the 12th IAAF World Junior Championships. Lee is only the third Jamaican male to do so, Michael McDonald and Usain Bolt being the others. Lee won in 10.40s with South African Wilhelm van der Vyver second and world leader Terrell Wilks of the United States rounding out the top three.

“The conditions were not in our favour, but I just went out there and did my best said Lee. Lee recovered from a bad first round heat from which he advanced as one of the fastest losers to reach the final. I just went out there, stayed relaxed and executed well because I knew I could win commented Lee.

It was a very eventful meet as there were thrills, spills and upsets at the Scotiabank sponsored Olympic Trials in Nassau, Bahamas. Not the least of the hotly anticipated events was the showdown in the men’s 400M where Chris Brown, 2007 World Champion faced off with Andretti Bain the 2008 NCAA 400M champion. Brown got the better of Bain with a run of 45.43s while Bain came in at 45.53s. Michael Mathieu was third in 45.72.

Also on form was Derrick Atkins who won his 100M sprint in 9.97s. Leaving much of the field behind him, Atkins asserted his dominance on the local competition and showed that he was very much in contention for a medal in Beijing for the event. Shamar Sands would not be outdone after breaking the Bahamian record for the 110M hurdles with a run of 13.44s. Debbie Ferguson-McKenzie will also be on the Beijing team after placing first in the 200M and second in the 100M. Ferguson-McKenzie clocked 11.22s behind Chandra Sturrup’s 11.14s. Ferguson-McKenzie was pushed hard to the tape by the up and coming Sheniqua Ferguson, they clocked a season’s best 22.82s and 22.85s respectively.