Jamaican men win relay clash but women lose at 2016 Penns

A Jamaican men’s 4x100m relay team of Jermaine Hamilton, Julian Forte, Rasheed Dwyer and Oshane Bailey defeated two strong teams from the United States to win the USA versus the World sprint relay cash at the 2016 Penn Relays in Philadelphia yetserday.The Jamaicans, without Usain Bolt, Yohan Blake, Asafa Powell or Nesta Carter, ran a smart 38.70 seconds to defeat USA Blue (Sean McLean, Wallace Spearmon, Calesio Newman and Remontay McClain) who crossed the line in 39.02.
St Kitts and Nevis (39.49) was third.
To the credit of the Kittians – Jason Rogers, Antoine Adams, Allistair Clarke and Brijesh Lawrance – they finished ahead of a star-studded USA Red team of Mike Rogers, Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Isiah Young – that were initially a disappointing fourth in 39.74s. Eventually USA Red were disqualified.
The Jamaican men got a measure of revenge for their women, who were beaten into second place by the USA Blue team in the Women’s USA versus the World clash.
The Jamaican team, comprising of Gayon Evans, Elaine Thompson, Kerron Stewart and Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce, battled hard against their USA rivals but came up a few metres short, finishing the race in 42.90s to the USA’s 42.61.
The USA handed over first but Elaine Thompson got the Caribbean side back into it before the USA pulled away again on the third leg, leaving Fraser-Pryce with too much to do to.
(Sportsmax.com)

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