With only nine Americans competing in Rabat, Morocco on Sunday we knew there wouldn’t be too many opportunities for the US to win events. The top contenders showed up strong though and managed to win two events. LaShawn Merritt made it two for two in the 400m defending his win earlier in the year from Doha and setting a new meet record in the process at 44.66. David Oliver stepped up in the 110m hurdles and won the event after finishing fourth in Doha. The margin was just 0.01 seconds and Oliver also set a meet record. Jason Richardson joined Oliver with a sixth place finish in the event giving the US two in the top six in both of the runnings so far this year.

Erik Kynard was unable to win the high jump for the second time this year but did manage to take second place. That was the same spot where Cassandra Tate found herself in the 400m hurdles after a season best performance. Also finishing top three with third place finishes were Buffalo Bills’ WR Marquise Goodwin in the long jump and Brittany Smith in the shot put.

It was a nice improvement after a fifth in Doha. The US had two in the top six in the 100m after Carmelita Jeter and Alexandria Anderson went back-to-back in fifth and sixth with Jeter notching a season best time.

The next Diamond League event is in the US as the world descends on the track and field hotbed of Eugene, Oregon on Saturday.

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