Olympic bronze medallist Parchment clocks Jamaica national record in Eugene

Jun 01, 2013

Parchment clocks Jamaican National Record at Prefontaine Classic

By Dania Bogle

Olympic bronze medallist Hansle Parchment clocked a new Jamaican record 13.05 seconds to win the men’s 110m hurdles at the Prefontaine Classic IAAF Diamond League meeting in Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.

Parchment lowered his previous best 13.16 to race in ahead of Cuba’s Orlando Ortega 13.08 and the USA’s David Oliver 13.10.

The much anticipated clash between Jamaicans Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce and Veronica Campbell-Brown failed to live up to expectation as the Olympic champion Fraser-Pryce clocked wind-aided 10.71 seconds to win the women’s 100m ahead of Nigeria’s Blessing Okagbare.

Campbell-Brown pulled in a time of 10.78 seconds ahead of her countrywoman Kerron Stewart in 10.97.

Nickel Ashmeade was the other Jamaican winner coming off the curve in front but challenged to the line as he won the mnes’200m in a time of 20.14 seconds.

The USA’s Walter Dix posted 20.16 for second while another Jamaican, Jason Young, was third in 20.20.

Justin Gatlin led a USA trifecta in the men’s 100m blowing in at a time of 9.88 ahead of Mike Rodgers (9.94) and Ryan Bailey 10.00.

Grenada’s Kirani James suffered a rare defeat at the hands of the USA’s Lashawn Merritt. The Olympic champion had to settle for second in the men’s 400m as Merritt posted 44.32 seconds to win with James clocking a time of 44.39.

In the women’s equivalent Botswana’s Amantle Montsho demolished the field clocking 50.01 as the USA’s Francena McCorory clocked 50.37 with Jamaican Novlene Williams-Mills posting 51.14 seconds for third.

Prefontaine Classic 2013 Selected Results

1.	Shelly-Ann FRASER-PRYCE	JAM	86	10.71
2.	Blessing OKAGBARE	NGR	88	10.75
3.	Veronica CAMPBELL-BROWN	JAM	82	10.78
4.	Kerron STEWART	JAM	84	10.97
5.	Murielle AHOURE	CIV	87	10.98
6.	Ana Claudia LEMOS SILVA	BRA	88	11.06
7.	Allyson FELIX	USA	85	11.07
8.	Barbara PIERRE	USA	87	11.10

Men's 100m - wind: +2.6

1.	Justin GATLIN	USA	82	9 .88
2.	Michael RODGERS	USA	85	9.94
3.	Ryan BAILEY	USA	89	10.00
4.	Nesta CARTER	JAM	85	10.03
5.	Derrick ATKINS	BAH	84	10.08
6.	Keston BLEDMAN	TRI	88	10.10
7.	Richard THOMPSON	TRI	85	10.21
8.	Kemar BAILEY COLE	JAM	92	10.24

Men's 200m - wind: -0.9

1.	Nickel ASHMEADE	JAM	90	20.14
2.	Walter DIX	USA	86	20.16
3.	Jason YOUNG	JAM	91	20.20
4.	Churandy MARTINA	NED	84	20.36
5.	Jaysuma SAIDY NDURE	NOR	84	20.51
6.	Jeremy DODSON	USA	87	20.52
7.	Calesio NEWMAN	USA	86	20.71
8.	Maurice MITCHELL	USA	89	20.73

Women's 400m

1.	Amantle MONTSHO	BOT	83	50.01
2.	Francena MCCORORY	USA	88	50.37
3.	Novlene WILLIAMS-MILLS	JAM	82	51.14
4.	Christine OHURUOGU	GBR	84	51.31
5.	Stephanie MCPHERSON	JAM	88	51.35
6.	DeeDee TROTTER	USA	82	51.73
7.	Shericka WILLIAMS	JAM	85	52.22
8.	Sanya RICHARDS-ROSS	USA	85	53.77

Men's 400m

1.	LaShawn MERRITT	USA	86	44.32
2.	Kirani JAMES	GRN	92	44.39
3.	Tony MCQUAY	USA	90	45.31
4.	Luguelín SANTOS	DOM	93	45.33
5.	Kevin BORLÉE	BEL	88	45.56
6.	Lalonde GORDON	TRI	88	45.67
7.	Christopher BROWN	BAH	78	45.85
8.	Pavel MASLÁK	CZE	91	46.05

Men's 110mH - wind: +0.9

1.	Hansle PARCHMENT	JAM	90	13.05
2.	Orlando ORTEGA	CUB	91	13.08
3.	David OLIVER	USA	82	13.10
4.	Ryan WILSON	USA	80	13.18
5.	Andrew RILEY	JAM	88	13.20
6.	Sergey SHUBENKOV	RUS	90	13.22
7.	Jeff PORTER	USA	85	13.35
8.	Jason RICHARDSON	USA	86	13.45

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Parchment clocks Jamaican National Record at Prefontaine Classic

By Dania Bogle