Nigeria, March 9 -- The Nigerian quartet of Patience Okon George, Anita Enaruna, Treasure Okereke, and Jecinter Lawrence delivered one of the standout performances of the competition, finishing the race with a time of 3 minutes 31.14 seconds on the final day of the meet.



Their performance lifted Nigeria to 21st place in the global rankings and edged Mexico out of the qualification spots for the World Relays in Botswana in May. Ethiopia finished second in the race with a time of 3 minutes 38.31 seconds, while Nigeria's B team placed third after posting 3 minutes 40.50 seconds.



The News Chronicle understands that Nigeria's men's 4*400 metres relay team came close to qualifying but narrowly missed the mark after clocking 3 minutes 0...