The fact that USA successfully defended their 4x800m title at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 wasn’t a surprise. But their margin of victory was quite a shock – not least to their opponents. Their winning time of 8:00.62 took almost a second off the competition best and area record they set last year. It …
USA shaved 0.06 off the world record* in the men’s distance medley with a time of 9:15.50 on the second day of the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015. The team of Kyle Merber (1200m), Brycen Spratling (400m), Brandon Johnson (800m) and Ben Blankenship (1600m) improved on the nine-year-old record of Kenya, thanks in part to …
Just 25 minutes after winning the 4x800m, USA added another set of gold medals to their collection at the IAAF/BTC World Relays, Bahamas 2015 by winning the 4x400m. And, just as they had done in the longer event moments earlier, they broke their own competition record to successfully defend their title. US indoor record-holder Phyllis …
This event provided one of the highlights of the 2014 IAAF World Relays but this year it turned into a comedy of errors for both Jamaica and the USA, although at least the island team managed to retain their title in a 1:20.97 despite a sloppy second exchange. However, Jamaica’s win was a far cry …
Despite an raucous and enthusiastic home crowd raising the rafters for The Bahamas in what was their best chance of getting a gold medal on home soil, for the second year running the USA denied the hosts a fairy tale end to the competition. David Verburg, part of the USA 4x400m team that won at …