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Dexter Lee opens season with sensational 10.15
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Two-time IAAF World Junior 100m champion Dexter Lee opened his 2011 season on Saturday with a sensational 10.15 seconds (+0.8m/s wind) personal best to win the men's 100m at the Meeting Grand Prix International in Guadeloupe.
Despite running in rainy conditions, Lee, who also won an IAAF World Youth gold medal in 2007, beat his previous best of 10.16 seconds set in Barcelona last year.
In only his second outing since running the 400m at the Gibson Relays in March, the 20-year-old Lee beat a decent field that included the Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina, who was second in 10.18 seconds; European record holder Francis Obikwelu of Portugal who was fifth in 10.30 seconds.
Jamaica's Commonwealth Games champion Lerone Clarke continued to struggle early, finishing seventh in 10.36 seconds.
Lee, who returned to the island on Sunday, told the Observer yesterday he was pleased with his performance but thought he could have gone faster.
"I could have run faster, but it was raining and my start was not so good, so I need to work on that," the former Herbert Morrison runner said.
With most of the more experienced runners yet to open their 100m season and the 100m at the Jamaica National Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday being wind aided, Lee is the third fastest Jamaican over the distance so far.
Steve Mullings leads with a world-leading 9.90m with Jaques Harvey's 10.09 seconds in the B race in Kingston on Saturday are the people ahead of him.
Lee was the only Jamaican winner on the programme as three others -- Samantha Henry in the 200m, Clora Williams in the 400m and Zara Northover in the shot put -- all getting third places.
Henry ran 23.57 seconds to finish behind American Rachelle Smith Boone, who won in 23.47 seconds.
Williams ran 53.00 seconds in the 400m, while Sheryl Morgan was sixth in 53.77 seconds, while Northover threw 16.94m, just off her season-best 17.00m in the
shot put.
Richard Phillips was fifth in the 110m hurdles in 13.60 seconds as Cuban World Record holder Dayron Robles won in 13.35 seconds.
Adrian Findlay was fifth in the 400m hurdles (50.84 seconds), while Andrea Bliss and Nickesha Wilson were both sixth in the 100m and 400m hurdles, respectively.
Dexter Lee opens season with sensational 10.15
BY PAUL A REID Observer writer reidp@jamaicaobserver.com
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
MONTEGO BAY, St James — Two-time IAAF World Junior 100m champion Dexter Lee opened his 2011 season on Saturday with a sensational 10.15 seconds (+0.8m/s wind) personal best to win the men's 100m at the Meeting Grand Prix International in Guadeloupe.
Despite running in rainy conditions, Lee, who also won an IAAF World Youth gold medal in 2007, beat his previous best of 10.16 seconds set in Barcelona last year.
In only his second outing since running the 400m at the Gibson Relays in March, the 20-year-old Lee beat a decent field that included the Netherlands Antilles' Churandy Martina, who was second in 10.18 seconds; European record holder Francis Obikwelu of Portugal who was fifth in 10.30 seconds.
Jamaica's Commonwealth Games champion Lerone Clarke continued to struggle early, finishing seventh in 10.36 seconds.
Lee, who returned to the island on Sunday, told the Observer yesterday he was pleased with his performance but thought he could have gone faster.
"I could have run faster, but it was raining and my start was not so good, so I need to work on that," the former Herbert Morrison runner said.
With most of the more experienced runners yet to open their 100m season and the 100m at the Jamaica National Jamaica International Invitational on Saturday being wind aided, Lee is the third fastest Jamaican over the distance so far.
Steve Mullings leads with a world-leading 9.90m with Jaques Harvey's 10.09 seconds in the B race in Kingston on Saturday are the people ahead of him.
Lee was the only Jamaican winner on the programme as three others -- Samantha Henry in the 200m, Clora Williams in the 400m and Zara Northover in the shot put -- all getting third places.
Henry ran 23.57 seconds to finish behind American Rachelle Smith Boone, who won in 23.47 seconds.
Williams ran 53.00 seconds in the 400m, while Sheryl Morgan was sixth in 53.77 seconds, while Northover threw 16.94m, just off her season-best 17.00m in the
shot put.
Richard Phillips was fifth in the 110m hurdles in 13.60 seconds as Cuban World Record holder Dayron Robles won in 13.35 seconds.
Adrian Findlay was fifth in the 400m hurdles (50.84 seconds), while Andrea Bliss and Nickesha Wilson were both sixth in the 100m and 400m hurdles, respectively.