PRAIRIE VIEW, Texas -- Battling unfriendly weather that hampered performances, Team USATF athletes still shone at the first event in the USATF Journey To Gold - Tokyo Outdoor Series - a silver label meet - highlighted by a world-leading performance in the hurdles.
Charging into the lead just past the halfway mark in the men’s 400m hurdles, Kenny Selmon (Mableton, Georgia) rocketed to a world-leading 48.87. The 2013 World Youth bronze medalist won by more than a second over Amere Lattin (Missouri City, Texas), the 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist and a semifinalist at the ‘19 World Championships who finished second in 49.97.
Gabriele Cunningham (Charlotte, North Carolina) ran a strong women’s 100m hurdles yet was bested by .20 by Britain’s Cindy Sember, who pulled away over the final five barriers to win in a wind-hindered 13.02.
All three of Reggie Jagers’ (Cleveland, Ohio) legal throws would have been enough to win the men’s discus, and the 2018 USATF champion put up a season-best 63.71m/209-0 in the fourth round to seal his victory.
Moving up to a longer middle distance, Isaiah Harris (Lewiston, Maine) notched a personal best in the men’s 1,500m with a 3:42.63 to take almost eight seconds off his previous best. Harris, a World Championships 800m semifinalist for Team USATF in 2017 and the 2018 NCAA champion at that distance, stayed just behind putative pacemaker Craig Nowak (Plano, Texas) through the first 1200m and then turned up the pace to take the lead and hold off Nowak over the closing meters. Nowak was second in 3:43.04. Dana Mecke (Bulverde, Texas) used a 65.11 final lap to win the women’s 1,500m in 4:17.14.
Befitting the fastest woman in the world in 2021 over 200m, Gabby Thomas (Florence, Massachusetts) had the lead coming off the curve and kept extending it over the final half of the race to win in 23.04 into a 1.4 mps wind. The men’s half-lap title went to former Texas Tech star Andrew Hudson (Cibolo, Texas), who won in 20.90.
Reigning Olympic bronze medalist Ashley Spencer (Indianapolis, Indiana) bided her time through the first 250m of the women’s 400m hurdles, then smoothly moved ahead to take the lead with two barriers to go and ran on to win in 56.36 over Jamaican Shiann Salmon, who was the runner-up in 56.90.
The fastest man on paper coming into the 400m with a 44.21 PR, Kenya’s Emmanuel Korir had his hands full down the final stretch as Marcus Chambers (Tacoma, Washington) pushed him to the line. Korir, who is the sixth-fastest man ever at that distance, edged Chambers for the win in 46.06, with the 2015 Pan American Games 4x400m relay bronze medalist second in 46.12. 2020 Toyota USATF Indoors 400m champion Rashard Clark (Los Angeles, California) claimed third in 46.21.
One of the deepest fields of the meet saw Jessica Beard (Euclid, Ohio) charge from behind in the women’s 400m to win in 52.38 over Jamaican Olympian Chrisann Gordon-Powell. Beard, who has three World Championships 4x400m golds to her credit, made up ground over the final 30m to seal the win, while Gordon-Powell, the 2017 NCAA champion for Texas, clocked 52.47. Olympic and World 400m hurdles champion Dalilah Muhammad (Bayside, New York) opened her season with a 53.77 in fifth.
Olympic and World Championships 4x100m relay gold medalist Morolake Akinosun (Aurora, Illinois) powered out of the blocks and was never challenged on her way to an 11.26 win in the women’s 100m, running into a 1.3 meters per second wind. Liberian Olympian Emmanuel Matadi overcame Isiah Young (Junction City, Kansas) midway through the men’s 100m to win in 10.29, .06 ahead of Young.
A blistering backstretch run by Javianne Oliver (Monroe, Georgia) put Star Athletics in great position and 2019 Bowerman Award winner Sha’Carri Richardson (Dallas, Texas) brought the baton home to help her quartet clock a world-leading 42.70 in the women’s 4x100m relay. Kortnei Johnson (Italy, Texas) ran a commanding curve to lead off for Star Athletics, and after Oliver, Dezerea Bryant (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) blazed the third leg before passing to Richardson. Their men’s clubmates ran away with the relay win, too, clocking 38.89 powered by a trademark stellar second leg from Justin Gatlin (Pensacola, Florida). In the women’s 4x400m relay, USA Blue won in 3:31.86.
Already the world’s third-best thrower after her season opening win at Emporia two weeks ago, 2019 Pan American Games silver medalist Brooke Andersen (Vista, California) improved her season best to 74.96/245-11 in the third round to win the women’s hammer.
Jamaican champion Shadae Lawrence won the women’s discus with her third-round throw of 57.76m/189-6, topping Rachel Dincoff (Waterloo, Indiana) by only four centimeters. Dincoff, who was fourth at the 2017 USATF Championships, hit 57.72m/189-4 on her final attempt.
In the women’s triple jump, Lynnika Pitts (Prairieville, Louisiana) was the top American taking second with a 13.27m/43-6.5 in the final round.
A harrowing wind blew in the faces of all five men’s pole vault entrants, and none of the quintet managed to scale the opening height of 5.45m/17-10.5, leading to a very rare result.
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The next USATF Journey To Gold - Tokyo Outdoor Series event will be the Miramar Invitational, taking place on April 10 in Miramar, Florida.
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