With session one of the games completed, Team Bahamas had some notable performances as they got off to a good start.
In the men's 4x100m, team Bahamas won heat 2 in the fastest time of the day of 38.92 seconds. This time was not only setting the Bahamas up for the finals, but set a NEW NATIONAL RECORD! The team was set up in the racing order of Adrian Griffith on the lead off, Jamial Rolle 2nd, Trevorvano Mackey 3rd, and anchored Shavez Hart.
In the women's 100m finals Cache Armbrister finished 5th in a time of 11.42 seconds and Debbie Ferguson-McKinzie 7th in 11.85 seconds. Both athletes had ran faster preliminary times of 11.35 and 11.42 respectively. The event was won by Jamaican Sherry-ann Brooks 11.21 seconds.
Shavez Hart and Warren Fraser went into the finals with preliminary times of 10.16 and 10.19 seconds, ranking them 3rd and 5th. Shavez missed the IAAF World Championships Standard by .01. In the finals, both athletes didn't fear as well but still ran some impressive times. Hart finished 4th in 10.23 seconds, Fraser 8th in 10.30 seconds. The event was won by Andrew Fisher of Jamaica 10.14 seconds.
With the withdrawal of long jump favorite Raymond Higgs, lone competitor for the Bahamas Rudon Bastian finished 6th overall. His best leap of the day was 7.55m. Winning the event was Alberto Alverez of Mexico 7.85m.
The women saw action in the preliminaries of the 400m. Lanece Clarke was 5th in heat 2 in a time of 54.38 seconds. Amara Jones was 4th in heat 1 in a time of 54.63 seconds. Neither women advanced to the finals.
Quartermilers Latoy Williams and Wesley Neymour both finished 2nd in their respective heats (1 & 2). Latoy's time of 46.50 seconds ranks him 3rd, and Wesley 46.66 seconds 5th heading into tomorrow's finals.
St. Lucia's Lavern Spencer had a huge performance in the women's high jump as she lept to a new championship record of 1.95m. Congratulations to the Lucian!
Track Side Bahamas © 2013
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