Natasha Morrison sets meet record in Rovereto, Italy
KINGSTON, Jamaica— Natasha Morrison set a meet record in the women’s 100m at the 59th Palio Citta’ della Quercia, at Stadio Quercia in Rovereto, Italy, a World Athletics Continental Tour – Silver on Wednesday, as she won back-to-back races.
Oblique Seville was also a winner as well as quarter-miler Rusheen McDonald and triple jumper Shanieka Ricketts, while Amoi Brown also produced a podium finish in the 100m hurdles.
Fresh off her win in Padova on Sunday, Morrison clocked 11.00 seconds (1.5m/s) to win and broke the previous record of 11.02 seconds set in 2016 by compatriot Christania Williams.
American Twanisha Terry was second in 11.06 seconds and Gambia’s Gina Bass third with 11.08 with Jamaican Briana Williams finishing fifth with 11.22 seconds.
Seville pulled away from a good field to win in 10.00 seconds (0.7m/s), beating Kenya’s Ferdinand Omanyala- 10.15 seconds with France’s Mouhamadou Fall taking third with 10.22 seconds.
Michael Campbell was fourth in 10.29 seconds and Rohan Watson seventh in 10.45 seconds.
McDonald had a good second half of the men’s 400m to win in 45.46 seconds, beating Manuel Sanders of Germany, who clocked 45.53 seconds, while Zakithi Nene of South Africa with 45.69 seconds placed third.
Ricketts only took three jumps to win the women’s triple jump with 14.92m (2.0m/s), Thea Lafond of Dominica was next with 14.67m (1.8m/s) and Dovile Kilty of Lithuania jumped a season best 14.04m (0.8m/s) for third.
Brown placed second in the 100m hurdles with 12.85 (0.9m/s) as Ireland’s Sarah Lavin won with 12.76 seconds and American Taliyah Brooks was third in 12.91 seconds.
Rajindra Campbell placed sixth in the men’s shot put with a best mark of 20.24m as Italy’s Zane Weir broke his own meet record of 21.32m that he set in 2021 with a new mark of 21.88m.
His compatriot Leonardo Fabbri took second with 21.35m just edging American Joe Kovacs-21.34m.
Orlando Bennett placed seventh in the 110m hurdles running 14.03 seconds (1.0m/s) as Senegal’s Louis Francois Mendy ran 13.40 seconds to win, ahead of Cuba Roger Iribarne- 13.49 seconds and Italy’s Hassane Fofana Italy was third with 13.52 seconds.
-Paul A Reid
