Moore to tackle Serbia field over 100m

WORLD ATHLETICS Champion-ships-bound Ashanti Moore leads eight Jamaicans into today Serbia Athletic meet, a World Continental Tour Bronze event, inside the Beograd Athletic Stadium in Serbia.

Though she is coming off back-to-back wins in Europe in the 200 metres, Moore will turn her attention this time to the women’s 100.

A seventh-place finisher in the event at the National Senior Championships, Moore will be hoping to better her season’s best of 11.08 seconds, clocked in the semi-finals at the Trials. Another Jamaican to contest the event will be Krystal Sloley, who has a season’s best of 11.16 and was a semi-finalist at the National Senior Championships.

Multiple national shot put champion, Danniel Thomas-Dodd, will contest that event, while former national champion Kimberly Williams will compete in the women’s triple jump.

Julian Forte and Dominic Williams will contest the men’s 100m, while Dejour Russell and Lafranz Campbell will compete in the 110m hurdles.