FORMER Manchester High school middle distance standout, Natoya Goule continued her dream debut season at Louisiana State University (LSU) over the weekend, with another impressive showing on Saturday in the 800m, posting a world leading time of 2:00.76 to win at the Alumni Gold Meet. Goule, a two-time IAAF World Junior Championships representative for Jamaica, in winning the two lap event, eclipsed her previous best of 2:01.18, which was the previous world lead and also posted a stadium record, removing Neisha Bernard Thomas’ mark of 2:00.77, set in 2010. She captured the event ahead of Latavia Thomas (2:02.72) competing for Nike with third going to Goule’s teammate, Charlene Lipsey in 2:03.13. At the same meet, it was second-place finishes for Nikita Tracy and Demar Forbes. Tracy, the elder sister of Racers athlete Ristananna, gave a glimpse of her good form from several years ago, finishing second in the women’s 400m hurdles in a personal best of 56.51 seconds, to be the third fastest Jamaican so far this season in the event. The event was won by Cassandra Tate, representing Tiger Olympics in 56.40 with Tracy’s former team-mate at Edwin Allen High, Andrea Sutherland-Wright running third in 58.22 seconds. Olympian […]
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