The success of a meet is built over performances, races, and entertainment. Tony Campbell and Robert Wagner have put together, in a few short years, a wonderfully exciting meet in Miramar, Florida!Â
This year, they truly put the meet on the map!Â
The 2023 Miramar Invitational provided some incredible racing today, April 8, 2023.
Sha’Carri Richardson, one of the most hyperbolic athletes in our sport, started her 2023 outdoor season with two impressive races.
In heat 1, Twanisha Terry ran 10.89, with a 4.5 mps, with Javianne Oliver in second in 11.08.
In heat 2, Destiny Smith-Barnett ran 11.11 for the win, with a legal 2.0 mps, Melissa Jefferson in second in 11.16, and Kasheika Cameron in 11.22.
In heat 3, Sha’Carri Richardson ran 10.75 in a 2.8 mps, over the 2.0 mps limit. English Gardner ran in 11.09 for second, and Natasha Morrison ran third in 11.13.
In the women’s long, Ruth Usoro, NIG, won with a leap of 6.82m, Taliyah Brooks, US took second with 6.65m, and Chanice Porter, JAM, third in 6.59.
Like the women’s 100 meters, the men’s 100 heats were impressive.
Oblique Seville, JAM, won heat 1 in 9.95 with a legal 1.8 mps wind. Ronnie Baker, US, ran 10.01, with Andrew Hudson, JAM, in third in 10.07.
Ackeem Blake, JAM, took first in the second heat in 10.05 with a non-legal wind of 2.8 mps. Aaron Brown, CAN was second in 10.10. Cravont Charleston ran 10.12 for third.
In heat 3, Emmanuel Matadi, Liberia, won in 10.08 in a non-legal 2.1 mps. Kyree King, US, ran 10.15 in second place, and Oshane Bailey, JAM, ran 10.18.
In the men’s long jump, an impressive 8.25 meter with a nonlegal 4.5mps by Will Williams. Will scored a PB on his opener with his 8.25m. Natsuki Yamakawa, JPN was second in an SB of 8.00m (wind a legal 2.0 mps), and Dhanushka Sandaruwan, SRK of 7.92m in a legal 0.9 wind.
The 400-meter hurdle was won by Amere Lattin, US, in 50.22. Gabrielle Montefalco, ITA, was second in 50.26, with Marvin Williams, JAM, in 52.74.
The women’s shot put was a nice show for Danniel Thomas-Dodd, JAM, who won in 18.48m. Adelaide Aquilla, US, was second in 18.26m, and in third, Divine Oladipo, GB, in 16.49m.
We sure know that Shamier Little, US, is in shape! In the flat 400 meters, Shamier ran 50.73, winning by a huge margin….
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