Ja Invitational: Praught clocks new 3000m record
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Jamaica’s national record holder Aisha Praught a short while ago clocked a new meet record of 9:31.86 on her way to victory in the women’s 3,000m steeplechase at the ongoing 14th staging of the Jamaica International Invitational meet at the National Stadium in Kingston.
Praught, who recently achieved the national record of 9:19.29 at the IAAF Diamond League Meet in Doha, Qatar, which ranked her ninth in the world, executed a well-paced race to win the three-competitor event by a wide margin.The 2016 Rio Olympic finalist lowered the previous mark of 9:41.12 setback in 2014 by Amela Terzic of Serbia to get the IAAF World Challenge meet show on the road in fine style.Americans Sarah Pease (9:48.89) and Jessica Kamilous (10.02.03) were second and third respectively.Sherdon Cowan
