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MONDAY, JUNE 19, 2017

Junior athletes meet qualifying standards

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net

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here were several qualifiers over the weekend for this summer’s International Amateur Athletic Federation World Under-18 Championships, the Commonwealth Youth Games and the Junior Pan American/NACAC Championships as the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations hosted its 2017 Aliv National Junior Championships.

The two-day meet, held on Friday and Saturday in the original Thomas A Robinson Track and Field Stadium, comes before the BAAA heads to Grand Bahama this weekend to stage the 2017 Aliv National Open Championships at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex for athletes hoping to make the team that will travel in August to the IAAF World Champion-

ships in London, England.

The IAAF World U-18 Championships is set for July 12-16 in Nairobi, Kenya, followed by the Commonwealth Youth Games here July 16-21 and the Pan Am Jr Championships in Lima, Peru, July 21-23.

The BAAA is expected to hold its ratification meeting today to select the three national teams to represent the country at the above mentioned events.

Doneisha Anderson pulled away from three other rivals on the straight away to speed to victory in the under-18 girls’ 200 metres in a time of 24.65 seconds to dip under the qualifying time of 25.15 on Saturday. She was joined

by Destiny Huyler in 25.21 for second and Kayvon Stubbs in 25.26 as they all went under the Commonwealth Youth time of 25.40.

The night before, Anderson also ran away from the

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FAST TRACK: Junior athletes compete in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Aliv National Junior Championships in the original Thomas A Robinson track and field stadium over the weekend.

Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff

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GARDINER WINS 400 IN STOCKHOLM DIAMOND LEAGUE

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net STEVEN Gardiner, in his preparation for his return home for the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Aliv National Open Championship this weekend, pulled off another victory.

As the lone Bahamian competing in the Stockholm Diamond League on Father’s Day yesterday, Gardiner clocked 44.58 seconds to pull off the win in the 400 metres over Baboloki Thebe from Boswana, who did 44.99.

One of Belgium’s twin brothers, Kevin Borlee, finished third in a season’s best of 45.47.

“I felt really good out there. It was a great race and I’m glad that I pulled off the victory,” Gardiner told The Tribune in an interview after the race.

Gardiner, 22, is now listed at No.2 in the Diamond

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Team Bahamas shines at NACAC Age Group Championships

By BRENT STUBBS Senior Sports Reporter bstubbs@tribunemedia.net THE Bahamas’ team to the first NACAC Age Group Championships in Trinidad & Tobago will return home from some good performances at the Hasely Crawford Stadium over the weekend.

The team, managed by Doris Ramsey with Cedricka Rolle as the head coach, competed in the pentathlon or five events for the boys and girls 11-12 and the heptathlon or seven events for the boys and girls 13-14 divisions.

Girls 13-14 Heptathlon The Bahamas’ best showing came from Anthaya Charlton in their seven events after she finished second out of a field of 32 competitors with a total of 3,876 points. Her teammate Shaunece Miller was 13th with 3,520 points.

Shaniqua Bascombe of Trinidad & Tobago was the overall winner with 4,057.

Charlton did the 60m in 10.01 for 798 points, the long jump with 5.61m for 738 pts, the shot put with a heave of 7.88m for 415 pts, the 60m hurdles in 9.15 for 740 pts, the high jump with 1.35m for 499, the javelin throw with 24.32m for 271 pts and she ran the 1,000m in 3:40.84 for 415 pts.

THE BAHAMAS team to the first NACAC Age Group Championships in Trinidad & Tobago with coaching staff members.

Miller did the 60m in 10.87 for 640, the long jump with 4.89m for 599, the shot put with 6.83m for 356 pts, the 60m hurdles in 10.09 for 596 pts, the high jump with 1.45m for 582 pts, the javelin throw with 27.19m for 309 pts and the 1,000m in 3:36.87 for 438 pts.

Boys 13-14 Heptathlon With a total of 31 competitors who started - only one failed to complete the seven-event package Mateo Smith was seventh with 4,651 pts and a grieving Otto Laing was 10th with 4,541. Laing’s mother passed away just as he was

preparing to travel and he said he wanted to go and compete for her.

Matthew Sophia of Curacao won the divisional title with 5,083 pts. Smith did the 80m in 9.58 for 887 pts, the long jump with a leap of 5.81m for 775 pts, the shot put with a toss of 9.87 for 516 pts, the 80m hurdles in 12.22 for 676 pts, the high jump with a leap of 1.70m for 779 pts, the javelin throw with 66.95m for 681 pts and he ran the 1,200m in 4:25.35 for 337 pts.

Laing ran the 80m in 9.83 for 834 pts, the long jump with a distance of 5.09m for 772 pts, the shot put with

a toss of 10.83 for 562 pts, the 60m hurdles in 11.59 for 757 pts, the high jump with a height of 1.60m for 702 pts, the javelin throw with 53.26m for 571 pts and the 1,200m in 3:32.59.

Girls 11-12 Pentathlon G’Shan Brown picked up a fifth place finish in their five events with 2,575 pts, while Lanique Thompson was 13th with 2,352 pts.

A total of 28 competitors competed with Samiya Dell of Barbados winning with 2,894 pts. Brown did the 60m in 8.50 for 749 pts, the high jump with a leap of 1.25m for 426 pts, the jave-

lin throw with 38.10m for 431 pts, the long jump with a distance of 4.21m for 460 pts and the 800m in 2:35.22 for 509 pts. Thompson, in her events, did the 60m in 8.60 for 688 pts, the high jump with 1.25m for 426 pts, the javelin throw with 30.78m for 350 pts, the long jump with 4.36m for 490 pts and the 800m in 2:54.25 for 358 pts.

Boys 11-12 Pentathlon Only 14 competitors contested this division with Carlos Brown ending up fifth with 2,895 pts, followed by Daniel Ermilus 12th with 2,738 pts.

Lebron James of Trinidad & Tobago was the winner with 3,143 pts.

Brown led the Bahamas’ attack as he clocked 8.08 in the 60m for 843 pts, the high jump with a leap of 1.30m for 462 pts, the javelin throw with 44.67m for 495 pts, the long jump with a distance of 4.88m for 597 pts and the 1,000m in 3:13.91 for 588 pts.

And Ermilus ran 8.02 in the 60m for 857 pts, cleared 1.35m in the high jump for 499 pts, threw the javelin 20.51m for 224 pts, soared 4.73m in the long jump for 566 pts and ran 3:13.42 in the 1,000m for 524 pts.

Devynne Charlton completes Big Ten major award sweep DEVYNNE Charlton completed the Big Ten major award sweep, the conference office has announced.

Charlton was voted the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year for the outdoor season by the conference coaches, which gives her the award indoors and outdoors, as well as the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships for the indoor and outdoor seasons this year.

Charlton won three Big Ten event titles, as well as the team title, earned two first team All-America honours and scored 4.5 of the team’s 10 points at the NCAA Championships to help the women finish 21st

in the country during her redshirt junior season. She scored 26.5 of Purdue’s 133 points to lead the team to its first outdoor Big Ten title since 1999. A native of Nassau, Bahamas, Charlton wrapped up her season by setting the school record in the 100 metre hurdles at the NCAA Championships after running 12.74 seconds to finish fifth.

She also set the 100-metre dash programme record, which came at the Big Ten Championships in her gold medal performance. She was also a member of the 4x100-metre shuttle hurdle relay school record, which came at the Drake Relays.

Earlier this week, Charl-

DEVYNNE CHARLTON, a member of the Purdue University women’s track and field team, competes on the second day of the the NCAA National Championships in Eugene, Oregon, on June 9. ton was named Purdue Athletics’ Female Athlete

of the Year for the second time in her career.

Last week, she was named the Great Lakes Region’s Women’s Track Athlete of the Year.

Charlton has achieved feats that no woman in school history ever has before. She is the first strictly track athlete to win the Big Ten Women’s Athlete of the Year award outdoors.

The Boilermakers have four Athlete of the Year awards prior, but all by field athletes, most recently Dani Bunch in 2014. She is the first first team All-American in the 100-metre hurdles in programme history.

Her first team All-America honour in the 4x100-metre relay is the second of her career, as she is a member

of the only two 400-metre relays teams to achieve first team All-America status. Her Big Ten title in the 100-metre dash is the first by a Boilermaker since 1982, aside from her own victory at the conference meet in 2015.

Her 100-metre hurdles title is the first by a Boilermaker since 1985. Charlton is also a member of two of the three Big Ten champion 4x100-metre relay teams, with the only one missing her coming last year when she was out with an injury.

Charlton is the fourth woman in conference history to sweep the indoor and

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Record number of participants in ‘Super 60 Showdown/Hot 100 Bahamas Showcase’

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net INTERNATIONAL Basketball Academy Bahamas set several new initiatives in place for this year’s annual showcase and it led to a record number of participants.

IBA, in conjunction with Get Me Recruited (GMR), hosted the 2017 “Super 60 Showdown/Hot 100 Bahamas Showcase” and concluded its three days of work with elite basketball trainers at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium yesterday.

The Super 60 segment is geared towards the top seniors in the country while the Hot 100 is for the top juniors among both boys and girls. Scores of players came out to seize advantage of the opportunity. The showcase featured some of the most highly touted Bahamian high school players based both locally and abroad.

IBA Bahamas director Denycko Bowles, who also serves as the head coach of the Doris Johnson Mystic Marlins, heads the first international branch of the IBA programme.

“The showcase is definitely growing tremendously, I would say from last year to this year there has been a vast improvement in the amount of kids that have shown up to participate. We extended the invitation to players from all the schools, not only here but in the Family Islands as well,” he said. “What has keyed our massive growth this year is the fact that we have added the Hot 100 to the mix and also we have added the girls. So that accounts for the numbers.

The showcase has been great. Over the past three

YOUNG, aspiring basketball players take part in the IBA, Get Me Recruited “Super 60 Showdown/Hot 100 Bahamas Showcase” at the Kendal Isaacs Gymnasium yesterday.

Photos: Shawn Hanna/Tribune Staff days the kids have learned a lot. They scrimmaged, went through drills, some familiar to them, some unfamiliar to them. They have done great and as coaches we have been very pleased.

Possibly from this showcase one or two of these kids can have an opportunity to further their education through basketball.”

The event featured three days of drills, scrimmages and networking with coaches and scouts from programmes in the United States. “We need to start with the younger kids. At Doris Johnson I have the younger kids wanting to come into my programme and these kids seem to grasp the general concepts and can actually play basketball very well but it’s not until that first day of practice when you realise that they aren’t as far or don’t know what you think they

know,” he said. “It’s important to get them at an earlier age to establish that foundation, so by the time they get to the senior level it makes our jobs easier as coaches. Especially for the girls, last year they saw the success from it and many of them asked for me to help them out as well. We need girls basketball to come along further in this country and we have to continue to develop both.”

In 2015, IBA Bahamas hosted 60 student-athletes to its annual combine summer camp which hosted various programme representatives from John Hopkins, Fisk University, Cape Fair Christian High School, Hallandale High school and Lamont Taylor, the CEO of GetMeRecruited.com.

IBA Bahamas and GMR continued to foster that relationship with the inaugural edition of the Super 60

Showdown last year.

Get Me Recruited is a Raleigh, North Carolinabased company whose goal is to connect high school players and college coaches through the mission statement: “To be personally involved in the collegiate basketball recruiting process one recruit at a time.”

The showcase featured players from junior high

schoolers to post grad unattached. In addition to the summer programmes, IBA has participated in the Summer of Thunder and travelled to AAU tournaments in the US. “We’re looking to build a bridge between America and the Bahamas because there is so much talent here,” Taylor said. “The athleticism here is a step

above what we’ve normally seen. The athleticism in these videos and in these games are well above what we’re used to. If no one sees them they don’t have a chance to offer them scholarships and get them to the states. We want to provide a platform where these kids can showcase their skills, get coaches looking at them and provide opportunities.”

BOWLING TEAM TO REPRESENT BAHAMAS AT CAC CHAMPIONSHIPS THE Bahamas Bowling Federation has announced the selection of its 12-member team to represent the Bahamas at the XII Central American & Caribbean Championships June 24 to July 2 in Guatemala City, Guatemala.

This event is the qualifying Championship for the XXIII Central American and Caribbean Games Baranquilla, Colombia 2018. The team was selected from the Na-

tional Squad Trials held earlier in the year.

The team members are as follows: Men - Alcondo Hepburn, Byron McClain, Derrick Burrows, Leonardo Davis, Ritchie Pyfrom and Sonith Lockhart.

Women - Camille Burnside, Driskell Rolle, Janice Hoyte, Jonice Lockhart, Marina McClain and Uchenna Delva.

The coaches are David Slatter and Joanne Powell.

MEMBERS of our national bowling team.

GARDINER WINS 400 IN STOCKHOLM DIAMOND LEAGUE FROM PAGE 1 League ranking with 16 points. He is also listed at No.2 in the world on the performance chart with a season’s best of 44.26 from the inaugural Grenada Invitational behind American Fred Kerley, who has done 43.70.

Running relaxed through the first portion of the race as he headed onto the back stretch, Gardiner said he was able to maintain his strength and was able to regroup as he went on to power himself to victory on the home stretch.

“The competition was good as always,” Gardiner said. “I had a lot of good guys who I competed against, but I was able to pull through.”

Gardiner’s performance

was short of his Bahamas national record of 44.26, but he said it wasn’t as important as it was in securing the win.

“I felt pretty good about the time. I’m pretty happy,” he said.

On Tuesday, Gardiner is expected to be back home.

He will then make his trek to Grand Bahama for the BAAA Aliv National Open Championship at the Grand Bahama Sports Complex on Friday and Saturday.

Gardiner, 22, is expected to defend his title won last year in Nassau against some household names, including veterans Chris ‘Firerman’ Brown, Demetrius Pinder and Michael Mathieu.

The goal is to secure their tickets for London, England August 5-13, either in the 400m or as a member of

the 4 x 400m relay team.

“I’m looking forward to coming home and competing very well this weekend,” said Gardiner, who last competed in Grand Bahama when he was a member of the Moore’s Island High School team out of Abaco.

“I’m hoping that everybody will be there and we will put together a good race,” Gardiner said.

“I’m not focusing on any particular time. I just want to be able to compete very well.”

With the event held on Father’s Day, Gardiner expressed his gratitude to all those persons who assisted him in the past as a fatherfigure. He only asked that they continue to support him through their prayers as he follows his dream of being a world champion.

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Jones and Sun hand Lynx their first loss of the WNBA season

By RENALDO DORSETT Tribune Sports Reporter rdorsett@tribunemedia.net JONQUEL Jones continues her torrid pace in posting stellar numbers and her performance over the weekend led the Connecticut Sun to their latest win and a .500 win-loss record on the season.

Jones finished with 16 points, eight rebounds, four blocks, four steals and two

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assists in the Sun’s 98-93 win over the previously undefeated Minnesota Lynx at the Xcel Energy Center in Minnesota on Saturday night.

After a slow start to the season at 0-4, the Sun have reeled off four consecutive wins and five of their last six to bring their record to 5-5 on the year.

Jones had her most efficient shooting game of the season - 6-7 from the field

JONQUEL JONES in action in this file photo.

- and made both of her three-point attempts in 37 minutes on the floor. She tied her season high with blocks and set a new season high in steals.

With just over seven minutes remaining, Jones gave the Sun the lead for good, with a deep stepback jumper to put Connecticut ahead 81-79. The Sun then went on a run to extend the lead to eight points. The Lynx Maya Moore hit a three to cut the Sun’s lead to 9693 with 21 seconds left to play. Connecticut’s Jasmine Thomas missed a pair of free throws with 19 seconds left, but Moore’s final 3-point attempt fell short.

Tied at 22 after the first quarter, the Lynx moved ahead by two at the half, 4745. Connecticut outscored Minnesota by one in the third and six in the final frame.

Jones is having an AllStar calibre season, averaging 15.1 points, 12.2 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. The second-year forward is seeking help from the Bahamian public in her selection bid.

The league’s leading rebounder, Jones is on pace to surpass the mark of 398 rebounds set by Tina Charles in 2010.

WNBA All-Star Voting 2017, presented by Verizon, opened Tuesday afternoon.

Verizon WNBA All-Star 2017 will be played on Saturday (July 22) at KeyArena, home of the Seattle Storm.

The game will be broadcast on ABC at 3:30pm. To vote for Jones, the Bahamian

public can take to social media apps Facebook and Twittter and post “#WNBAVote Jonquel Jones” to officially vote for the Grand Bahamian native.

The WNBA will take a three-tier approach to All-Star Voting this year which will include media, WNBA players/coaches and fans. Fan voting, an all-digital programme, will conclude at 9pm on Thursday, July 6. WNBA fans may submit one full ballot each day through WNBA.com (desktop or mobile) or the WNBA App (available on Android and iOS). Fans may also vote for up to 10 players per day on Twitter and Facebook.

In just under two weeks, the leading vote-getters in each conference will be announced Thursday, June 29 on ESPN2 as Jones and the Sun take on the Seattle Storm.

All-Star starters will then be announced live on ESPN July 11 during the noon edition of Sportscenter.

WNBA head coaches will select reserves for both conferences, which will be announced July 18, live on ESPN2.

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Junior athletes meet qualifying standards FROM PAGE 1 field in the 400m in 55.54 to surpass the World U-18 standard of 57.00. Wendira Moss, a distant second in 57.27 and Marissa White, third in 57.64, all did the Commonwealth Youth’s time of 58.50.

“The race was good. I got out good, came off the curve good and I ran home solid,” said Anderson, a 16-year-old from St Augustine’s College. “I was very elated with my performances. I felt I improved my time a lot.”

In other performances from the girls on the field for the Commonwealth Youth Games, Lakelle Kinteh soared 5.37 metres or 17feet, 7 1/2-inches to win the under-18 girls’ long jump to surpass the qualifying mark of 5.35m (17-6 3/4), while Dachye Stubbs tossed the shot put 12.00m (39-4 1/2) to go over the standard of 11.60m (38-0 3/4) and Latia Saunders threw the javelin 39.25m (128-9) to clear the standard of 38.20m (125-4).

“Today was okay. I was expecting to do better than I did, but I came out with a mind set to do my best and I did that,” said Saunders, who had a group of parents on the sidelines cheering them on. “It was good to know that I had some support in the back of me. The competition was good.”

The only female to qualify for the IAAF World’s was national record holder Serena Brown, who came home from the NCAA Championships where she she failed to get in a mark for Texas A&M in her freshman year to throw the spear 53.52m (175-7) to go well beyond the standard of 46.72m (153-3).

On the boys’ side, three athletes attained the World Jr’s standard in the under-18 100 and 200m, a pair did it in the 400m and one came through in both the 100m and 400m hurdles, while there was also a qualifier for the Jr Pan Am in

FAST TRACK: Junior athletes compete in the Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations’ Aliv National Junior Championships in the original Thomas A Robinson track and field stadium over the weekend.

Photo: Terrel W Carey/Tribune Staff the under-20 high jump and the long jump.

Joel Johnson sped to victory in the under-18 boys century in 10.71 and he was followed in the straight away race by Adrian Curry and Max Azor in identical times of 10.73 as they all dipped under the World Jr’s standard of 10.85. The race was so fast that Kristin Major (11.11), Shaquiel Higgs (11.13) and Nastario Wiliams (11.20) either surpassed or matched

the Commonwealth Youth standard of 11.20.

There was some revenge for Azor as he turned the tables in the 200m, coming on strong before he ran out of real estate to snatch the title in 21.37 over Johnson, who had to settle for a close second in 21.38. Higgs ran 21.81 for third as they all went under the World Jr’s standard of 22.05.

“I worked hard and as my coach told me, not to panic,” said Azor, a 16-year-old

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from Queen’s College. “I thank God that I got it and I got to qualify. I worked hard, but I didn’t know what I would place. I got to PR, so it’s a great feeling.”

Johnson, on the other hand, said he really wanted the double, but felt he knew what happened.

“I felt a bit sluggish coming off the curve, but I found a way to vault myself back into the race,” he said.

“I could have done better, but all in all, I got as good race. I feel great to know that I qualified for both meets. Hard work is paying of and I’m looking forward to the upcoming meets.

The competition here really pushed me.”

Again, three more competitors in Williams, fourth in 22.26; Major, fifth in 22.27 and Seth Bethell, sixth in 22.41, also did the Commonwealth Youth standard of 22.60.

Corey Sherrod, winner of the 400m in 48.90 and Tyrell Simms, second in 48.97 both surpassed the World Jr’s qualifying time of 49.25 and they were followed by DeVonte Smith (49.63), Edward Gayle (49.94), Kendrick Major (49.96) and Edward Munroe (50.82) were all under the Commonwealth Youth’s qualifying time of 51.20.

Denvaughn Whymns qualified in the under-18 boys’ 100m hurdles for the World Jr’s in 13.94 as he surpassed the standard of 14.15

and Oscar Smith, second in 14.26, added his name to Commonwealth Youth’s qualifiers in going past the standard of 14.50. Whymns (7.20m/23-7 1/2), Michael Adderley (6.72m/22-0 3/4) and Georgio Pratt (6.52m/21-4 3/4) all went over the Commonwealth Youth’s mark of 6.30m (208) in the long jump.

Matthew Thompson easily won 400m hurdles in 54.04 as he pulled away from Dexter Hall (56.79) going over the final two flights of ten hurdles to surpass the World Jr’s standard of 54.75 and the Commonwealth Youth’s time of 55.90.

Arch-rivals Benjamin Clarke (2.00m/6-6 3/4) and Shawn Miller (1.90m/6-2 3/4) all did the Commonwealth Youth’s standard of 1.90m (6-23/4) in the high jump with their first and second places respectively.

But they both fell short of the World Youth’s mark of 2.06m (6-9).

“It was really good competition. I went out there with a positive mindset just knowing that I could be physically and technically sound and that was what I did,” Clarke said. “This season has been a struggle with a few injuries and some setbacks, but I just came out here to have some fun.”

Jordan Lewis, in a double dose of victory, had a heave of 14.04m (46-0 3/4) to sur-

pass the Commonwealth Youth’s mark of 13.60m (44-7 1/2) in the shot put and 45.87m (150-6) in the discus to go over the qualifying standard of 41.00m (134-6).

Kyle Alcine, in his preparation for his entry into North Dakota State University in August, won the under-20 boys’ high jump with a leap of 2.15m (7-0 1/2) to surpass the Jr Pan Am standard of 2.10m (6-10 3/4).

“It was good. I want to thank God that I got through it without any injury,” Alcine said. “I was out there by myself so there wasn’t any competition to push me and the crowd wasn’t as enthusiastic. Some people clapped (as he prepared to provide him with a rhythm as he jumped) and some just watched.”

And Grand Bahamian Holland Martin made sure he was set in the long jump with his winning leap of 7.50m (24-7 1/4) that was well over the standard of 7.30m (23-111/2). Martin also clocked 21.86 to take the half-lap race but it wasn’t enough for another Jr Pan Am qualifier with the standard set at 21.08.

“The race was pretty good. I got a good start, which was what I was basically working on,” said Martin of his half-lap race.

“I knew if I had a great start, they would not have been able to catch me, so the goal with my 400m background was to relax and take it through the last half of the race.”

Despite a strong head wind when he competed n the long jump, Martin said he was delighted to have attained the Pan Am qualifying standard again.

Renee Brown was a double sprint champion in the girls’ U-20 100m (12.33) and 200m (25.19), but neither were able to surpass the Jr Pan Am’s qualifying times of 11.62 and 24.10 respectively.

“I was a little disappointed in the lane they gave me (in the 200m),” Brown said.

“But my coach told me it doesn’t matter what lane you get, but it’s about your race, so just go out there and whatever I have to do to place and go for the qualifying times. It wasn’t what I needed, but hopefully they will consider taking me.”

Daejha Moss, another athlete who had to compete in front of her new college coach, also pulled off a double in the girls U-20 long jump with 5.32m (17-5 1/2) and the high jump with 1.65m (5-5), but she also missed each of the Jr Pan Am qualifying heights of 5.92m (19-5 1/4) and 1.70m (5-7).

“My performance wasn’t that good today,” stated Moss, the Queen’s College graduate who is also heading to North Dakota State University in August. “It’s been a long season, but a successful season, so I’m okay for my performances.”

Charlton completes Big Ten major award sweep FROM PAGE 1

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outdoor Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year and Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championships indoors and outdoors in the same year since the award split for track and field designations in 2007. Charlton is the first woman in school history to win multiple individual Big Ten titles indoors and outdoors in the same year, and one of just two women in Purdue to win multiple event conference titles indoors and outdoors in the same year.

Charlton’s incredible year, indoors and out, featured five Big Ten event titles (60-metre dash, 60-metre hurdles, 100-metere dash, 100-metre hurdles and 4x100-metre relay), the outdoor team title and four All-America honours, including three first team nods. A senior indoors, Charlton finished runner-up at the NCAA Indoor Championships in the 60-metre hurdles and claimed conference crowns

in the hurdles and 60-metre dash. She added a silver medal performance in the 200-metre dash at indoor Big Tens to bring her meet total to 28 of Purdue’s 94 points, where the Boilermakers finished second as a team. She earned first team All-America honours with her second place finish in the 60-metre hurdles, with a Bahamian national record time, and was a second team All-American in the 60-metre dash after placing 16th.

During the year, Charlton broke the school record in the 60-metre hurdles (7.93 seconds), 60-metre dash (7.26 seconds), 100-metre dash (11.31 seconds), 100-metre hurdles (12.74 seconds) and as a member of the shuttle hurdle relay team (53.85 seconds). She also ran the No. 2 time in school history in the indoor 200-metre dash (23.53 seconds). She was twice named the Big Ten Track Athlete of the Week, with one indoors and one outdoors. At the Drake Relays, she com-

peted in the Rio Rematch 100-metre hurdles race and finished ahead of three Olympic finalists, including the bronze medallist.

Charlton was one of the main reasons the women earned their highest in-season rankings in programme history indoors (12th) and outdoors (14th). She scored eight of the teams 12 points at the NCAA Indoor Championships to lead the women’s team to a 14th place finish, the 2nd highest in programme history.

With one outdoor season remaining, Charlton is an eight-time All-American, including six first-team honours in her career. She has won eight Big Ten titles, three Big Ten Track Athlete of the Championship awards, two Big Ten Track Athlete of the Year honours and a Great Lakes Track Athlete of the Year. She has scored 121.75 points at Big Ten meets and 21.25 points at NCAA Championships.

Charlton is a four-time first team All-Big Ten selection and once a second teamer.

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Monday, June 19, 2017, PAGE 5

METS STOP NATIONALS 5-1

By BEN WALKER Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — Toting his toddler around the clubhouse postgame, Jacob deGrom joked about the Father’s Day present he gave himself — the souvenir ball from his first big league home run.

“I think I got lucky,” the New York Mets ace said.

With 1-year-old Jaxon and his own dad in the ballpark, deGrom put on quite a performance Sunday. He shut down a bruising Washington Nationals lineup on three singles for eight dominant innings and also delivered the loudest hit in a 5-1 win that prevented a four-game sweep.

Fresh off pitching the Mets’ first complete game of the season in his previous start against the Cubs, deGrom turned in a complete effort, excelling with his arm, bat and glove.

“It was awesome,” is how he summed it up.

The NL East-leading Nationals had been 6-0 at Citi Field this season and had

battered the Mets in three games this week, never trailing while totalling 18 extra-base hits.

But they had trouble touching the blue-stitched balls — used all around Major League Baseball on Father’s Day — thrown by deGrom (6-3).

“You’ve got to put it on deGrom. We knew he was going to be tough going into today because they didn’t want to be swept at home,” Washington manager Dusty Baker said.

DeGrom mixed his fastball, slider and changeup well, fanned Bryce Harper with a 97 mph heater on his 105th and last pitch and walked off to a standing ovation. The right-hander struck out six and walked two, and the only run against him was unearned.

A career .199 hitter in 176 at-bats coming in, deGrom also provided the biggest jolt. He hit the first pitch of the third inning from Joe Ross (3-3) over the wall in left-centre.

“I was running pretty hard,” deGrom said. “I

didn’t know it was gone.”

The 2014 NL Rookie of the Year, a converted infielder at Stetson University, kept holding down his helmet as he rounded the bases, making sure it didn’t fly off his flyaway hair.

The ball sat in a display box, on the top shelf of his locker, by the end of the game. He said the prize was destined for his dad, Tony.

DeGrom’s lone pro homer had been for Triple-A Las Vegas in 2013. He said he used injured captain David Wright’s bat for this drive, having tried it once before and playfully describing the lumber as “a good bunting bat.”

DeGrom later put down a sacrifice, too, setting up an RBI single by Michael Conforto.

The victory made the Mets 17-0 when their pitcher homers, dating to a loss when Jason Isringhausen connected in 1996, the Elias Sports Bureau said.

T.J. Rivera had four hits for the Mets. A popup that Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy lost in the

WASHINGTON Nationals second baseman Daniel Murphy (20) throws from the grass after losing the ball fielding a pop fly hit by New York Mets’ Lucas Duda (21) during the fourth inning of yesterday’s game.

(AP Photo/Kathy Willens) sun set up two New York runs in the fourth for a 3-1 lead.

Trea Turner stole four bases, setting a Nationals record. Harper extended his hitting streak to 11 games

— matching his longest in a single season — leading to Ryan Zimmerman’s sacrifice fly in the first.

DeGrom made a nifty play in the fourth, charging in to grab Murphy’s tapper

and throwing out his former teammate. Murphy doubled in the ninth off reliever Addison Reed and has safely reached base in all 29 games he’s played against the Mets.

JIMENEZ LEADS ORIOLES PAST CARDINALS, 8-5

By TODD KARPOVICH Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — Ubaldo Jimenez was stellar in his first start since May 22, Mark Trumbo homered for the second consecutive day and the Baltimore Orioles beat the St Louis Cardinals 8-5 on Sunday.

Seth Smith and Trey Mancini homered to start the first and second innings, respectively, for Baltimore.

Welington Castillo also had a solo shot in the fifth that gave the Orioles a 7-2 lead.

Baltimore homered 10 times while winning two of three from the Cardinals to improve to .500 (34-34). It was the first time the Orioles won a three-game series since May 29-31 against the Yankees.

Jimenez (2-2) has struggled most of the season and relinquished his starting role to Alec Asher, who also failed to hold down the job.

Jimenez will likely stay in the rotation after allowing just two runs and four hits with three strikeouts

and two walks over seven innings.

Brad Brach picked up his 12th save for Baltimore.

St Louis’ Lance Lynn (54) allowed seven runs and nine hits with five strikeouts and a career-high four home runs over 4 2/3 innings.

Dexter Fowler homered for the fourth consecutive game with a two-run shot in the eighth, and three batters later, Yadier Molina had solo home run that pulled the Cardinals to 8-5.

Stephen Piscotty also hit

a pair of solo homers for the Cardinals, who have lost five of six.

Manny Machado’s RBI single in the sixth gave Baltimore an 8-2 lead.

TRAINER’S ROOM Cardinals: 2B Kolten Wong (right tricep strain) has been “resting and strengthening” after going on the 10-day DL on Thursday, manager Mike Matheny said. Wong is batting .304 in 45 games (125 at-bats).

BALTIMORE Orioles’ Adam Jones starts his slide towards third for a triple during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals, Sunday, June 18, 2017, in Baltimore.

(AP Photo/Nick Wass) Orioles: SS J.J. Hardy (right wrist contusion) left the game in the sixth after being hit by a pitch. Re-

liever Darren O’Day (right shoulder strain) will throw his first bullpen session Monday.

Phillips wins it again as Braves top the Marlins 5-4

By CHARLES ODUM Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Brandon Phillips’ single drove in Johan Camargo from third base in the ninth inning to give the Atlanta Braves a 5-4 win over the Miami Marlins yesterday.

It was the second straight gameending hit for Phillips, whose runscoring single in the 10th gave Atlanta an 8-7 victory Saturday.

Camargo hit a one-out infield single off Drew Steckenrider (01) and moved to third on Ender Inciarte’s line-drive single up the

middle.

The Marlins called in Marcell Ozuna from left field to serve as an extra infielder positioned near second base for Phillips’ at-bat.

Phillips still managed to punch his single up the middle.

Jim Johnson (5-1) pitched a scoreless ninth.

The Braves took a 4-2 lead with four runs in the seventh. Nick Markakis slapped a tiebreaking, two-run single down the thirdbase line.

The Marlins pulled even on Ozuna’s two-run homer off Jose Ramirez in the eighth.

Miami right-hander Jose Urena allowed two hits through six scoreless innings before he was pulled after giving up singles to Kurt Suzuki and Dansby Swanson to open the seventh.

David Phelps gave up a sacrifice fly to Rio Ruiz and a pinch-hit single to Camargo that tied the game.

Justin Bour’s bases-loaded, tworun single off Mike Foltynewicz in the sixth gave Miami a 2-0 lead.

Urena, who allowed two runs in six-plus innings, hit three batters with pitches. There was no retaliation from the Braves, though

Foltynewicz threw an inside pitch that forced Urena, who was trying to bunt, to jump back in the third inning.

Urena hit back-to-back batters — Matt Adams and Suzuki — in the second after Matt Kemp led off the inning with a single. That loaded the bases with no outs, but Urena pitched out of the jam without allowing a run.

Markakis was also hit by a pitch from Urena with two outs in the third.

Foltynewicz allowed two runs on seven hits and two walks in six innings.

MORALES, MARTIN HELP BLUE JAYS BEAT WHITE SOX TO SNAP SKID TORONTO (AP) — Kendrys Morales and Russell Martin both homered to help the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 7-3 yesterday.

The victory snapped Chicago’s three-game winning streak and stopped the White Sox from tying a club record with a seventh consecutive win in Toronto.

The White Sox have won nine of the last 11 games against the Blue Jays and beaten them the last four series.

Morales’ two-run shot in the seventh inning, his 15th homer of the season, reached the fourth level of Rogers Centre, a drive estimated at 460 feet. He also doubled in the first inning.

Martin tied the game in the sixth with his seventh home run of the season, a two-run shot to the centrefield fence that bounced off the glove of outfielder Willy Garcia and over.

Ryan Goins tripled home Steve Pearce off Anthony Swarzak (3-2) for the tiebreaking run two batters later.

J.A. Happ (2-4) picked up his first home win of the season, giving up three runs and eight hits over 6 2/3 innings while striking out nine.

In his second game back following injury, Pearce singled three times, scored two runs and drove in a run in the seventh.

In his first start since April 16, James Shields lasted 5 2/3 innings for Chicago, giving up seven hits and three runs, including the two-run shot from Martin that ended his afternoon.

Yolmer Sanchez got Chicago on the board in the fifth, driving in Garcia from third.

Melky Cabrera’s sacrifice bunt put runners on second and third, and Jose Abreu lined a drive past the outstretched dive of Troy Tulowitzki up the middle to score two more.

Toronto got one back in the bottom half when Kevin Pillar singled to left field to drive in Pearce from second.

TRAINER’S ROOM White Sox: Prior to Sunday’s game, Chicago placed RHP Miguel Gonzelez on the 10-day DL, retroactive to June 15, with inflammation in his right shoulder.

Gonzalez was 4-8 with a 5.49 ERA over 13 starts.

The White Sox also reinstated Shields from the DL after three rehab starts with Triple-A Charlotte.

Blue Jays: Toronto announced the trade of RHP Jarrett Grube from TripleA Buffalo to the Columbus Clippers for cash considerations. The 35-year-old was 2-3 with a 6.95 ERA in 11 starts this season, all in Triple-A.

Braves manager Brian Snitker was ejected for arguing a called third strike on Adams to end the sixth. It was Snitker’s second ejection of the season.

TRAINER’S ROOM Marlins: LHP Justin Nicolino (bruised left index finger) will come off the DL to start against Washington on Monday night.

Braves: Kemp made his first start since straining his left hamstring on Wednesday. He appeared as a pinch hitter on Saturday.

THE TRIBUNE

Monday, June 19, 2017, PAGE 7

Burling, Kiwis win 2 more to take 3-0 lead in America’s Cup

By BERNIE WILSON Associated Press HAMILTON, Bermuda (AP) — Peter Burling and Emirates Team New Zealand are threatening to sail — and cycle — away with the America’s Cup. The 26-year-old Burling calmly steered the Kiwis’ fast 50-foot catamaran to two more dominating victories against Jimmy Spithill and two-time defending champion Oracle Team USA yesterday to remain undefeated in the showdown on the Great Sound.

Although they’ve won four races, the Kiwis lead Oracle 3-0. Because Oracle won the qualifiers, the challenger started the 35th America’s Cup match with a negative point.

Burling, an America’s Cup rookie who has won Olympic gold and silver medals with grinder Blair Tuke, steered the Kiwis to victories of 49 seconds and 1 minute, 12 seconds on the turquoise waters of the Great Sound.

Team New Zealand needs to win four more races to return the Auld Mug to the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron in Auckland, where it resided from 1995-2003.

Oracle needs to win seven to keep the silver trophy in the hands of American software billionaire

IN this photo provided by the America’s Cup Event Authority, Oracle Team USA competes during Race 2 of the America’s Cup match sailing competition yesterday in the Great Sound of Bermuda. (AP) Larry Ellison.

Well-funded Oracle Team USA has five days to try to come with some answers to counter the spoton design innovations by the scrappy Kiwis, who are getting by with much less funding.

Racing resumes Saturday and Sunday.

This is a rematch of the epic

2013 America’s Cup, when Team New Zealand, then skippered by Dean Barker, reached match point at 8-1 before Spithill lead Oracle Team USA to eight straight victories on San Francisco Bay to retain the oldest trophy in international sports.

So far, the Kiwis and their cycling grinding system have proven

too fast for Oracle in light, shifty wind. They’ve also made the right choices on which foils to use on the ends of their daggerboards. The Kiwis used the same foils they did in speeding to two victories on Saturday while the American-backed crew appeared to use two different foils.

The always-crafty Kiwis are using a “cyclor” grinding system.

They’ve built four stationary cycling stations into each hull to tap leg power instead of traditional arm power from the grinders to power the hydraulic systems that control the wing mainsail and the daggerboards.

Simon van Velthooven, who won a bronze medal in cycling at the London Olympics, was aboard for Race 3. Olympic rowing champion Joe Sullivan replaced him for Race 4.

Spithill, an Australian, is trying to win his third straight America’s Cup before he turns 38.

Oracle made an unforced error when its catamaran came off its foils early on the downwind second leg. That was enough for Burling to speed away around the seven-leg course for a 49-second victory.

In Race 4, the Kiwis held a slim lead at the first mark and simply sped away.

THE WEATHER REPORT

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Statistics are for Nassau through 2 p.m. yesterday Temperature High ................................................... 91° F/33° C Low .................................................... 78° F/26° C Normal high ....................................... 87° F/31° C Normal low ........................................ 74° F/23° C Last year’s high ................................. 92° F/33° C Last year’s low ................................... 77° F/25° C Precipitation As of 2 p.m. yesterday ................................. 0.01” Year to date ................................................. 5.42” Normal year to date ................................... 11.54”

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STUTTGART, Germany (AP) — Lucas Pouille of France defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-4, 6-7 (5), 6-4 to win the Stuttgart Open yesterday.

The No. 4-seeded Pouille, who was given a wild card to play at the grass-court tournament, hit 29 aces and saved six of the seven break points he faced before claiming his third title in two hours and five minutes.

The 23-year-old Pouille, who saved a match point in his opener against Germany’s Jan-Lennard Struff, was playing his third final of the season, his fifth overall.

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LUCAS POUILLE returns to Feliciano Lopez. (AP)

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