American stars Williams and Washington set for Mardyke

BERNARD WILLIAMS, silver medallist in the 200m at last year’s Olympics and member of the USA gold medal winning 4 x 100m relay team in Atlanta will line up in the 100m at the BUPA Cork City Sports on July 2.

While Tyree Washington, one of America’s most exciting 400m prospects has also been added to the line-up. Washington, was a sprinter and long jumper at high school - he won California prep school long jump title in 1994, before turning to the 400m, and in 1997 ran the fastest time in the world at 44.38 secs.

“He certainly adds another dimension to the 400m in Cork,” City Sports Chairman, Dick Hodgins, said. “We have the fastest man in the world so far this season, Gary Kikaya from the Congo, as well as Daniel Caines, the 2001 world indoor champion, and they’ll provide world class competition for the likes of David Gillick, Paul McKee and Rob Daly.