Goule-Toppin wins ninth national 800m title; Hamilton outduels Anderson to claim maiden men’s crown Featured

Natoya Goule-Toppin and Rajay Hamilton at the JAAA/Puma National Senior and Junior Athletics Championships. Natoya Goule-Toppin and Rajay Hamilton at the JAAA/Puma National Senior and Junior Athletics Championships.

Natoya Goule-Toppin ran 1:58.89 to claim her ninth Jamaican 800m title on day four of the JAAA/Puma National Senior and Junior Athletics Championships at the National Stadium inn Kingston on Sunday.

The multiple-time Olympic and World Championship finalist comfortably won ahead of 1500m champion, Adelle Tracey, who ran a season’s best 2:01.11. Clemson’s Jessica McLean was third in 2:05.76.

On the men’s side, Rajay Hamilton, who entered the championships as Jamaica’s leader in the event with 1:45.91, got the better of last year’s winner and the national record holder, Navasky Anderson, with a 1:47.28 effort.

Anderson ran 1:47.67 in second while Mississippi State’s Tyrese Reid ran 1:48.45 for third.

 

 

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