Wind , lightning, and rain had an effect on several competitions for Caymanian track and field performances in Tennessee, South Carolina, and Florida over the weekend.
Nevertheless, a number of outstanding results were achieved by athletes in a variety of disciplines.
At the Sea Ray Relays, in Tennessee, a shortened programme on Friday caused Carl and Carlos Morgan of Middle Tennessee State University to make a change in the triple jump to Saturday and compete in both horizontal jumps and drop projected participation in the javelin.
In the triple jump, Carl reached 14.44 metres. His potential regional qualifying mark of 7.56m in the long jump was negated by a plus 2.9mph wind. Carlos’ 7.26m postingwas also wind-aided.
A positive consideration for the day was that each of them ran a leg on the 100m relay team, which clocked 41.30 seconds.
At the Miami Elite Invitational on the Hurricane track, a meet which saw a large number of Bahamian and Jamaican top performers in action, Ronald Forbes of Florida International, fresh from his second straight designation as Sun Belt Conference Male Track Performer of the Week, turned in another top result in the 110m hurdles in 13.80secs, but unfortunately, a wind of plus 2.6mph was recorded. Forbes is still looking for that Olympic qualifying mark.
However, he lowered his 200m time for the season to 21.65secs.
Cayman-based sprinters Chris Sampson, Robert Ibeh, and Stephon Johnson also competed in this meet. Chris turned in a time of 11.00secs flat for the 100m, as Johnson checked in with 10.75secs and Ibeh at 10.80secs.
In the 200m Johnson clocked at 21.71secs and Ibeh 21.90secs.
At Texas Tech, Sean Troop has apparently recovered from injury as he marked a time of 10.88secs for 100m and was credited with anchoring the South Plains Junior College B 400m relay quartet to a 3 minutes 18.10secs finish.
In Houston, Omar Wright of Rice University jumped 2.10m to post that regional qualifying high jump mark for the second time this season.
At Clemson University, the King College Tornado squads were faced with a delay due to weather and rainy conditions, but shrugged off the difficulties to realize some fine achievements.
Tyrell Cuffy dropped his NAIA-leading 200m best to 21.16secs and Kemar Hyman also qualified for NAIA nationals in this event with a wind-assisted 21.56secs, as they finished 1-2. They have both also qualified for NAIA nationals in the 100m.
Richard Ibeh clocked a windy 11.04secs for the 100m in the prelims, but was unfortunately charged with a false start in the final, a fate which had befallen Kemar in the prelims.
The trio, with one non-Caymanian team-mate, finished runners up spot in the 100m relay. In addition, Richard threw the discus 116′ 8″.
Maxwell Hyman made his debut in inter-collegiate javelin competition with a best toss of 41.96m.
The Caymanian women members of the Tornado squad made their presence known as well, as Cassianne Lawrence ran a season’s best 13.99secs for 100m, while Kristie Hurlston provided one of the highlights of the day when she broke the King College women’s hammer throw record in her first-ever competition in the event with a mark of 34.81m.
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