Yohan Blake

Olympic Games 1600m relay bronze medallist Michael Blackwood, Yohan Blake and Natasha Ruddock were the best placed Jamaicans in the 101st Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden on Friday evening.

In the men's 600 yards, Blackwood, who is also a 1600m relay silver medallist from the 2003 Paris World Championships, finished in 1:11.58 behind the American pair of Bershawn Jackson (1:10.34) and Khadevis Robinson (1:10.53).

In the college women's 60m hurdles, World Youth 100m hurdles silver medallist Ruddock, representing Essex Country College, finished third in a career best 8.24 seconds. Tiffany Ofili of Michigan took the event in 8.13 ahead of LSU's Jessica Ohanaja (8.23).

In the junior boys 60m, Blake, the World Junior 100m bronze medallist and his St. Jago teammate Nickel Ashmeade were third and fourth, respectively, in 6.75 and 6.97 behind Americans Jeremy Rankin (6.68) and Rynell Parson (6.73).

Aleen Bailey was sixth in the women's 60m, finishing in 7.47 seconds in the race won by Carmelita Jeter of United States (7.29) from her compatriot Miki Barber, 7.30.

Kenyan-born runner Bernard Lagat, the reigning 1,500 and 5,000-metre world champion, won the men's mile in three minutes, 57.51 seconds, just ahead of Australian Craig Mottram, who finished in 3:57.90.

In the women's 60 metre hurdles, Canadian Priscilla Lopes-Schliep came out on top in 7.95 seconds.

-A.F.