GAA Rankings: Solomon Afful Lowers 200m PB to 20.68 secs
As the US Championships season heats up numerous Ghanaian athletes showed their quality this weekend. A host of seasonal bests was the result, most noteworthy of which was Alex Amankwah's personal best equaling 1:45.91 800m clocking, Solomon Afful's personal best of 20.68m in the 200m, and Gemma Acheampong's 11.49s personal best in the 100m (her 23.92s clocking in the 200m was windy).
Also noteworthy were Flings Owusu-Agyapong's seasonal best of 11.42s in the 100m, Lynette Akai's seasonal best in the 400m of 54.88s (accompanied by a personal best in the 200m), as well as a pair of personal bests by Atsu Nyamadi in the discus (45.49m) and 110m hurdles (14.86s), all of which, with his personal best last week in the pole vault, should get him even closer to the World Championship decathlon qualifying mark of 8050.
At the NJCAA Region VI Championship, Lydia Mato rang in 38 points for Barton County College by winning the 800m, 1500m, and 5000m, and 2nd place photo finish in the 10,000m. Last week, Agnes Abu of Wiley College similarly scored 38 points for her college in an almost identical fashion, winning the 800m, 1500m, and 3000m, and also got edged out into 2nd place in a photo finish 5,000m.
Below is the full list of rankings as of 3rd May, 2015
**** Rio Olympic Games Qualifier *** World Championship Qualifier ** African Games A standard * African Games B standard Indoor performance
100m Janet Amponsah 11.29s**** 25-Apr Personal Best Flings Owusu-Agyapong 11.42s* 02-May Gemma Acheampong 11.49s* 02-May Personal Best Suzie Acolatse 11.65s* 14-Mar Shekara Boakye 11.75s 01-May Personal Best Stefania Gyamfi 11.80s 03-May Personal Best Doreen Agyei 11.93s 04-Apr Akua Obeng-Akrofi 11.99s 03-Apr Dorcas Gyimah 12.00s 11-Apr Personal Best Janet Mensah 12.19s 27-Feb Happy Abruyah 12.34s 11-Apr Personal Best Latifa Ali 12.38s 27-Feb Jennifer Ntiamoah 12.46s 27-Feb Wind-Aided: Janet Amponsah 11.12s (5.1 m/s) 28-Mar Suzie Acolatse 11.52s (3.6 m/s) 18-Apr Akua Obeng-Akrofi 11.78s (3.6 m/s) 11-Apr Doreen Agyei 11.87s (3.9 m/s) 10-Apr
200m Janet Amponsah 23.04s**** 25-Apr Personal Best Flings Owusu-Agyapong 23.88s 11-Apr Personal Best Suzie Acolatse 23.88s 18-Apr Personal Best Stefania Gyamfi 23.96s 25-Apr Personal Best Akua Obeng-Akrofi 24.05s 07-Mar Gemma Acheampong 24.22s 04-Apr, 01-May Lynette Akai 24.26s 30-Apr Personal Best Stephanie Aidoo 24.30s 12-Mar Personal Best Juanita Mainoo 24.30s 02-May Personal Best Doreen Agyei 24.31s 02-May Shekara Boakye 24.84s 21-Feb Kate Agyeman 25.14s 14-Mar Wind-Aided: Gemma Acheampong 23.92s (3.7 m/s) 02-May
400m Lynette Akai 54.88s 30-Apr Cheyenne Apesibah Tunti 55.29s 11-Apr Janet Amponsah 55.88s 18-Apr Personal Best Stephanie Aidoo 56.20s 13-Feb Bless Dupeh 56.65s 18-Apr Personal Best Salome Agyei 57.21s 14-Mar Ama Larbi 57.56s 10-Jan Vida Ayiglo 58.17s 27-Feb Personal Best
800m Agnes Abu 2.10.66m 03-Apr Martha Bissah 2.12.78m 11-Apr Salome Agyei 2.16.88m 27-Feb Helen Maasutuo 2.16.94m 27-Feb Personal Best Vivian Fosuaah 2.18.29m 27-Feb Personal Best Lydia Mato 2.18.35m 02-May
1500m Agnes Abu 4.31.00m 03-Apr Personal Best Sakat Lariba 4.38.96m 14-Mar Personal Best Lydia Mato 4.42.25m 02-May Helena Maasotuo 4.43.66m 14-Mar Personal Best Vida Ayaayine 4.48.98m 11-Apr Personal Best
One Mile Lydia Mato 5.03.35m 07-Mar
3000m Lydia Mato 9.53.76m 14-Apr Personal Best Elizabeth Azuure 10.16.67m 14-Mar Personal Best Charlotte Fordjour 10.25.58m 14-Mar Personal Best Hawa Kombat 10.27.0m 11-Apr Personal Best Mariama Yakubu 10.36.48m 27-Feb Personal Best
5000m Lydia Mato 16.51.75m 10-Apr Personal Best Elizabeth Azuure 17.06.73m 11-Apr Personal Best
10000m Lydia Mato 41.56.21m 02-May
100mh Elizabeth Dadzie 13.95s* 18-Apr Personal Best
400mh Ama Larbi 59.64s 03-Apr
High Jump Regina Yeboah 1.60m 14-Mar Ellen Botwe 1.60m 14-Mar Personal Best Elizabeth Dadzie 1.59m 28-Mar
Long Jump Nadia Eke 6.06m 18-Apr Personal Best Elizabeth Dadzie 6.05m 20-Feb Ebony Owusu-Sampah 5.90m 06-Feb, 07-March Felicia Frimpong 5.76m 27-Feb Personal Best Latifa Ali 5.60m 14-Mar Personal Best Ellen Botwe 5.49m 27-Feb Personal Best Wind-Aided: Ebony Owusu-Sampah 5.92m (5.2 m/s) 23-Apr
Shot Putt Obeng Marfo 15.22m 23-Apr Personal Best Claudia Ababio 14.18m 12-Feb
Discus Obeng Marfo 46.42m 23-Apr Personal Best Claudia Ababio 45.00m 21-Mar Personal Best Myah Antwi 44.87m 10-Apr Personal Best
Hammer Claudia Ababio 51.84m 01-May Personal Best
Javelin Mary Zuta 42.28m 11-Apr
Heptathlon Elizabeth Dadzie 5144p* 28-Mar
100m Solomon Afful 10.45s 01-May Shadrack Adu-Gyamfi 10.47s 01-May Personal Best John Osei Kofi 10.53s 11-Apr Personal Best Emmanuel Dasor 10.56s 03-Apr Tim Abeyie 10.58s 18-Apr Katakyie Ofori-Atta 10.68m 28-Mar Personal Best Emmanuel Oduro-Mensah 10.70s 11-Apr Personal Best Emmanuel Appiah-Kubi 10.72s 12-Mar Stephen Opoku 10.72s 12-Mar Desmond Aryee 10.74s 11-Apr Shadrack Opoku-Agyeman 10.82s 11-Apr Personal Best Roland Alena 10.87s 12-Mar Wind-Aided: Solomon Afful 10.44s (3.6 m/s) 11-Apr Tim Abeyie 10.56s (2.2 m/s) 18-Apr
200m Solomon Afful 20.68s* 02-May Personal Best Emmanuel Dasor 20.85s* 11-Apr John Osei Kofi 21.22s 14-Mar Personal Best Wind-Aided: Emmanuel Dasor 20.79s (2.1 m/s) 19-Apr
400m Daniel Gyasi 46.30s 11-Apr Personal Best Emmanuel Dasor 46.58s 14-Apr Personal Best Robert Anaak 48.42s 14-Mar
800m Alex Amankwah 1.45.91m*** 03-Apr, 02-May Personal Best (Ranked World #10) Prince Owusu 1.49.93m 17-Apr Herns Agyeman-Duah 1.50.51m 03-Apr Personal Best Sampson Azumah Laari 1.51.48m 18-Apr Personal Best
1500m Sampson Azumah Laari 3.52.55m 10-Apr Personal Best Alex Amankwah 3.55.23m 28-Mar Personal Best
One Mile Samson Azumah Laari 4.21.01m 07-Mar
5000m Samson Azumah Laari 15.21.92m 21-Feb Malik Yakubu 15.24.63m 14-Mar
110mh Yakabu Ibrahim 14.60s 03-May Roland Attoh-Okine 14.64s 17-Apr Personal Best Atsu Nyamadi 14.86s 02-May Personal Best Wind-Aided: Yakabu Ibrahim 14.26s (3.1 m/s) 26-Apr
400mh Awal Faisal Mohamed 53.70s 14-Mar Personal Best Barnabas Dompeh Aryee 53.73s 14-Mar Personal Best Duncan Nuakoh Agyeman 53.85s 14-Mar Personal Best
Pole Vault Jordan Yamoah 5.22m* 25-Apr Atsu Nyamadi 4.10m 25-Apr Personal Best
High Jump Atsu Nyamadi 2.01m 01-Feb
Long Jump Richard Seklorwu 7.44m 14-Mar Personal Best Michael Bruce 7.41m 28-Feb Mohammed Abubakar 7.38m 22-Apr Atsu Nyamadi 7.34m 01-Feb Solomon Atosona 7.23m 07-Mar
Triple Jump Nana Owusu-Nyantekyi 15.67m 01-Mar Edgar Panford 15.63m 21-Mar Michael Bruce 15.31m 01-Mar Martin Etsey 15.17m 11-Apr Mohammed Abukakar 15.09m 02-May Personal Best Atsu Nyamadi 15.04m 06-Dec
Discus Atsu Nyamadi 45.49m 02-May Personal Best Emmanuel Ofori-Asante 43.89m 11-Apr
Javelin John Ampomah 81.55m** 25-Apr National Record (Ranked World #11) Atsu Nyamadi 65.63m 09-Apr Awudu Bachela 61.64m 14-Mar Personal Best Emmanuel Gyefa 60.25m 14-Mar Personal Best
Decathlon Atsu Nyamadi 7532p** 09-Apr National Record