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Chrissan Gordon opens with personal best in 400 meters

By Andrew Karim··1 min read
Chrissan Gordon opens with personal best in 400 meters
Key Points(5)
  • Jamaica’s Olympic mile relay silver medalist, Chrisann Gordon opened her 2017 athletic season with a personal best over 400 meters at Saturday’s LSU Alumni Gold track and field meet.
  • Gordon, 22, represented Jamaica at the Rio Olympics as a member of the country’s mile relay squad.
  • She finished in a time of 50.64 seconds at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.
  • Gordon, who represents Texas University, bettered her previous best of 51.02, done last year in San Salvador.
  • American two-time World Championships mile relay gold medal winner, Jessica Beard who was representing Empire Athletics and Zola Golden, also of Texas University, was were second and third respectively.

Jamaica’s Olympic mile relay silver medalist, Chrisann Gordon opened her 2017 athletic season with a personal best over 400 meters at Saturday’s LSU Alumni Gold track and field meet.

Gordon, 22,  represented Jamaica at the Rio Olympics as a member of the country’s mile relay squad. She finished in a time of 50.64 seconds at the Bernie Moore Track Stadium.

Gordon, who represents Texas University, bettered her previous best of 51.02, done last year in San Salvador.

American two-time World Championships mile relay gold medal winner, Jessica Beard who was representing Empire Athletics and Zola Golden, also of Texas University, was were second and third respectively.

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