On the 2024 Tom Jones Memorial held on the Percy Beard Monitor in Gainesville, Florida, Jamaican athletes showcased their dominance within the males’s 800m occasion, securing a outstanding 1-2-3 end.
Kimar Farquharson, a junior at Texas A&M, led the Jamaican sweep with a successful time of 1:46.69 minutes. Navasky Anderson, Jamaica’s nationwide file holder, carefully adopted in second place with a time of 1:46.76 minutes, whereas Tarees Rhoden, a senior at Clemson College, accomplished the trio with a time of 1:46.82 minutes.
Within the ladies’s equal, Vincentian star Shafiqua Maloney claimed victory with a time of 1:59.97 minutes. She was adopted by Clemson’s Gladys Chepngetich (2:00.53) in second place and Houston’s Kelly-Ann Beckford (2:00.70) in third.
Jamaican Stacey Ann Williams secured second place within the ladies’s 400m invite, crossing the road in 50.71. The occasion was received by American Alexis Holmes in 50.65, with Britton Wilson taking third place with a time of fifty.74.
Within the ladies’s discus invite, Jamaican Clemson junior Marie Forbes achieved a private greatest throw of 58.31m, incomes her second place behind Florida’s Alida Van Daalen (62.58m). Ohio State’s Religion Bender secured third place with a throw of 56.91m.
