BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC – Quarter milers Sada Williams and Dasean Boyce, together with sprinter Ross Walrond, have been amongst a number of Barbadians in winners’ row on the inaugural Barbados Grand Prix right here on Saturday on the Usain Bolt Sports activities Complicated.
Williams, a World Championship bronze medalist, did simply sufficient to assert gold within the ladies’s 400 metres in a time of 51.15 seconds, simply forward of Printassia Johnson of The Bahamas in 51.29 seconds, with Jamaica’s Shana-Kaye Anderson claiming bronze in 52.72 seconds.
Boyce was additionally victorious within the males’s equal, crossing the end line in 45.78 seconds to steer a 1-2-3 end for Barbados, with teammates Kyle Gayle and Jonathan Jones clocking 46.04 and 46.43 seconds, respectively.
In the meantime, Walrond stormed to victory within the males’s 200 metres in 20.63 seconds, with Demar Francis of Jamaica a detailed second in 20.68 seconds and Barbados’ Kuron Griffith third in 20.74.
Hometown lady Adeyah Brewster was a cushty winner within the ladies’s 100m hurdles in 13.44 seconds, properly forward of fellow Barbadians Brieanna Boyce in 14.06 and Alika Harewood in 14.31, whereas Rasheem Brown captured the boys’s 110-metre hurdles in 13.50 seconds.
Nonetheless, Davonte Howell of the Cayman Islands and Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle-Lee Ahye gained the marquee 100 metre occasions.
Howell, a two-time CARIFTA gold medalist, sped to victory within the males’s race in 10.15 seconds, with Jaleel Croal of the British Virgin Islands second in 10.28 seconds and Justin Maynard of Barbados, who clocked 10.32 seconds, ending third.
Ahye gained the ladies’s equal in 11.41, relegating the Barbados duo of Danae Niles (11.51) and Kishawna Niles (11.56) to second and third, respectively.
