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Julien Alfred smashed her 200m Personal Best to officially begin outdoor season at Tom Jones Invitational on Friday.
Julien Alfred's incredible start to the season continued at the Tom Jones Invitational, storming to a brilliant Personal Best (PB) of 21.91s to win the college women's 200m event and kick-start her outdoor season.
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After some relay performances to open her outdoor campaign, the 21-year-old improved her previous PB of 22.46 set last May, taking it to 21.91s in her first individual race of the season, which stands as a St. Lucian Record.
In second place was McKenzie Long, also with a PB of 22.31s, while Alfred’s Texas teammate Rhasidat Adeleke improved her Irish record to 22.34s for third place.
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20:52 - 14.04.2023
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Alfred picked up from where she left off following an indoor season that included PBs of 6.94s for the 60m and 22.01s in the 200m set at the NCAA Indoor Championships for the best-ever one-day indoor sprints double. The 6.94s places her joint second on the world indoor 60m all-time list.
Noah Lyles secures a winning start at Tom Jones Invitational
Two-time world 200m champion Noah Lyles ran 20.16 (-1.2m/s) to begin his 200m season on a winning note at the Tom Jones Memorial in Gainesville, Florida, on Friday (14).
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Meanwhile, in one of the collegiate races, Alabama’s Tarsis Orogot from Uganda ran a massive wind-assisted 19.60s (2.9m/s) for victory.
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15:39 - 14.04.2023
Rosemary Chukwuma takes on Julien Alfred at Tom Jones Invitational
Rosemary Chukwuma and NCAA's most in-form sprinter, Julien Alfred will rekindle their rivalry at the Tom Jones Invitational this weekend.
Jefferson stuns Thompson-Herah at Tom Jones Invitational
US 100m champion Melissa Jefferson stunned Olympic 200m champion Elaine Thompson-Herah to win the women's 200m event at Tom Jones Invitational on Friday.
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Jefferson ran 23.02 (1.8m/s) ahead of the five-time Olympic gold medallist, who clocked 23.23s.
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19:54 - 13.04.2023
Tobi Amusan faces former World Champions at Tom Jones Invitational
Nigeria's Tobi Amusan will return to hurdling action against some of the world's best hurdlers, gunning to extend her unbeaten run.
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