KINGSTON, Jamaica Jamaica’s Ackelia Smith of the University of Texas produced a world-leading 6.85m jump to win the women’s long jump event on Friday’s first night of the New Mexico Collegiate Classic at the Albuquerque Convention Center. Smith, who represented Jamaica at the last two World Championships, was just a centimetre off the qualifying mark (6.86m) for the Olympic Games in Paris later this month. Her mark was an improvement on.
Former Cornwall College and Jamaican junior representative Owayne Owens, won his second Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) men’s outdoor triple jump title on Friday when he equaled his lifetime best 16.6.
Jamaicans Kiara Grant, Warren Barrett and Shaquille Lowe were among the winners on last weekend's slate of indoor track and field meets on the United States college circuit, with all three rec.