Moore, McPherson win in Sweden

Ashanti Moore and Odaine McPherson set meet records in the women’s 200m and men’s 100m, respectively, at the Folksam Grand Prix Goteborg held at Slottsskogsvallen, Sweden, on Saturday.

Still flying high after her personal best and World Championships qualifying 22.40 seconds set in Austria on Wednesday, Moore blazed to a 22.42 seconds (0.3m/s) clocking to win the A final, beating a pair of Swedish athletes.

Nora Lindahl ran a season’s best 22.90 seconds for second, with Julia Henriksson placing third with 22.93 seconds.

McPherson won his third consecutive men’s 100m final when he ran 10.17 seconds (-0.3m/s) to win the A final ahead of Denmark’s Simon Hansen (10.28), with Julian Forte third in 10.34 seconds.

Forte ran 10.39 seconds (-1.3m/s) in the first round and McPherson ran 10.40 seconds (-1.1m/s).

Alana Reid returned to winning ways when she won the women’s 100m at the Triveneto Meeting Internationale in Trieste, Italy.

Reid, the national 100m record holder at the Under-20 level, ran 11.36 seconds (0.0m/s) to beat Great Britain’s Renee Regis (11.43) and Giorgia Bellinazzi of Italy, who was third with 11.71 seconds.

Nia Robinson won her first professional event when she took the women’s long jump at the Classique de Quebec in Canada on Friday evening.

The former University of South Florida and University of Arkansas standout, jumped 6.54m (0.0m/s), just short of her season’s best 6.55m.

Five Jamaicans had podium finishes at the Schifflange Meeting in Schifflange, Luxembourg.

Kadrian Goldson was second in the men’s 100m that was won by Australia’s Rohan Browning in 10.07 seconds (-0.3m/s). Goldson clocked 10.10, followed by Rohan Watson (10.13), with Sachin Dennis fifth in 10.24.

Adelle Tracey, who is chasing the women’s 800m qualifying time for the World Athletics Championships, lowered her season’s best to 2:00.21 minutes, with Natoya Goule-Toppin placing fourth in 2:01.04, both behind France’s Charlotte Pizzo, who won in a personal best 1:59.74.

Raymond Richards was second in the men’s high jump with a clearance of 2.17m as Mexico’s Yair Portillo won with 2.20m.

Amoi Brown was third in the 100m hurdles, running 12.86 seconds (0.3m/s) behind France’s Sacha Alessandrini (12.76), with Australia’s Michelle Jenneke second in 12.84 seconds.

Kemba Nelson was third in the women’s 100m, running a season’s best 11.21 seconds (0.3m/s), while Briana Williams was fourth in 11.29, and Krystal Sloley fifth in 11.33 seconds.

Nelson ran a wind-aided 11.12 seconds (2.1m/s) in the first round, Sloley 11.35 seconds, while Williams ran 11.27 seconds.