Chantz Sawyers has had huge freshman year at the Univesity of Florida and continued his success this weekend winning the u20 Jamaican National Championship.
Sawyers graduated last spring with the North Carolina State Record of 46.31 over 400 meters. At Florida he became an immediate impact for a loaded sprint roster ending the year with an 11th place finish at NCAAs. Just three spots and .42 seconds out of qualifying for finals. He also placed 4th in the SEC Outdoor Conference Championships. Sawyers was also a critical leg on Florida's 4x400m which took 4th at NCAAs.
This weekend Sawyers took on a strong Jamaican field in the 400. Sawyers was able to advance out of the prelims with ease. Reports say Sawyers was even able to hold a conversation with his competitor Anthony Carpenter down the homestretch as he took 2nd in the heat clocking 47.77.
Sawyers went on to the finals the next day, but he would be running out of lane 8, meaning he would have no eyes on where he was relative to his competition.
Sawyers went out hard over the first 200m and no one was able to make up the stagger on him. On the final turn, it looked as if competitors were making up ground on the Florida freshman. But Sawyers had another gear and was able to charge down the homestretch clocking 45.76.
Sawyers will advance to the IAAF World Junior Championships next month in Tampere, Finland. He'll compete in the 400m and potentially will be on Jamaica's 4x400m Relay as well.
"I definitely happy with my win at the Jamaican Junior trial. Of course, I wish I could have gotten a better time, but I am satisfied with the win and that a completed the job that was to be done which was to qualify in an individual. What I am looking forward to the most at the World Juniors is of course running and having a chance to medal in my event and potentially be on a World Junior record 4x4 team as we have a really good chance in breaking it this year! Besides the running though, I am excited about being able to see and meet people from all over the world and see how the country of Finland looks."
Finals Results
C.F.P.I. Timing & Data - Contractor License 6/24/2018 - 8:18 PM
JAAA/SVL National Senior& Junior Trials - 6/21/2018 to 6/24/2018
National Stadium
Event 16 Boys 18-19 400 Meter Dash Under 20
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IAAF Under20: % 44.66 10/20/2000 Hamdan Odha AL-BISHI, KSA
Nat. Junior: R 44.93 3/28/2015 Akeem Bloomfield
Comp# Name Age Team Finals
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Finals
1 # 399 Chantz Sawyers 19 University o 45.76
2 # 185 Dashawn Morris 19 Kingston college 45.97
3 # 36 Shemar Chambers 19 Calabar High school 46.39
4 # 391 Malik Smith 19 Unattached 46.68
5 # 35 Anthony Carpenter 19 Calabar High school 47.52
6 # 264 Antonio Watson 17 Petersfield High 47.78
7 # 153 Davitto Davey 19 Holmwood Tec 48.99
8 # 41 Malik James-King 19 Calabar High school 49.47
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Men - Team Rankings - 1 Events Scored
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1) GC Foster College 13 2) MVP 10
3) Uwi mona 6 4) University of technology 4Prelim Results
C.F.P.I. Timing & Data - Contractor License 6/24/2018 - 8:18 PM
JAAA/SVL National Senior& Junior Trials - 6/21/2018 to 6/24/2018
National Stadium
Event 16 Boys 18-19 400 Meter Dash Under 20
8 Advance: Top 2 Each Heat plus Next 2 Best Times
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IAAF Under20: % 44.66 10/20/2000 Hamdan Odha AL-BISHI, KSA
Nat. Junior: R 44.93 3/28/2015 Akeem Bloomfield
Comp# Name Age Team Prelims
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Heat 1 Preliminaries
1 # 185 Dashawn Morris 19 Kingston college 47.01Q
2 # 391 Malik Smith 19 Unattached 47.15Q
3 # 264 Antonio Watson 17 Petersfield High 47.90q
4 # 376 Eric Foreman 18 Unattached 50.44
5 # 217 Rushane Gayle 19 Muschett High 51.91
Heat 2 Preliminaries
1 # 36 Shemar Chambers 19 Calabar High school 47.15Q
2 # 41 Malik James-King 19 Calabar High school 47.95Q
3 # 153 Davitto Davey 19 Holmwood Tec 48.68q
4 # 384 Andre McLeod 18 Unattached 50.57
5 # 207 Joseph Mckenzie 19 Mona High 51.31
6 # 373 Patrick Chamberla 18 Unattached 51.65
Heat 3 Preliminaries
1 # 35 Anthony Carpenter 19 Calabar High school 47.36Q
2 # 399 Chantz Sawyers 19 University o 47.77Q
3 # 218 Ailean Hamilton 18 Muschett High 48.86
4 # 220 lijae holness 19 Muschett High 50.26
5 # 206 Jamoi Jackson 18 Mona High 50.49
6 # 485 Okeve Smith 18 Unattached 51.41
7 # 219 Nicholas Haughton 18 Muschett High 56.55
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IAAF Under20: % 44.66 10/20/2000 Hamdan Odha AL-BISHI, KSA
Nat. Junior: R 44.93 3/28/2015 Akeem Bloomfield
Comp# Name Age Team Prelims H#
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Preliminaries
1 # 185 Dashawn Morris 19 Kingston college 47.01Q 1
2 # 36 Shemar Chambers 19 Calabar High school 47.15Q 2
3 # 35 Anthony Carpenter 19 Calabar High school 47.36Q 3
4 # 391 Malik Smith 19 Unattached 47.15Q 1
5 # 399 Chantz Sawyers 19 University o 47.77Q 3
6 # 41 Malik James-King 19 Calabar High school 47.95Q 2
7 # 264 Antonio Watson 17 Petersfield High 47.90q 1
8 # 153 Davitto Davey 19 Holmwood Tec 48.68q 2
9 # 218 Ailean Hamilton 18 Muschett High 48.86 3
10 # 220 lijae holness 19 Muschett High 50.26 3
11 # 376 Eric Foreman 18 Unattached 50.44 1
12 # 206 Jamoi Jackson 18 Mona High 50.49 3
13 # 384 Andre McLeod 18 Unattached 50.57 2
14 # 207 Joseph Mckenzie 19 Mona High 51.31 2
15 # 485 Okeve Smith 18 Unattached 51.41 3
16 # 373 Patrick Chamberla 18 Unattached 51.65 2
17 # 217 Rushane Gayle 19 Muschett High 51.91 1
18 # 219 Nicholas Haughton 18 Muschett High 56.55 3
