Olympic News

VCB shrugs off Jeter, advances to 200m final

Tuesday, August 07, 2012

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Veronica Campbell Brown shrugged of a challenge from Camelita Jeter taking first place in the 200m semi finals today.

VCB clocked 23.32 while Jeter finished in 23.39.

France’s Myriam Soumare was third in 22.56.

A pleased Campbell-Brown spoke with reporters after the race, "I am happy. I think I executed a decent race. I'll remain confident and try to put it together. It will be an extremely good event. My intention is to stay focused and to run my heart out."

The Bahamas’ world junior champion Anthonique Strachan finished fourth in 22.62.

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Reac. T	Time		Record
1	8	CAMPBELL-BROWN Veronica	0.173	22.32	Q	SB
2	6	JETER Carmelita	0.181	22.39	Q
3	3	SOUMARE Myriam	0.14	22.56		SB
4	5	RYEMYEN Mariya	0.187	22.62
5	4	STRACHAN Anthonique	0.175	22.82
6	2	LALOVA Ivet	0.146	22.98		SB
7	7	ADEOYE Margaret	0.192	23.28
8	1	PETER Allison	0.204	23.35