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| Kurt Felix (Boise State) |
NEW YORK, May 13, 2012 - It has been a very busy weekend for Grenadian track and field athletes in competitions across the United States.
Among the major achievers were Kurt Felix, Kanika Beckles, Colleen Felix, Sherine Wells, Daryl Baptiste, Neisha Bernard-Smith, Akeisha Dumont, Paul Williams, Rawle DeLisle, Elston and Leston Alexis and Jomo Bullen.
Kurt Felix of Boise State swept the men’s awards at the 2012 Mountain West Outdoor Track and Field Championships at Air Force’s Cadet Track and Field Complex in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Felix earned the MW Men’s High Point Performer and Men’s Outstanding Performance Award.
He earned his second title of the meet, winning the javelin and picking up his second all-conference honour. His mark of 63.18m was a one-metre win over the second place finisher.
At the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Outdoor Championships in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, Colleen Felix was second for the University of Georgia in the Women’s Triple Jump (12.98m) and third with a season-best throw of 45.61m in the Javelin.
At the Big 12 Outdoor Championships in Manhattan, Kansas, Kanika Beckles was second for Texas A&M University in the Women’s 400m in 51.93 seconds. On Saturday, she posted a personal best and Olympic B Standard Qualifying time of 51.72 in the preliminaries.
Also, Sherine Wells of the University of Oklahoma finished 4th in Heat 3 of the Women’s 200m in 23.76.
In more results, Daryl Baptiste (University of Akron) was 4th in the Men's Long Jump (7.33m) at the Mid-American Conference Outdoor Championships in Michigan and Neisha Bernard-Smith opened her season at the Ponce Invitational in Puerto Rico Saturday night with a 5th place finish in the Women's 800m.
On Saturday at the Road to London Twilight Series at Icahn Stadium at Randall’s Island, New York, Akeisha Dumont, running for Central Park, finished fifth in the Women’s 200m in 25.24 while Paul “Kim” Williams of Zenith Velocity Athletic Club was fifth in the Men’s 100m (10.59) and Rawle DeLisle, with CPTC New Balance, finished sixth in 10.90. Williams also copped a third place in the 200m in 21.54.
At the City University of New York (CUNY) Championships at Randall’s Island which ended on Sunday, there was a pair of victories for Elston Alexis of Medgar Evers College (MEC). Alexis won the Men’s Javelin (49.70m) and the Shot Put with 13.54m. His brother, Leston, copped the second spot in the Shot Put with 12.50m and the third position in the Javelin (46.80m) while Jomo Bullen, also of MEC, was fourth (44.78m).
The Alexis brothers also featured in the Hammer Throw, with Leston taking the fourth spot (26.91m) and Elston, fifth with 26.57m. Leston was also second in the Discus Throw with 36.59m and Elston fourth (35.06m).
Bullen also competed in the Long Jump (9th, 5.88m) and seventh and fourth in the 200m (23.03) and 400m (51.14) respectively.
Meantime, Bralon Taplin (South Plains College), who has expressed a desire to represent Grenada, is highly favoured to win the Men's 400m at the NJCAA Division 1 Outdoor Championships, starting on Tuesday in Levelland, TX. Taplin, who has Grenadian roots, clocked 45.36 seconds at the Red Raider Invitational last weekend.
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