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Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix • Biographical Summaries • Women Women’s 100 Metres 14:05 3 + 2 fastest to Final (15:33) First Round Heat 1 2014 World Best: 10.80 Tori Bowie USA Monaco 18 Jul 14 Diamond League Record: 10.70 Carmelita Jeter USA Eugene 4 Jun 11 Bowie will secure the Diamond Race victory if she wins in Birmingham (which would mean she won’t need to get into the top three at next year’s US Championships in order to go to the World Championships) Age (Days) Born Season’s Best Personal Best 1, YOUNG Jessica USA 27y 140d 1987 11.16 11.14 -11 11.06w -09. 400 pb: 52.25 -08 (53.95 -14). 200 pb: 22.99 -11 (23.28 -14). 3 NCAA 100 2011; 7 US 100 2014 In 2014: 1 Columbia 400; 2 Arima 100; 4 Atlanta ATL 100; 3 Clermont FL 100 ‘B’ (May 31); 2 Montverde 100; 7 US 100; 1 Eugene 100 2, WILLIAMS Jodie GBR 20y 330d 1993 11.20 11.18 -11 Commonwealth Games & European silvers at 200m (matching Kathy Cook’s feat from 1982) 11.13w -14. 200 pb: 22.46 -14. 400 pb: 54.33 -10. 1 World Youth 100/200 2009; 1 WJC 100 2010 (2 200); 1 World Youth 100/200 2009; 1 WJC 100 2010 (2 200); 4 EIC 60 2011; 1 EJC 100/200 2011; ht WIC 60 2012; 1 under-23 ECH 200 2013 (2 100/4x100); sf WCH 200 2013; 2 COM 200 2014 (3 4x100).1 UK 200 2014. Unbeaten in 151 races until her second place in the 2010 World Junior 200m final. Coach-Christine Bowmaker (same as Asha Philip) In 2014: 2 Florida Relays 200 (4 100); 1 Gainesville 200 (3 100); 1 Loughborough International 200 ‘B’ (2 100); 5 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Regensburg 100 (2 200); 2 Oslo Diamond 200 (6 100); 4 ETCh 4x100 race 2 (5th overall); 4 ETCh 4x400 race 2 (4th overall, her precise split was 51.56); 1 UK 200 (3 100); 4 Glasgow Diamond 200; 2 COM 200; 2 ECH 200 (1 4x100) 3, FELIX Allyson USA 28y 279d 1985 11.01 10.89 -12 Three Olympic golds from London 2012 ... winner of a record of eight World Championship golds outdoors (three at 200m, five in relays) 200 pb: 21.69 -12 (22.34 -14). 400 pb: 49.59 -11 (50.81 -14). 1 World Youth 100 2001; 5 WJC 200 2002; sf WIC 200 2003; 3 Pan-Am Games 200 2003; 2 OLY 200 2004/2008; 1 WCH 200 2005 (2003-qf); 1 WCH 200/4x100/4x400 2007; 1 OLY 4x400 2008; 1 WCH 200/4x400 2009; 1 WCH 4x100/4x400 2011 (2 400, 3 200); 1 OLY 200/4x100/4x400 2012 (5 100); dnf WCH 200 2013 (tear in her right hamstring). 1 US 200 2004/2005/2007/2008/2009/2012, 100 2010 & 400 2011. Graduate of Elementary Education from the University of Southern California. Coach-Bob Kersee (likens her running to that of a gazelle). Manager/brother Wes Felix In 2014: 5 Shanghai Diamond 400; 3 Eugene Diamond 200; 1 Oslo Diamond 200; 1 Ostrava Golden Spike 200; 4ht US 100 (she was only ever going to do one round); 2 Paris Diamond 200; 2 Glasgow Diamond 200; 5 Monaco Diamond 100; 1 London ‘Anniversary’ 100 (no time recorded); 1 Stockholm Diamond 200 4, BOWIE Tori USA 23y 362d 1990 10.80 10.80 -14 Full name is Frentorish Former US Collegiate Champion at Long Jump, then at Eugene 2014 she won the 200m from lane 1 in 22.18, 0.39 inside her previous best 200 pb: 22.18 -14. LJ pb: 6.91 -13 (6.82 -14). dnq WIC LJ 2014. 1 NCAA LJ 2011 indoors & out; 2 US indoor 2014. Studied Psychology at The University of Southern Mississippi In 2014: dnq WIC LJ; 1 Gainesville 100/LJ; 1 Clermont FL 200 (Apr 26); 1 George Town LJ; 2 Baie Mahault 100; 11 Shanghai Diamond LJ; 1 Eugene Diamond 200 (5 LJ); 1 Rome Diamond 100; 1 New York Diamond 100; 1sf US 100 (she appeared to injure her left leg after the race and did not run the final); 1 Monaco Diamond 100; 2 Stockholm Diamond 200 5, GARDNER English USA 22y 123d 1992 11.01 10.85 -13 Fourth at 100m & relay silver at 2013 World Championships ... 200 pb: 22.62 -13 (22.81 -14). 4 WCH 100 2013 (2 4x100). 1 US 100 2013. 1 NCAA indoor 60 2012; 1 NCAA 100 2012/2013. In 2011 she set a North American 100m junior record of 11.03. Her first coach was her father Anthony, then at Oregon Robert Johnson and now (in Los Angeles) John Smith She’s called English (she says) because her mother wanted to give her a name which would stand out In 2014: 4 Mt SAC Relays 100; 7 Kingston Jamaica Invitational 100; 8 Doha Diamond 100; 7 Shanghai Diamond 200; 6 Eugene Diamond 200; 6 New York Diamond 100; 4 US 100; 3 Lausanne Diamond 100; 4 Montreuil 100; 3 Glasgow Diamond 100 ‘B’ 6, PHILIP Asha GBR 23y 303d 1990 11.18 11.18 -14 First leg for British relay team which broke the 34 year-old British record when winning at Zürich 2014. Fourth at 2014 World Indoor Championships & 2014 Commonwealth Games 11.11w -14. 200 pb: 23.07w , 23.34 -13. 4 WJC 100 2006; 1 World Youth 100 2007; 1 EJC 4x100 2007; 3 under-23 ECH 4x100 2011; 5 EIC 60 2013; 5 ETCh 100 2013; sf WCH 100 2013; 4 WIC 60 2014 (2012-sf); 4 COM 100 2014 (3 4x100); 1 ECH 4x100 2014 (sf 100). 1 AAA under-15 indoor 60 2005 & under-17 indoor 2006; 1 UK junior 100 2007; 1 UK 100 2013/2014. She studied Drama at Kingston University. She is still a coach for Mini Trampolining but has not competed at that sport since she ruptured her knee in 2007. Coach-Christine Bowmaker In 2014: 1 UK indoor 60; 4 WIC 60; 6 Kingston Jamaica Invitational 100; 3 George Town 100; 2 IAAF Relays 4x200 (5 4x100); 6 Hengelo 100; 5 Oslo Diamond 100; 1 UK 100; 9 Glasgow Diamond 100; 4 COM 100 (3 4x100); 1 ECH 4x100 (sf 100, she missed a place in the individual final by 0.001) 7, SOLOMON Shalonda USA 28y 248d 1985 11.12 10.90 -10 2011 US Champion at 200m ... former World Junior Champion at 200m 200 pb: 22.15 -11 (22.54w, 22.64 -14). 400 pb: 53.47 -08. 2 WJC 4x100 2002; 1 WJC 200/4x100 2004; 1 North, Central American & Caribbean under-23 200 2006; 2 IAAF Continental Cup 100 2010; 4 WCH 200 2011 (ran in heat of 4x100, so awarded gold medal won by USA in final). 1 US 200 2011 ... studied Nursing at the University of South Carolina ... coach-Lance Braumann In 2014: 5sf US indoor 60; 2 Gainesville 200; 3 Clermont FL 200 (Apr 26); 2 Clermont FL 100 (May 10); 5 Ponce 100; 1 Montverde 100; 4 New York Diamond 200; 4 US 200 (5 100); 2 Edmonton Classic 200; 5 Glasgow Diamond 200; 3 Linz Gugl 100; 1 Heusden 200; 4 London ‘Anniversary’ 100 8, JETER Carmelita USA 34y 273d 1979 11.27 10.64 -09 Won a complete set of medals at the London Olympics, capped by gold in the relay where she anchored the US team to a world record 200 pb: 22.11 -12. 400 pb: 53.08 -09. 3 WCH 100 2007, also ran heat of 4x100 so awarded gold medal won by USA in final; 3 WCH 100 2009; 2 WIC 60 2010; 1 WCH 100/4x100 2011 (2 200); 1 OLY 4x100 2012 (2 100, 3 200); 3 WCH 100 2013. 1 US 100 2011/2012 (1 indoor 60 2010). Coach (since November 2008)-John Smith In 2014: 1 Chula Vista 100; 1 San Diego 100; 2 Padua 100; 4 Székesfehérvár 100; 6 Glasgow Diamond 100; 3 London ‘Anniversary’ 100 © Mark Butler ([email protected]) 2014 and Mirko Jalava (mirko@tilastopaja.fi) Check with final start lists in case of late changes Athlete’s ages as at: 24/8/2014 Sainsbury’s Birmingham Grand Prix • Biographical Summaries • Women Women’s 100 Metres 14:15 3 + 2 fastest to Final (15:33) First Round Heat 2 2014 World Best: 10.80 Tori Bowie USA Monaco 18 Jul 14 Diamond League Record: 10.70 Carmelita Jeter USA Eugene 4 Jun 11 Bowie will secure the Diamond Race victory if she wins in Birmingham (which would mean she won’t need to get into the top three at next year’s US Championships in order to go to the World Championships) Age (Days) Born Season’s Best Personal Best 1, HENRY-ROBINSON Samantha JAM 25y 332d 1988 11.00 11.00 -14 Awarded Olympic relay silver in London 2012 when he led off the Jamaican team in the heats (though replaced by Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce for the final) 10.94w -12. 200 pb: 22.77 -12 (22.85 -14). 2 World Youth Medley Relay 2003 (sf 100); 3 Pan-American junior 200 2007; 2 North/Central American & Caribbean under-23 200 2008 (3 100); Silver OLY 4x100 2012; 8 COM 200 2014 In 2014: 4 Gainesville 200; 4 Clermont FL 200 (Apr 26); 7 Kingston Jamaica Invitational 200; 2 IAAF Relays 4x100; 1 Clermont FL 100 (May 31); 2 New York Diamond 100; 3 Jamaican 200 (7 100); 3 Edmonton Classic 100; 8 Glasgow Diamond 200; 8 COM 200 2, LAWSON Lekeisha USA 27y 82d 1987 11.07 11.07 -14 200 pb: 23.09 -14.