Jamaica’s high jumper Zayne Palomino of Southern Miss University was second in the men’s high jump on Friday during the Vanderbilt Invitational held in Nashville, Tennessee, clearing 2.13m.

Palomino, who was fourth at last year’s JAAA National Senior Championships in Kingston, finished second on count back to American Corvell Todd.

Both men opened at 2.04m and cleared on their first attempt. Palomino cleared the next height 2.09m but Todd passed and both cleared 2.13m then passed at 2.16m before failing at 2.19m.

Palomino set a personal best 2.18m last week, when he placed second at the Vulcan Invitational in Birmingham, Alabama, making him the second best Jamaican man behind Romaine Beckford, who cleared 2.19m at the Arkansas Invitational.

Terine Lambert of Morgan State University won the women’s shot put at the NYC Gotham Cup event held at Ocean Breeze track and field complex in New York with 13.90m.

Lambert was also fourth in the weight throw with 15.25m.

Her teammate Omari McKenzie won the men’s triple jump with 14.00m after setting his personal best 14.66m a month ago, while Zachery Dillon won the men’s shot put with 15.20m.

Brenton Shippy of the University of Louisville was third in the men’s 60m at the Bellarmine Open in Louisville, Kentucky, running 6.96 seconds and later clocked 22.42 seconds for the 200m.

Meanwhile, former Cornwall College thrower David Beadle threw a personal best 15.77m in the men’s weight throw at the Polar Dog Invitational in Concordia, Nebraska.

Beadle, who transferred from Vincennes University and was making his competitive debut for Hastings College, surpassed his previous best of 14.46m, set last year.

-Paul A Reid