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| From left to right: Jenae Ambrose, Kadiesha Hield, Mesha Newbold & Drexel Maycock. Photo Courtesy Kermit Taylor/ Bahamas Athletics |
Relays
The Bahamas' girls Medley Relay was the first of the team to compete on the track for the morning session of Day 4, July 13th, 2013. The young runners were able to finish 5th in heat 3 of the event with a time of 2 minutes 13.63 seconds. This result was good enough to rank them 12th in the world, but just shy of making the finals scheduled for tomorrow.The USA girls lead qualifiers, 2 minutes 07.13 seconds. The boys squad had a different fate. They were able to finish 2nd in heat 2 of their preliminary round with a time of 1 minutes 53.38 seconds. That team will advance to the finals ranked 6th overall. Leading the boys finalists is Japan with a time of 1 minutes 52.18 seconds.
Sprints
Jenae Ambrose once again got a second chance in a semifinal, this time coming in the girls 200m. Running blind from lane 8, Jenae finished 6th in heat 2 of 3 semifinals. her time of 25.05 seconds was not enough to advance her to the finals, and she ends her quest for a 200m championship ranked number 19th in the world.
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| Jenae Ambrose. Photo Courtesy Kermit Taylor/Bahamas Athletics |
The boys side saw Ian Kerr finishing just off pace in a time of 21.91 seconds into a gusty headwind of -2.5. Kerr finished 5th in heat 2 of the boys 200m, ranking him 14th overall, and not advancing him to the finals. Janeko Cartwright went in the following heat. Janeko did not have a good race as he suffered some injuries and did not finish (DNF) the race.
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| Ian Kerr. Photo Courtesy Kermit Taylor/Bahamas Athletics |
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| Janeko Cartwright. Photo Courtesy Kermit Taylor/ Bahamas Athletics |
Jumps
The boys high jump competition lived up to the excitement it had promised. Laquan Nairn of Team Bahamas leaped to a huge personal best of 2.16m. The winning jump of the competition came from that of Sanghyeok Woo of Korea 2.18m, just 2 centimeters high than the Bahamian. The drama unfolded as Laquan was in a 3 way tie fo the bronze medal when it came to the clearance of the 2.16. CARIFTA gold medalist Christoff Bryan won the bronze medal as Nairn and Olesksandr Baranniko of Ukraine and more knockdowns. Laquan is now ranked the 5th best youth high jumper of 2013.
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| Laquan Nairn. Photo Courtesy Kermit Taylor/Bahamas Athletics |
Throws
In the qualification rounds of the boys discus throw Drexel Maycock went in Group A. He ended the competition with no mark. He was just unable to get his mark down, and get a fare throw in.
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