Jereem Richards and Alexxi Henry were crowned 200 meter champions at the National Open Championships last evening. Richards was favoured to win the event as he chased Ato Boldon's longstanding 200 metre record. He missed the mark. Meantime, Henry took the top spot for the women after Leah Bertrand pulled out from competing in the 200 after winning the 100 meters the day before.
00:00Well, Leah Bertrand's rise to the top continues as she claimed the women's 100-meter title with a time of 11.04 seconds and met the world championship time.
00:09Shiniqua Bascom came second in 11.17 seconds and Akila Lewis third, 11.38 seconds to reach the NACAC standard.
00:17Meantime, Omari Lewis and Jaden D'Souza both accomplished the NACAC standard.
00:22Lewis winning in 10.19 seconds, Eric Harrison third, 10.33 seconds.
00:30Finish!
00:31Nicholas Lando had a mixed bag of results after finishing second to Nicholas Romani in the 1,500 meters.
00:37He came back to win the 800 meters, his 10th title.
00:41Nicholas Lando, Nicholas Lando.
00:45The battle is on, the race is on for third, the race is on for bronze.
00:51Romani was close to sealing the double but a hard push by Tafari Waldron in the last 200 meters saw him outrun his training partner.
00:58The winning time, 14 minutes, 42.83 seconds.
01:03Romani, 14 minutes, 44.33 seconds.
01:06Both achieved the NACAC standard.
01:08Darius Haring third, 15.16 seconds.
01:11The Barry Waldron of Cougars takes their 5,000-meter run.
01:16In the discuss throw, Adriana Kwamina got on the podium with a third-place finish on debut with a throw of 44.06 meters.
01:25Leilani Grant won the event with a throw of 52.40 meters.
01:29Shakira Kirk's second, 49.02 meters.
01:33Janae Degans won the long jump for the woman.
01:36Tara Gittins skipped her last three efforts, citing physical limitations.
01:40And now to the 200 meters, a new champ would be crowned for the woman.
01:45Alexi Henry achieved the NACAC standard with a 23.33 effort to win.
01:50Kayla Charles second and Sierra Joseph third.
01:54For the men, the spotlight was on Jareem Richards.
01:56Jareem Richards taking him into the home straight.
02:00It's Jareem, Deshaun Cole, Joseph, Joseph, Jareem, it's a race against the clock.
02:07Jareem, look at the clock, look at the clock.
02:11Oh.
02:12He clocked a winning time of 20.21 seconds.
02:16Elijah Joseph second, 20.69 and Deshaun Cole third, 20.03 seconds.
02:21At Bolden, the 19.77 second record over the distance lives on.
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