Jamaican - Kaliese Spencer, Burning Up the Diamond League Track!

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Originally uploaded by Phil McElhinney

(This information was updated on August 20,2010).

With the absence of World Champion and Olympic Gold Medallist, Melaine Walker, from the women's 400 m hurdles due to injury, it's been gratifying to see another Jamaican, Kaliese Spencer, step up to the plate and run the 400m Hurdles so well, at the 2010 Diamond League Meet.

(Kaliese was the World Junior Champion in the 400m Hurdles in 2006).

Coming from 6th position in the women's 400m hurdles at the first Diamond League Meet in Shanghai China on May 23, to consistently coming 1st or 2nd in the last five (5) events, means that Kaliese tops the table as the woman with the most points in the event.

This makes her forerunner for the USD $40,000 diamond in her event and sees her making prize money of at least US $37,500 in this year's Diamond League.

The prize monies for the different Diamond League placements are as follows:

Place    Prize Money

1st  →  10,000 USD

2nd → 6,000 USD

3rd → 4,000 USD

4th → 3,000 USD

5th → 2,500 USD

6th → 2,000 USD

7th → 1,500 USD

8th → 1,000 USD.

So Kaliese's prize money calculated over the 1st six (6) events = placements of 6th, 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 1st and 1st = prize monies of $2,000+ $6,000+ $6,000+ $8,000+ $10,000+ $10,000 = $40,000.

[Her nearest competitor is current world no.1 in the event, the USA's Lashinda Demus, whose prize money so far stands at  US $33,000. Demus' placements over the six (6) events were 1st, 1st, 1st, DNA, 4th and DNA, where DNA = Did Not Appear].

We wish Kaliese all the best at the final Diamond League Meet in Brussels...we'll be praying that you'll win the race and so get the diamond, Kaliese!

[I would like to thank Phil McElhinney for the use of his Flickr inset picture of Kaliese Spencer winning her race, at the 2010 Aviva London Grand Prix (another Diamond League Meet) in England].

Gillian

Sources Include

1) Article, "Welcome to the Diamond Race: Event Reports + Points & Prize Money: Diamond Race - POINTS SYSTEM & PRIZE MONEY STRUCTURE", DiamondLeague.com, accessed August 20,2010

2) Diamond League 2010 Meet Prize Money, via IAAF.org, accessed August 16,2010

3) Diamond League 2010 Results Archive, via DiamondLeague.com, accessed August 16,2010

4) Diamond League 2010 Results Archive Women 400m Hurdles, via DiamondLeague.com, accessed August 16,2010

5) Diamond League Meet as broadcasted on Television Jamaica, August 14, 2010