taking first in his heat of the men's 1500. Emanuel, a 2010 UNM grad, breezed to a comfortable 3:49.69 time in the metric mile, winning his section and finishing just 0.03 seconds behind the winner of the first section, Charlie Grice.

He will advance to the 1500 final to be contested tomorrow at 2:43 p.m. Greenwich Mean Time (7:43 a.m. MT).

In Albuquerque, Walker also had a strong day as she qualified to the USA Indoor Track & Field Championships with a winning mark in the women's long jump.minister Devant Maharaj in a press release issued last week.

Maharaj said: “Questions raised within the legal fraternity in hushed tones already about its merits. It was noticeable that some of the few deserving of silk were not included in this year’s silk list and were apparently denied because of the fact that they are not aligned with the PNM.”

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The issue of the appointment of silk has been marred by controversy since it was first awarded in 1964.

The only recorded policy over the appointments came in a legal notice, which was published in the Gazette in November 2000.

The notice prescribes several requirements including total professional integrity, professional eminence, sound intellectual ability, outstanding advocate ability and maturity of judgment.

The last time it was awarded was in December 2011, when