Aug 20, 2009 | Santa Cruz Sentinel
Soquel's Vessey advances to semifinals of 800 at IAAF World Championships
Maggie Vessey said there's always drama running an 800-meter race. But compared to two of the other six heats run in the women's 800 at the IAAF World Championships track and field meet on Sunday in Berlin, her heat was uneventful.
Jamaica remains on target to add more 100 metre medals to the gold and bronze secured by Usain Bolt and Asafa Powell yesterday as Shelly-Ann Fraser, Kerron Stewart, Veronica Campbell-Brown and Aleen Bailey progressed to today's semi-finals of the women's equivalent at the 12th IAAF World Championships.
Jamaica's Novlene Williams-Mills looks up on the giant screen as she rests after completing her run in the 400 metres at the World Athletics Championships in Berlin, Germany, yesterday.
Four-pronged attack on 100m gold
Stewart, Fraser, Campbell-brown, Jeter IT WILL be four the hard way in the women's 100 metres as Jamaica's Kerron Stewart, Shelly-Ann Fraser, Veronica Campbell-Brown and the United States Carmelita Jeter are expected to have a blanket finish to decide on the fastest woman in the world.
Kenia Sinclair - File Jamaica's best success at the international level in track and field has come by way of the sprints, but in recent years, Kenia Sinclair has made somewhat of a breakthrough in unfamiliar territory, enjoying some success in a middle distance.
Fraser, Campbell-Brown Several top Jamaican athletes, including Olympic 100 metres champion Shelly-Ann Fraser and 200 metres gold-medallist Veronica Campbell-Brown, will be in action at today's Herculis Super Grand Prix in Monaco.
Harrigan scores lone Caribbean win at KBC Night of ...
The British Virgin Islands standout Tahesia Harrigan posted the lone Caribbean victory at the KBC Night of Athletics track and field meet on Saturday night, landing the women's 100 metres.
Jemma starts season on a high in Oregon
ST AUSTELL athlete Jemma Simpson finished third in her first major race of the season at the prestigious Prefontaine Classic in Eugene, Oregon, USA.
Soquel grad Vessey still in disbelief after winning 800 at Prefontaine Classic
Nobody was more shocked than Maggie Vessey when she pulled off a thrilling upset in the 800-meter run at the Prefontaine Classic track and field meet on Sunday.
Twell looks certain pick for Europeans
Photograph: Andy Lyons/Getty Images World junior 1500 metres champion Stephanie Twell recorded a personal best of four minutes 3.62 seconds at yesterday's Janus Kusocinski Memorial meeting in Warsaw, a timely performance ahead of the selection of the Great Britain team for the European Team Championships on 20-21 June.
Gay Throws It Down At The Reebok Grand Prix
For Immediate Release Saturday, May 30, 2009 Gay throws it down at Reebok Grand Prix NEW YORK CITY - Tyson Gay announced to the world that he is back, running the third-fastest 200 meters of all time and annihilating a world-class field Saturday at the 2009 Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium.
J'cans finish down track at Reebok GP
RANDALL'S ISLAND, New York - It was a disappointing day for Jamaica's seniors at yesterday's 5th Reebok Grand Prix at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island, as they failed to win any of the major races.
'Ver', Powell ready for Reebok
TIME Olympic 200 metres champion Veronica Campbell-Brown and Asafa Powell, the former world 100 metres record holder, yesterday declared themselves fit and ready for tomorrow's Reebok Grand Prix in New York.
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