In a last minute push towards qualification for the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics, current national sprint champion Rawle Greene and overseas-based Guyanese Lee Powell secured comfortable victories in their respective 100m heats on Friday to qualify for the 100m final of the Hampton International Games at the Hasley Crawford Stadium, Trinidad.
Greene was the first to secure his place when he blew away the competition by some 10 metres in heat one, clocking a time of 10.50s.
“I just wanted to do enough to qualify, so I wasn’t at full blast, I’m leaving everything I have for the finals,” Greene said.
Powell, in the third heat, ran a blistering 10.47s, to gain his place in the final.
