Raymond Graham, Freelance Reporter
FOLLOWING a sluggish start to the Indoor season, former Convent of Mercy (Alpha) Academy athlete, Shermaine Williams, finally struck top form to score an impressive win on Saturday at the Virginia Tech Challenge Meet.
Williams, who came to the United States in January and previously had lukewarm performances for her new school, Johnson C. Smith, finally produced the goods when she raced to a career best 8.25 seconds to cop the 60 metres hurdles event. The 2007 Carifta Under-20 100 metres hurdles champion, who defeated the likes of Natasha Ruddock and later went on to cop silver at the World Youth Cham-pionsionships, had a runaway victory and is now the top Division 11 qualifier in this event.
It was indeed a good meet for former Kingston College coach Lennox Graham, as another of his athletes, Leford Green, was also in top form.
BRILLIANT LEG
Green, who ran a brilliant relay leg for Jamaica in the mile-relay in Osaka last summer, continued his impressive form for Johnson C. Smith University. After finishing second in the 200 metres in 21.40 seconds, Green returned later to win his pet event, the 400 metres, in 47.01 seconds.
At the LSU Twilight Invitational, several other Jamaicans produced fair results.
The best performance came from senior representative Zara Northover. Competing unattached, she captured the shot put event with a heave of 16.35 metres.
Also producing winning form was former St Jago High athlete, Taneisha Baker. Competing for Southern Mis-sissippi Community College, she won the 200 metres in 25.05 seconds.
GOOD FORM
Former Holmwood Tech-nical sprinter Yhann Plummer also showed good form at the same meet, finishing runner's up in the 60 metres dash in 6.77 seconds.
There were third placed finishes for former Jamaica College athlete Patrick Lee and St Jago's Melissa Ogbourne. Competing for LSU, Lee clocked 8.15 seconds over the 60 metres hurdles and competing for the same university, Ogbourne did 5.78 metres in the long jump. In this same event, former Holmwood Technical athlete, Shaunette Davidson, ended fourth with a jump of 5.76 metres.
