Jamaicans register four wins at Berlin meet

Jamaican athletes registered four wins at the World Continental Tour Silver meet in the ISTAF Olympiastadion in Berlin, Germany, yesterday.

The winners were Sabrina Dockery, Danielle Williams, Rushell Clayton and Kadrian Goldson.

Competing in the women’s 100 metres final, Dockery sped to victory in 11.13 seconds, running into a negative wind of 0.1 metres per second. Gina Lückenkemper of Germany was second in 11.22, the same time credited to former Jamaican athlete competing for Austria, Christania Williams, who finished third.

Danielle Williams raced to victory in the 100m hurdles, clocking 12.78 seconds. Amber Hughes of the United States was second in 12.88, the same time recorded by third-place finisher Lotecia Bapté of France. Jamaica’s Demisha Roswell was fourth in 12.92.

Clayton warmed up for this weekend’s Diamond League finals by capturing the women’s 400m hurdles in 53.72 seconds. Shamier Little of the United States finished second in 54.51, with Ashley Miller of Zimbabwe third in 54.59.

On the male side, sprinter Kadrian Goldson had the best result for Jamaica after clocking 9.98 seconds to win the men’s 100m. Jamaican athletes finished one-two, as Travis Williams was second in 10.19, while Jeremiah Azu of Germany was third in 10.17.

In other events involving Jamaicans, Danniel Thomas-Dodd was fourth in the women’s shot put with a heave of 18.86 metres, as Chase Jackson of the United States won with 21.02m.

Kelly-Ann Beckford finished ninth in the women’s 800m in 2:02.95.