KINGSTON, Jamaica — Six weeks after leading LSU to its 12th outdoor national championship in 14 years, Peta-Gaye Dowdie won the 100 meter dash at the Jamaican Olympic Trials Friday night to advance to the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, in September.
Dowdie won in a time of 11.19 seconds, followed by Beverley McDonald, Tanya Lawrence and five-time Olympian Merlene Ottey. She became the first Tiger to advance to the Olympics this year.
On Thursday night in the preliminary, Ottey beat them all in 11.09 seconds. The four runners are expected to form Jamaica’s 400 relay team in the Olympics.
Dowdie will compete in the 200 meter dash later this week.