NEW YORK, March
21, 2012 -
Several Grenadian track and field athletes will open their outdoor season this
weekend at various meets across the United States.
Joel Redhead opens his 2012 campaign at
the Alabama Relays in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and will be competing in the 400
metres.
Redhead, who is based in Mississippi, has
already secured the “B” qualification for the 200m.
Also expected to compete this weekend are
Janelle Redhead (Wayland Baptist University), Sherine Wells (University of
Oklahoma), Colleen Felix (University of Georgia), Kanika Beckles (Texas A&M
University), Neisha Bernard-Smith (adidas), Andon Mitchell (unattached), Daryl
Baptiste (University of Akron), Lucy Fortune (South Plains College), Melika
Lewis (Monroe College), Jomo Bullen, and brothers Elston and Leston Alexis
(Medgar Evers College).
Redhead (Janelle) and Wells will compete
at the Bobby Lane Invitational at the Maverick Stadium in Arlington, Texas
while Felix attempts the triple jump and javelin events at the Georgia Relays
in Athens, Georgia.
Beckles, who last week posted a windy
23.73 seconds (4.2 wind) in the 200m at the Baldy Castillo Invitational in
Tempe, Arizona, will again be trekking across the West to compete at the USC
Trojan Invitational in Los Angeles, California.
The LSU (Louisiana State University)
Relays in Baton Rouge, Louisiana will see three Grenadians in competition.
Bernard-Smith (formerly Bernard-Thomas) competes in the women’s 1500m; Mitchell
in the men’s 100m and Baptiste in the men’s 100m and long jump events.
Fortune makes her second outdoor
appearance on the weekend at the UTEP (University of Texas El Paso)
Invitational in El Paso, Texas. Earlier this month, Fortune won the 100m in
12.23 at the West Texas Invitational.
Also expected in competition this weekend
are Melika Lewis in the 200 and 400m at the Monmouth Invitational in New Jersey
and Jomo Bullen, Elston and Leston Alexis at the Queen’s College Invitational.
Lewis will compete in the 200 and 400m;
Bullen in the 100, 200 and possibly 400m and the brothers in the shot put,
discuss, javelin and possibly the hammer.
Meantime, Kurt Felix (Boise State
University) competes in the Decathlon at the Texas Relays next Wednesday and
Thursday.
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