Jefferson-WooDen notch second Grand Slam Track-Sieg

Melissa Jefferson-Woodden won her second Grand Slam track title on Saturday and won the short sprint group of women in Miami, while Briton Josh Kerr took over the short route of men after a rocky start into the season.

The new racetrack continued its second of four meetings in his opening season in the Ansin Sports Complex, because with oversized wallets and an enviable list of decorated talents on the route on the route on the route.

Athletes in 12 groups – short sprints for men and women, long sprints, short hurdles, long hurdles, short distances and long distances – occur by two races per meeting with the points of the runs that determine the champion of each group.

The American Jefferson-Woodden won the 100 meters on Friday and took third place for 18 points in the 200 m in a personal best 22.15 seconds on Saturday.

The 1,500 meter world champion Kerr won his signature event on Friday and finished fifth in a personal best of 1: 45.01 on Saturday for 16 points, two points in front of Marco Arop, Canada.

“These will be great shows that we do,” said Kerr, who leaves Miami in Kingston a dark seventh seventh in Kingston in the amount of $ 100,000 last month.

“If I continue as I am, I can get two more slams of it this year and be really proud.”

The startup with Michael Johnson front startup saw many empty seats in his Kingston debut, but on Saturday an enthusiastic Miami audience appeared when the world record holder Sydney McLaughin-Levron brought a win of 52.07 in the 400-meter hurdles.

Jamaican Ackera won the Kurzhurdelgruppe for women with 18 points after breaking the tape in the 100 -m apartment in 11.09 a.m., which corresponds to its personal best.

The Olympic gold medalist Masai Russell, who organized the second fastest time of all time in the 100-meter hurdles on Friday, an astonishing 12.17, in the group ranking took second overall rank after the fourth (11.40).

Jereem Richards from Trinidad and Tobago scored the Long Sprints Group of the men with 20 points when he watched the Speedy 19.86 victory in the 200 m with a second place in 44.32 on Friday. Reuters

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