Gardner and Teeters take the 60m Sprints (Millrose Games Recap)

Using a reasonably good start, American English Gardner ran a controlled race to win the Ray Flynn women’s 60m race in 7.10 seconds ahead of Trinidad and Tobago’s Michelle Lee-Aye (7.15 seconds) and American Javianne Oliver (7.19 seconds). The victory signaled great news for Gardner who has undergone several surgeries to address her injury woes. Gardner winning time of 7.10 seconds makes her the second fastest women over 60m this season. Only Poland’s Ewa Swoboda has gone faster (7.08 seconds).  Gardner, a two-time 100m national champion and current volunteer assistant coach at Princeton University, by virtue of her Millrose Games performance, signaled that she is back to full fitness.

Running out of lane 6, American John Teeters recovered from an average start to take the Joe Yancey Men’s 60m race in 6.56 seconds ahead of Ameer Webb (6.66) and Tevin Hester (6.69). The 25-year-old Teeter who has a personal best 6.52 seconds in the 60m which he set four years ago, is in fine early form this season.

Edited by Raymond Byfield 

Photo by Joe Swift (Our World Media Magazine)