Weekly Round Up – May 26th, 2014
This week for TC Management was event field with events in China and the Bahamas. The IAAF World Challenge: Beijing was on May 21st, 2014, with 5 athletes competing. In the hurdles, Candice Price, was 5th with 13.11 in the Women’s 100m hurdles which saw the world lead tied by Brianna Rollins of 12.58. On the men’s side, Dayron Robles finished in 13.56 for 4th place. Chelsea Hayes was back running the 100m in Beijing, and finished in 11.40 for 5th. Mike Rodgers ran a seasons best of 10.03 in a very fast Men’s 100m. Mike was second to Justin Gatlin’s world leading 9.87. In the Long Jump, Hayes returned and finished 6th with 6.10m and Mike Hartfield finished 5th with a jump of 7.82m. Complete Results: Beijing
Nassau, Bahamas was the location for the Inaugural IAAF World Relays and was host to 3 world records this weekend. Natasha Hastings was big part of the winning and world leading Women’s 4 x 400m relay, with a leg of 50.0. Hastings had the fastest split of the relay for the USA. Also on the winning relay were Dee Dee Trotter (50.7), Sanya Richards-Ross (50.4), and Joanna Atkins (50.7), together these ladies ran 3:21.69. The USA dominated Jamaica (3:23.26) and Nigeria (3:23.41), both had season bests in this race. The USA Men’s 4 x 100m had exchange issues in the prelims and did not advance to the finals. Complete Results: Nassau – World Relays
