Ponce, Puerto Rico - Brendan Christian delighted the nearly 10,000 plus crowd with a double sprint victory at the 3rd Ponce Grand Prix on Saturday (18), where Angela Williams won the 100m and Brian Johnson beat Dwight Phillips in another close Long Jump duel.

The Ponce Grand Prix is also one of a select group of Area meetings at which points can be acquired by athletes to qualify for the IAAF / VTB Bank World Athletics Final, to be held on 13-14 September in Stuttgart.

Christian, the 2007 Pan American Games 200m champion, first equalled his Antigua and Barbuda record in the 100m with 10.11, ahead of 2003 World champion Kim Collins (10.23) of St. Kitts & Nevis and Brian Mariano (10.34) of the Netherlands Antilles.

One hour and a half later, the 24-year-old Christian stepped back on the track of the Paquito Montaner stadium for 200m. In this his main event, Christian cruised to a 20.21 secs victory, his third in the Caribbean circuit this season. He first won in Guadeloupe and then Martinique, where he set the national record of 20.12, the third fastest time in the year so far.

Canada's 2006 World junior championships silver medallist Bryan Barnett (20.55) and Colombia's Daniel Grueso (20.96) were distant second and third, respectively. Mariano took race one in 20.92.

In the women's 100m, USA’s 2008 World Indoor 60m champion Angela Williams confirmed the pre-race favourite status as one of the stars of the night. The 28-year-old made a successful debut in Puerto Rico and clocked 11.32 to prevail over US Virgin Islands' LaVerne Jones-Ferrete (11.37) and USA's Ebonie Floyd (11.41).