The Tribune

By BRENT STUBBS 

Senior Sports Reporter

bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

TYNIA Gaither, preparing for her trip to the inaugural Grenada Invitational this weekend, led a field of Bahamians at the 90th Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays with a second place finish in the women’s 200 metres.

On Saturday in the Mike A Myers Stadium at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Gaither clocked 23.01 seconds to trail American Natasha Hastings, who won the race in 22.78.

Gaither, who is also expected to be home for the IAAF World Relays April 22-23, teamed up to run the third leg, passing the baton to Hastings on anchor as the TG Elite also featuring Sharika Nelvis on pop off and Olivia Ekpone on second, got third in 44.237. Track Station (43.40) and Axis Athletics (43.93) got first and second respectively.

Also at the meet, Serena Brown, who is being considered for participation in the Carifta Games in Curacao over the Easter holiday weekend, picked up a victory in the women’s college discus with her toss of 51.68 metres or 169-feet, 7-inches.

Devynne Charlton, a junior at Purdue University, qualified for the women’s 100m hurdles with the fifth fastest time of 13.17. But in the final, she clipped the final hurdle and didn’t get to finish as top qualifier Tobi Amusan, a sophomore of UTEP, won in a meet record of 12.72.

When contacted, Charlton told The Tribune that she’s okay. She noted that after hitting the hurdle, she played it cautiously and decided not to finish the race.

A number of other Bahamians also participated in the meet, mostly on relay teams.

Charlton’s teammate Carmiesha Cox ran the opening leg for Purdue as they went on to finish third in the women’s 4 x 200m relay invitational in 1:34.66. Texas A&M won in 1:29.89 and the USC got second in 1:32.45.

Purdue’s men’s 4 x 400m relay team that featured Kinard Rolle on the lead off leg was third in 3:10.17. The University of Houston won in 3:07.15 and the University of Georgia was second in 3:09.37.

And in the women’s 4 x 400m, Dreshanae Rolle ran the lead off leg for the University of Texas at El Paso as they finished third in 3:40.95. The University of Oklahoma won in 3:35.51 and the University of Georgia was third in 3:39.11.

One other individual performance came from LaQuan Nairn, a freshman at South Plains, who was third in the men’s long jump with a leap of 7.83m (25-81/4).

Over at the 2017 Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville, Florida, Michael Mathieu had to settle for 8th place in the men’s 400m on Thursday in 46.53, while Andretti Bain got 11th in 46.78.

Henry Delauze, a junior, ran the second leg for the University of Miami as they posted a second place finish in the men’s 4 x 400m college division in 3:08.89. Shorter B won in 3:07.99.