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Dual silver for Cheetah sprinter in Vegas

Hodson Harding of the Coquitlam Cheetahs sprinted to a pair of silver medals at Saturday's Las Vegas Classic track and field meet at Del Sol high school in Nevada. Harding was second in the men's 400 metres in a time of 49.

Hodson Harding of the Coquitlam Cheetahs sprinted to a pair of silver medals at Saturday's Las Vegas Classic track and field meet at Del Sol high school in Nevada.

Harding was second in the men's 400 metres in a time of 49.15 seconds and teamed with Benjamin Ayesu-Attah and George and Nick Ayin in the 4x400 relay to finish runners up to California state-champion Serra high school out of Los Angeles in a blistering 3:23:69.

Also, the Cheetahs' Miranda Menzies narrowly missed victory in the women's 800 m after running a personal best 2:21.69, only to finish seven-100ths of a second behind the Nevada state champ, Anna Underwood.

Just outside the medal hunt was Esinem Ayesu-Attah, who was fourth in the women's 100 m in 12.85 seconds, and Jade Vaughn, who placed fourth in the 300 m hurdles in 46.36 ticks.

Anthon Meyer led all Cheetahs' leapers by placing sixth in the men's triple jump, with James Linde posting a personal-best 23.27 seconds to take sixth in the men's 200 m event.

In the 1500 m, the Cheetahs' Lawrence Viola and Erin Cho finished eighth in the men's and women's divisions respectively.