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Notable performances by hurdler David Oliver and sprinter Xavier ‘X-Man’ Carter highlighted the first day of the 64th Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville, Florida, on Friday (04 Apr).
The 25-year-old Oliver, a semi-finalist at both the 2007 World Championships in Osaka and at the World Indoor Championships last month in Valencia, stormed to a 13.10 victory in the 110m Hurdles, pushed by a +2.4 m/s wind. Oliver, a prodigious racer, indicated that his legal PB of 13.14 set at the Doha Super Grand Prix meeting last year, is under threat. Indeed, many hurdlers consider tailwinds as more of a hindrance than assistance.
Eric Mitchum was a distant second in 13.34.
Carter, who blasted to the athletics forefront after his 19.63 200m performance in Lausanne in July 2006, opened his season with a comfortable 10.15 victory in the 100m (+2.0). It was the fastest the 22-year-old has run so early in a season. His 100m PB of 10.09 was set with his victory at the 2006 NCAA Championships, when he became the first man since Jesse Owens to collect four victories at the NCAA meet.
Injury in the 200m semi-finals at the US championships last June limited Carter’s 2007 campaign, although he returned late in the season to win the 200m in Zurich (19.92) and finish second in Brussels.
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