New championship record run for Strachan

Sat, Jul 14th 2012, 08:42 AM

There is no doubt, Anthonique Strachan is ready for the upcoming Olympic Games. The junior sprinter became the first Bahamian to win gold in both the 100 and 200 meters (m) at the International Association of Athletic Federations (IAAF) World Junior Championships.
In perfect form, Strachan set a new championship record and lowered her own junior national time in the 200m. The golden performance was done in 22.53 seconds. It is a personal best for Strachan, who won the 100m on Wednesday at the championships.
Defending champion in the 400m, Shaunae Miller had to settle for fourth in the event. She turned in 51.78 seconds. The winning time was 50.50 seconds by American Ashley Spencer. Kadecia Baird of Guyana picked up the silver in 51.04 and Erika Rucker of the U.S. was third in 51.10 seconds.
Junior world leader in the high jump event, Ryan Ingraham, had to settle for the bronze medal after struggling with the opening height. Ingraham's heels knocked the bar down at 2.26m.
Cartwright ran out of lane four and finished sixth in the 100m hurdles. Running 14.20 seconds was Devynne Charlton in the second heat of the 100m hurdles for women. Charlton was seventh and did not advance.
Hours after competing in the 100m hurdles, Cartwright ran in the semifinal of the 400m hurdles. She clocked 1:03.88 for eighth. That time did not put her through to the final set for today.
The quartet representing The Bahamas in the 4x100m ran out of lane five in the first of three qualifying heats. The team of Charlton, Carmiesha Cox, Rashan Brown and Anthonique Strachan did not finish the race.
The boy's 4x100m ran out of heat two and posted the time of 39.48 seconds. Running on that team were Anthony Farrington, Blake Bartlett, Shane Jones and Stephen Newbold. The winning time was 39.25 seconds turned in by the USA.
Latario Collie-Minns was able to move into the final of the triple jump event while twin brother Lathone struggled in his group. Latario needed only two jumps to get into Sunday's final. His best on the day was 16.51m. Cuban Pedro Pichardo popped 16.64m to lead the group and Georgi Tsonov had the third best jump in that group. His mark was 15.97m. The best jump on that day for Lathone was 13.30m. He closed in the 14th spot.

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