Douglas warms up for World U20s with double win

HOLLAND High School’s Shanoya Douglas warmed up for next month’s World Under-20 Championships in Eugene, Oregon, with a double victory over the weekend at the Flying Angels International Track and Field Championships in Toronto, Canada.

Douglas, who is down to compete in the 100m and 200m in Oregon, captured the girls’ Under-20 100 metres in 11.25 seconds, and the 400 metres in 55.47.

Coach Garth Smythe was pleased with his charge’s performances ahead of next month’s Under-20 Championships.

“The meet was used for Shanoya to get a blowout ahead of the World Under-20 Championships and it was good for her to get some competition ahead of that meet,” said Smythe.

It was triple success for Holland High as Douglas’ teammate, Mickelia Henlon, captured the girls’ Under-20 long jump with a mark of 5.51 metres.

Two other athletes who will represent Jamaica at next month’s Under-20 Championships, the William Knibb pair of Sanjay Seymore and Jabari Matheson, were also winners at the three-day meet, which ended on Sunday.

Seymore, competing in the boys’ Under-20 100m, won in 10.47 ahead of Flying Angels’ Jahleel Henry, who clocked 10.50.

Matheson captured the boys’ Under-20 200m in 21.02 seconds, while he was third in the Under-20 400m in 48.42.

Also over the weekend, Natriece East of Wolmer’s Girls’ and Riquelme Reid of Excelsior High competed at the Fuse Sprint, World Continental Tour Bronze meet in Tottori, Japan. East finished second in the women’s 100m in 11.53, while Reid, the Class One 100m champion at this year’s Champs, ended eighth in the men’s 100m in 10.97.