National Championships: Prince leads qualifiers for 110mh final, Parchment sneaks in
KINGSTON, Jamaica – Demario Prince of Baylor University ran 13.38 seconds (-2.8m/s) on Saturday to lead qualifiers for Sunday’s final of the 110m hurdles at the JAAA national championships at the National Stadium.
Shaquane Gordon, the US junior college champion, also qualified with 13.51 seconds along with Sharvis Simmonds, 13.52 seconds, Jerome Campbell, 13.62 seconds, and Andre Harris.
Olympic gold medalist Hansle Parchment, who was running only his second race of the season, was the eighth and final qualifier after he was fifth in his semi-final in 13.71 seconds.
Jahiem Stern- 13.92 seconds, and Lafranz Campbell -13.64 seconds, also advanced.
Two-time World Athletics Under-20 gold medalist Kerrica Hill ran a season’s best 12.69 seconds (-2.3m/s) to lead the qualifiers for the 100m hurdles finals set for the final day.
Hill dipped under her previous season’s best 12.71 seconds and was followed by Demisha Roswell, Olympic Games bronze medalist Megan Simmonds, NCAA third-place finisher Janela Spencer, Amoi Brown and Tonie-Ann Forbes into the finals.
Two former national junior representatives, Alexis James and Salieci Myles, are also into the final.