Jones, Williams lead Team USA at Five Nations Match
Lolo Jones and Angela Williams each posted impressive victories in their respective events Saturday at the 2009 Five Nations Match at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.
The Five Nations Match features one athlete in each event from the United States, Great Britain, Sweden, Germany and a Commonwealth Select team. It is a unique country vs. country format that features athletes from the different nations battling against each other to earn points towards their teams overall match total.
Jones, who was victorious in the 100m hurdles at the 2008 Olympic Trials and ended the season ranked #1 in the world by Track & Field News, led the U.S. squad with her convincing win in the women's 60m hurdles in 7.95 seconds. Her performance equals the world's best so far this indoor season posted Friday night at the Millrose Games in New York by Canadian standout and Beijing Olympics bronze medalist Priscilla Lopes-Schliep.
Other U.S. winners included 2008 Olympic team member Angela Williams, who won the women's 60 meters in 7.32 seconds, finishing 0.02 seconds ahead of Bahamian star Chandra Sturrup.
The Commonwealth Select team finished first in the team competition with 60 points, followed by Great Britain & N.I. (2nd-57 points), Germany (3rd-51 points), Team USA (4th-46 points) and Sweden (5th-37 points).
