Rusheen McDonald (Photo: Naphtali Junior)
May 11, 2025
The Jamaican men’s 4x400m team secured their tickets to the Tokyo World Championships in September after a gutsy performance in the second round of the World Relays in Guangzhou, China on Sunday.
A superb and well-timed third leg run from Zandrion Barnes set up a third place finish in 3:02.00 minutes, better than Saturday’s 3:03.54 minutes when they were fourth in the first round heat.
Barnes split 44.78 seconds, second best in the race, as he took Jamaica into the qualifying spot.
Demar Francis, who had run on the mixed 4x400m team on Saturday, replaced Javier Brown and joined lead off runner Rusheen McDonald and anchor Tarees Rhoden to ensure there would be none of the drama that plagued the team in its failed efforts to qualify for the Olympic Games last year.