by Raymond Graham, Freelance Writer

Simone Facey ... second Jamaican to go under 23 seconds indoors this season. - file

Jamaican athletes main-tained their good form in the United States on the weekend as they dominated the Big 12 Championships on the Uni-versity of Nebraska.

The two-day meet which ended on Saturday and which is a regional qualifier for next weekend's NCAA Indoor Champion-ships, saw Jamaican athletes winning four events.

World outdoor 4x100 metres silver medallist Simone Facey of Texas A&M University and former World Junior representative Nickeisha Anderson from Kansas University continued their keen rivalry.

Anderson, like she did at the recent Armory in New York, won the battle in the 60m dash as she recorded 7.22 seconds to win the event, just edging out Facey who was second in 7.23.

However, in the 200 metres, Facey turned the tables on Anderson. Anderson, who went under 23 seconds a week ago to be the fastest in the world then, had to settle for third in 23.06 as Facey was second in 22.96. Facey's teammate Porscha Lucas who got the win in New York after Facey was disqualified, stormed to victory in a very impressive 22.86 seconds, the fastest time in the world this year.

Latoya Greaves, Sheryl Morgan and Julian Reid also posted wins at the meet. Greaves, a Junior Pan Am gold medallist in the 100 metres hurdles and now competing for Oklahoma University, registered her season best and a pro-visional qualifying time for the NCAA Championships of 8.21 seconds to take the 60m hurdles.

Morgan, a World Junior 400 metres bronze medallist who had not shown much improvement since leaving high school, seemed to be regaining her old form. Competing for Nebraska Uni-versity, Morgan copped the 600 yards event in 1:20.63.

The final win for Jamaican athletes came in the form of former World Youth repre-sentative, Julian Reid. A fres-hman at Texas A&M University, Reid produced a leap of 7.72m to capture the men's long jump final. Here, former Carifta representative Nicholas Gordon of Nebraska ended in third with a 7.57m.