Volume 13, No. 29 May 28, 2014 nation) (Gittens, Hinds, Shane Brathwaite, st Forde); 3. Kenya 1:23.24 NR (Stephen — 1 World Relays — Barasa, Carvin Nkanata, Walter Moenga, Tonny Chirchir); 4. Cuba 38.44; 5. Holland 38.52; 6. 4. Japan 1:23.87 NR; 5. Cayman Islands Nassau, Bahamas Australia 39.21; 7. Cayman Islands 39.76. 1:24.91 NR; 6. Turks & Caicos 1:27.70 NR;… May 24-25 II–1. Jamaica 37.71 (WL) (Carter, Kemar dnf—Nigeria;… dnf—Germany. Bailey-Cole, Forte, Andrew Fisher); 2. (There were some problems with a new Brazil 38.10 (de Barros, Lucindo, Gomes system of deriving splits with transponders da Silva, Vides); 3. France 38.33; 4 X 400 in batons, so some revised timings may be 4. Poland 38.60; 5. China 39.00; 6. 1. United States 2:57.25 (WL, AL) (David in the offing.) Barbados 39.27; 7. Venezuela 39.29. Verburg 44.8, Tony McQuay 44.1, Christian Taylor 44.6, LaShawn Merritt 43.8); MEN III–1. Germany 38.62; 2. Canada 38.70; 2. Bahamas 2:57.59 (Latoy Williams 45.0, (5/24—4x2, 4x8, 4x4h) 3. St. Kitts 38.76; 4. Ukraine 38.91;… Demetrius Pinder 43.8, Chris Brown 45.8, dq—United States (Marvin Bracy, Trell Michael Mathieu 44.6); 4 X 100 Kimmons [out of zone pass], Mookie Salaam, 1. Jamaica 37.77 (Nesta Carter, Nickel Charles Silmon);… dq—Bahamas. 3. Trinidad 2:58.34 NR (#7 nation) Ashmeade, Julian Forte, Yohan Blake); (Lalonde Gordon 45.3, Rennie Quow 43.6, 2. Trinidad 38.04 (Keston Bledman, Marc Machel Cedenio 44.5, Jarrin Solomon 44.9); Burns, Rondell Sorrillo, Richard Thompson); 4 X 200 4. Great Britain 3:00.32 (Michael Bingham 3. Great Britain 38.19 (Richard Kilty, Harry 1. Jamaica 1:18.63 WR (old WR 1:18.68 45.4, Conrad Williams 44.7, Nigel Levine Aikines-Aryeetey, James Ellington, Dwain Santa Monica TC [US] ’94) (Nickel 46.0, Martyn Rooney 44.2); Chambers); Ashmeade, Warren Weir, Jermaine Brown, 5. Cuba 3:00.61 (William Collazo 45.5, 4. Brazil 38.40 (Bruno de Barros, Jefferson Yohan Blake) (avg 19.66); Raidel Acea 44.5, Adrián Chacón 46.2, Lucindo, Aldemir Gomes da Silva, Jorge 2. St. Kitts 1:20.51 NR (#3 nation) Yoandys Lescay 44.4); Henrique Vides); (Antoine Adams, Leastrod Roland, BJ 6. Venezuela 3:01.44 (Arturo Ramírez 46.0, 5. Japan 38.40 (Kazuma Oseto, Kei Lawrence, Allistar Clarke); Albert Bravo 45.0, José Meléndez 45.6, Takase, Yoshihide Kiryu, Shota Iizuka); 3. France 1:20.66 NR (#4 nation) Freddy Mezones 44.8); 6. Canada 38.55 (Gavin Smellie, Dontae (Christophe Lemaitre, Yannick Fonsat, Ben 7. Brazil 3:03.87 (Pedro Luis de Oliveira Richards-Kwok, Jared Connaughton, Justyn Bassaw, Ken Romain); 45.7, Wagner Francisco Cardoso 45.4, Warner); 4. Barbados 1:21.88 NR (Ramon Gittens, Anderson Henriques 45.5, Jonathan da 7. Germany 38.69 (Alex-Platini Menga, Levi Cadogan, Andrew Hinds, Fallon Forde); Silva 47.3); Lucas Jakubczyk, Julian Reus, Martin 5. Kenya 1:22.35 NR (Stephen Barasa, 8. Jamaica 3:10.23 (Dane Hyatt 4, Keller);… Carvin Nkanata, Tonny Chirchir, Walter Chumaine Fitten, Omar Johnson 46.7, Edino dns—France (Arnaud Remy [pulled up Moenga); Steele 47.7). injured in blocks before gun], Jimmy Vicaut, 6. Bahamas 1:23.19 (Blake Bartlett, Adrian 4 x 400 B Ben Bassaw, Christophe Lemaitre). Griffith, Wesley Neymour, Andretti Bain); II–1. Belgium 3:02.97 (Dylan Borlée 46.6, 4 x 100 B 7. China 1:25.83 (Shiwei Chen, Zhenye Jonathan Borlée 45.2, Julien Watrin 46.0, 1. Ukraine 38.53 NR (Emil Ibrahimov, Xie, Yang Yang, Youxue Mo); Kevin Borlée 45.2); Serhiy Smelyk, Igor Bodrov, Vitaliy Korzh); … dq—United States (Maurice Mitchell, 2. Japan 3:03.24 (Kaisei Yui, Yuzo 2. Cuba 38.60 (Yaniel Carrero, Roberto Curtis Mitchell, Ameer Webb [out of zone], Kanemaru, Yusuke Ishizuka, Kazuya Skyers, Reynier Mena, Yadier Luis); Wallace Spearmon). Watanabe); 3. China 38.83 (Shiwei Chen, Zhenye Xie, (best-ever mark-for place: 1, 3, 5) 3. Dominican Republic 3:03.41 (Gustavo Yang Yang, Youxue Mo); Heats Cuesta, Luguelín Santos, Yon Soriano, 4. St. Kitts 39.07 (Allistar Clarke, Jason I–1. Jamaica 1:20.15 (WL) (#2 nation) Juander Santos); Rogers, Antoine Adams, BJ Lawrence); (Rasheed Dwyer, Brown, Jason Livermore, 4. Nigeria 3:04.49 (Isah Salihu, Amaechi 5. Poland 39.31 (Remigiusz Olszewski, Weir); 2. France 1:21.45 (#3 nation); 3. St. Morton, Elvis Ukale, Noah Akwu); Dariusz Kuc, Jakub Adamski, Karol Kitts 1:21.97 NR (#4 nation); 4. Bahamas Zalewski); 1:22.18 NR; 5. China 1:23.75 NR; … dnf—Holland;… dnf—Australia. 6. Virgin Islands 1:25.01 NR;… dq— © 2014 Track & Field News.All rights Heats Papua New Guinea, Spain. reserved.This newsletter may not be re- I–1. Great Britain 37.93 (WL) (Kilty, II–1. United States 1:21.35 (=AL) printedor retransmitted in any formwithout Aikines-Aryeetey, Ellington, Danny (M. Mitchell, C. Mitchell, Isiah Young, express written permission. Talbot); 2. Trinidad 38.09; 3. Japan 38.34; Spearmon); 2. Barbados 1:21.88 NR (#4 www.trackandfieldnews.com -165- May 28, 2014 5. Australia 3:04.61 (Craig Burns, Dylan 6. Mexico 7:21.12 NR (Bryan Antonio Kimberley Hyacinthe, Crystal Emmanuel, Grant, Joshua Ralph, Alex Beck); Martínez, Cesar Daniel Belman, Christopher Shai Davis); 6. Canada 3:04.67 (Daniel Harper, Daundre Sandoval, José María Martínez); 2. Bahamas 43.46 (V’Alonee Robinson, Barnaby, Tremaine Harris, Philip Osei); 7. Bermuda 7:21.87 NR (Saquille Dill, Sheniqua Ferguson, Cache Armbrister, 7. Kenya 3:05.81 (Mark Mutai, Solomon Aaron Evans, Lamont Marshall, Trey Simons); Anthonique Strachan); Buoga, Alex Sampao, Boniface Tumuti). 8. Slovakia 7:32.87 NR (Jozef Repcík, 3. Switzerland 43.55 (Michelle Cueni, Heats: Jozef Pelikán, Dusan Páleník, Tomas Marisa Lavanchy, Mujinga Kambundji, Léa I–1. Great Britain 3:00.74 (Bingham, Timoransky); Sprunger); Williams, Levine, Rooney); 2. Venezuela 9. Uganda 7:53.34 NR (Peter Agaba, Julius 4. Puerto Rico 43.99 (Beatriz Cruz, 3:01.96 (Ramírez, Bravo, Meléndez, Mutekanga, Peter Okwera, Geofrfey Akena). Celiangely Morales, Genoiska Cancel, Carol Mezones); 3. Brazil 3:02.78 (de Oliveira, Rodriguez); 4 X 1500 Cardoso, Henriques, Hugo Souza); 5. China 44.09 (Yujia Tao, Yayun Zhu, 1. Kenya 14:22.22 WR (old WR 14:36.23 4. Dominican Republic 3:04.44 (Cuesta, Huijun Lin, Qiqi Yuan); Kenya' 09) (Collins Cheboi 3:38.6, Silas Joel Mejia, J. Santos, L. Santos); 5. Australia 6. Poland 44.59 (Anna Kielbasinska, Kiplagat 3:32.5, James Magut 3:38.8, 3:04.64 (Beck, Grant, Ralph, Burns); 6. Kenya Weronika Wedler, Marta Jeschke, Angelika Asbel Kiprop 3:32.3—avg. 3:35.55); 3:04.69 (Mutai, Sampao, Buoga, Tumuti). Stepien); 2. United States 14:40.80 AR (old AR II–1. United States 3:01.09 (Verburg, 7. British Virgin Islands 45.06 (Ashley Kelly, 14:46.3 National Team ’79) (5 W) (#4 nation) Clayton Parros, Torrin Lawrence, Taylor); 2. Nelda Huggins, Chantel Malone, Karene (Pat Casey 3:38.2, David Torrence 3:36.6, Jamaica 3:01.17 (Javere Bell, Steele, Hyatt, King);… dq—Dominican Republic. Will Leer 3:39.3, Leo Manzano 3:46.7—avg. Rusheen McDonald); 3:40.2); Heats 3. France 3:03.74 (Mame-Ibra Anne, I– 2. 3. Ethiopia 14:41.22 NR (6W) (#5 nation) 1. United States 42.29 (WL, AL); Teddy Venel, Patrice Maurice, Thomas (Mekonnen Gebremedhin 3:39.9, Soresa Trinidad 42.59; 3. Germany 42.92; Jordier); 4. Nigeria 3:04.48 (Isah Salihu, Fida 3:37.5, Zebene Alemayehu 3:46.5, 4. Switzerland 43.41 (Michelle Cueni, Amaechi Morton, Tobi Ogunmola, Noah Aman Wote 3:37.3); Marisa Lavanchy, Mujinga Kambundji, Léa Akwu); Sprunger); 5. Dominican Republic 44.30 4. Australia 14:46.04 NR (9W) (#7 nation) 5. Canada 3:04.85 (Daniel Harper, (Ryan Gregson 3:39.1, Sam McEntee 3:44.9, (Lavonne Idlette, Fani Chala, Marleni Mejía, Daundre Barnaby, Philip Osei, Michael Collis Birmingham 3:38.3, Jordan Williamsz Margarita Manzueta); 6. Australia 44.69 Robertson); 6. Russia 3:05.00 (Sergey 3:43.7); (Margaret Gayen, Ella Nelson, Monica Petukhov, Pavel Trenikhin, Yuriy 5. Spain 15:00.69 (Adel Mechaal, Álvaro Brennan, Elly Graf). Trambovetskiy, Pavel Ivashko); 7. Saudi Rodríguez, Carlos Alonso, Alberto Imedio); II–1. Jamaica 42.29 (=WL); 2. Nigeria Arabia 3:06.37 (Ismail Al-Sabani, Ahmed 6. Poland 15:05.70 (Szymon Krawczyk, 42.77; 3. Brazil 43.22; Yahya Al Khayri, Youssef Al-Masrahi, Ali Mateusz Demczyszak, Marcin Lewandowski, 4. Canada 43.69; 5. China 44.12 (Tao, Saad Al-Daran). Adam Kszczot); Lingwei Kong, Lin, Yuan); 6. British Virgin III–1. Bahamas 3:00.30 (Pinder, Ramon 7. Qatar 15:10.77 NR (Mohamed Al-Garni, Islands 44.53; Miller, Brown, Mathieu); 2. Trinidad 3:01.06 Mohamed Hasim Salah, Maaz Abdelrahman 7. Venezuela 44.64 (Wilmary Álvarez, (Gordon, Quow, Cedenio, Solomon); Bala, Ali Abubaker Kamal). Andrea Purica, Nediam Vargas, Nercely 3. Cuba 3:02.43 (William Collazo, Raidel Soto). (best-ever mark-for-place: 1-4, 6-7) Acea, Adrián Chacón, Yoandys Lescay); 4. III–1. Great Britain 43.20 (Philip, Anyika Belgium 3:02.79 (Kevin Borlée, Julien Watrin, Onuora, J. Williams, Henry); 2. France 43.35; Dylan Borlée, Jonathan Borlée); 5. Japan — World Relays Women — 3. Bahamas 43.54 (Robinson, Ferguson, 3:04.25 (Yusuke Ishizuka, Yuzo Kanemaru, Tayla Carter, Strachan); 4.