Impressive Ashe, Nwokocha, hit 100m semifinals

Ashe, who is one of the fastest runners in action with 9.99secs won Heat 1 with a time of 10.12secs, Ekevwo won Heat 4 with 10.14secs to hit the semifinal, while Brume finished among the fastest time to pick a place in the semifinal after finishing third with 10.36secs.

In the women’s 100m event, Nwokocha won in 10.99secs while Joy Udo-Gabriel picked her slot in the semifinal after finishing third in her heat with a time of 12.43secs being her season’s best (SB). Rosemary Chukwuma booked her place in the semifinal after winning Heat 4 with a time of 11.02.

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In the first men’s semifinal, Brume will face the likes of South Africa’s Akani Simbine whose personal best (PB) of 9.84secs remains the best in the line-up.

Ashe who has the second fastest time in the line-up will face a tough task against Africa’s fastest man Ferdinand Omanyala whose PB remains 9.77secs.

In the third semifinal Okevwo will face three sub 9 secs in Ghana’s Benjamin Azamati, Sri Lanka’s Yupun Abeykoon and England’s Nethaneel Mitchell-Blake.

The semifinal and finals are scheduled for today at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham.

Meanwhile,  Nigeria’s Orobosa Anabel Frank threw 16.27m to qualify for the final of women’s shot-put event.

The Nation