1991

1991

Mary Slaney made yet another appearance at the Jerome meet, leading from start to finish to win the women’s 1,500 metres despite a late charge from Canadian favourite Angela Chalmers. The effort marked a strong comeback effort for Chalmers, who won gold in the 1,500 and 3,000 metres at the 1990 Commonwealth Games but later suffered a stress fracture in her foot and also suffered mononucleosis. Veteran Peter Rono, the 1988 Olympic champion, also returned to the Jerome meet to win the men’s 1,500 metres and Brazilian 800-metre ace Jose Luis Barbosa posted the fasted time in the world so far that year, taking the two-lap race in 1:45.65. Nigerian-born, Seattle-based Joseph Taiwo won the men’s triple jump with a leap of 16.91 metres, a performance that secured the 30-year-old athlete the top prize of $6,000 awarded to the meet’s best performer. Earlier in the meet steeplechaser Graeme Fell won his specialty in a meet record 8:23.17.