TOP athletes from Great Britain, Jamaica and the United States of America (U.S.A) are set for the 2013 Confederation of African Athletics (CAA) Golden Grand Prix scheduled for Warri, Delta State on June 14.

Among the names of athletes made available to The Guardian Monday by the Athletics Federation of Nigeria (AFN) are Great Britain’s male sprinter, Rion Pierre and Matthieu Pritchett of U.S.A. The British runner has a Personal Best of 10.14 seconds and Season’s Best of 10.19 seconds, while the American holds a Personal and Season’s Best of 10.28 sec.

If pre-championship performance should count, three Nigerian male athletes should be able to give the British and the American runners a good fight when hostilities begin in Warri.

Fred Agbaje holds a Season Best of 10.16 seconds, just as Seye Ogunlewe and Elvis Ukale hold 10.30 seconds and 10.57 seconds respectively. Another Nigerian male athlete expected to run in the sprint event is Noah Ukale.

In the female sprint event, Nigeria’s Gloria Asumnu is the biggest athlete on the list going by her Season’s Best of 11.27 seconds. America’s Lashawdra Ratcliff (11.31 seconds) and Ghana’s Flings Joyner Owusu-Agyapong (11.39 seconds) are some big athletes also listed for the Warri Grand Prix.

The 400m race will see two Nigerian athletes (Abiola Onokoya and Erete Udomsinachi) doing battle with Britain’s Richard Strachan and America’s Michael Courtney.

In the women’s 400m, Jamaica’s Patricia Hall holds the best time, a Season Best of 50.86 seconds. There is also Kineke Alexander of St. Vincent, who holds a Season’s Best of 51.38 seconds. Nigeria’s duo of Regina George and Omolara Omotosho has SB of 51.00 seconds and 51.67 seconds respectively.

America’s Andrew Brunson Lii is the only athlete listed for the 110m hurdles. He has a Personal Best (PB) of 13.30 seconds. Another American, Nichole Denby (12.54 seconds PB) and Ghana’s Rosina Amenebed (13.52 seconds) will do battle with two Nigerians, Ugoma Ndu and Amaka Ogoegbunam in the 100m hurdles.