Commonwealth Update: Adderley and Brooks in 800

More on  Gopher women Te'Shon Adderley and Alena Brooks who also ran in the prelims of the 800 at last week's Commonwealth Games HERE.

Gopher News: Adderley and Brooks at Commonwealth; Kaille Kamps Talks Shot Put: Bjerk 8th in US Juniors Discus

Gopher women  Alena Brooks(Trinidad & Tobago) and  Te'Shon Adderley(Bahamas) helped their 4 by 400 teams finish sixth and seventh, respectively at the Commonwealth Games last weekend in Glasgow.  The T&T team ran 3:33.26 to finish third(an automatic qualifying pot) in the prelims on Friday, while the Bahamas team ran 3:31.02 in fourth in their heat to qualify for the final on time.  In the final T&T ran 3:33.50 and the Bahamas 3:34.86.  Results are HERE.

Interview with Gopher shot putter Kaille Kamps is HERE.

In "old news" Gopher men's discus thrower Bryan Bjerk finished eighth with a PR of 55.05m/180'7" at the US Junior Championships in Eugene the first week of July.  Full meet results are HERE.

Finnerty Sixth at Harry Jerome

Not everything happens in Europe on the outdoor track circuit.  Tonight in Vancouver, BC the Harry Jerome International Track Classic Burnsville and University of Wisconsin's Rob Finnerty finished sixth in the 1500 in 3:38.82, about half a second off his PR.  Canada's Nate Brannen won the race in 3:37.17.  Results for the 1500 are HERE.  Harry Jerome was a Canadian Olympic sprinter who won an Olympic bronze medal in the 100 in 1964.  He was a gold medalist in the Commonwealth and Pan American Games and went to college in the US at the University of Oregon.  In 1984 the meet that was held every summer in BC was renamed in his honor as the Harry Jerome International Track Classic. It's a fixture on the North American track circuit every summer.  Recap of the meet with photos is HERE.