St. Thomas More Collegiate junior Zion Corrales-Nelson defeated an older field in the national development women's 400 metres at the Harry Jerome Track Classic at Swangard Stadium on Canada Day.
Corrales-Nelson easily won the metric quarter-mile, posting a winning time of 55.79, well off her 54.94 gold-medal clocking at the B.C. high school championships in Langley last month.
Simon Fraser University's Sarah Sawatsky finished second in a time of 56.73. Tamara Harris, five years Corrales-Nelson's senior was third in 57.72.
London Olympian Curtis Moss won the men's javelin with a throw of 76.86 metres, edging American Cyrus Hostetler by almost three metres.
In the women's javelin, recent Canadian senior national champion Krista Woodward of New Westminster had a disappointing showing, placing fourth overall with a toss of 48.79m, well off her national championship meet record of 58.59m.
Following the national championships, Woodward was one of 64 athletes named to represent Canada at the world championships in Moscow in August.
