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Sports => What about Track & Field => Topic started by: Deeks on February 03, 2018, 03:54:02 PM
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What's happening local. I know is Carnival. Is the Cariifta team preparing for the upcoming games.
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I just on the tv to see Lalonde coming 3rd in the MillRose 400. Started strong and then faded in the end.
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Keep an eye on Dwight St. Hillaire 200/400m runner. He is at the University of Kentucky. He has the potential to join the 4x4 relay pool of Cedenio,, Richards and Lendore. Solomon, Gordon and Quow getting up in age.
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Just saw Christian Coleman break the 60 meters indoor WR which washeld by Maurice Green for 20 years.
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Big Up Jereem, new national 300m record :beermug:
https://tinyurl.com/yd3rdasp
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SUPER!!!!!! God Bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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New Indoor WJR, this youth Coleman was great last year and this year he coming out to do more damage
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ff2dO5ljWl4&feature=youtu.be
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Love that Mr Richards is setting his goals and attaining/surpassing them.
I still say keep an eye out of Zakiya Denoon running at LSU this season. I feel her progress will be gradual but she can follow in the footsteps of KAB and MLA. My hope is that by next year for her senior year she will be in the 11.0's and 22's. And the she can join KAB in florida where KAB can take her under her wings. My ideal scenario.
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SEC Indoors Women's 200m Final
Place Athlete Affiliation Time Sec (pl)
1 Lynna IRBY FR Georgia 22.66 2 (1) PB
2 Mikiah BRISCO SR LSU 22.81 1 (1) PB
3 Kayelle CLARKE SR Kentucky 22.83 1 (2) PB
4 Kortnei JOHNSON JR LSU 22.95 2 (2) PB
5 Daija LAMPKIN FR Alabama 23.16 2 (3)
6 Diamond SPAULDING JR Texas A&M 23.28 1 (3) SB
7 Jasmine CAMACHO-QUINN JR Kentucky 23.29 1 (4)
8 Brenessa THOMPSON JR Texas A&M 23.63 2 (4)
Kayelle Clarke asserting herself as a 200m specialist. Her start and flailing arm seems to hold her back in the 60/100 but in the 2 she thrives. Hoping to see her grow from strength to strength. Ever since that win in her final year at Carifta she seems to have gained confidence.
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Anything, news on the World Indoor TF in England? Birmingham to be exact.
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Anything, news on the World Indoor TF in England? Birmingham to be exact.
KAB 6th in the semi. MLA 6th in the final.
AG 5th in the semi. DL 2nd in the semi. Makes final.
Interesting developments in the womens 60m. ET 4th in the final. The two Ivorians win Gold and Silver in the 60m. Kambunji 3rd.
Another notable surprise.. Taplin dq in the first heat. He is 5th all time in the 400m. I was expecting him to get Gold.
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Lendore Bronze! He was promoted 2 spots after finishing 5th. Santos and Husillos DQ.
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It appears that Deon Lenore won a bronze after the winner from Spain and Santos from DR were dq for stepping on the line. Congrats Deon. We will take it. Now to the 4x4 final.
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I see Colthurst ain't qualify for the 100m for Carifta. That was a shocker.
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Very shocking indeed. But it's his first year in this age category he may just need to adjust. May have had an early season injury too who knows. Let's just pray the issues get resolved so he can be back to his winning ways.
Keep an eye out for Shaniqua Bascombe the 13/14 year old girl who won the U17 100m 11.89 into -0.4. A nice tailwind and that's prob 11.70-11.75. She may just do the double.
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TT settled for 4th in the 4x4. Belgium 3rd with 3:02:51. TT 3:02:52. Poland first, USA 2nd. Congrats on a fine performance. Another day we might have won gold like last year in London. Just remember fellahs, Destination Tokyo. GOLD!!!!!!
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An important point to note; At the recent concluded world indoor championships NO Caribbean athlete won a gold medal. Could this be a sign of new dismal phase in Caribbean T&F on the global stage? time will tell
BTW, the United States dominated the medal table and was far ahead from the rest of the world
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Very shocking indeed. But it's his first year in this age category he may just need to adjust. May have had an early season injury too who knows. Let's just pray the issues get resolved so he can be back to his winning ways.
Keep an eye out for Shaniqua Bascombe the 13/14 year old girl who won the U17 100m 11.89 into -0.4. A nice tailwind and that's prob 11.70-11.75. She may just do the double.
Keep an eye out for Avindale Smith. He is the REAL deal. 200m and 400m specialist. Also a powerful 100m runner. Ran 10.45 at age 15 last year. Ran 47.90 to win the 400m this weekend. On the pace to be something special.
Rae Ann Serville is the real deal too.
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Indoors is completely different to outdoor running. you hardly ever find the same people winning both. for example, has Bolt ever run indoors or won an indoor medal? Its a banked track with sharp turns. I wouldn't worry too much about the results here. Having said that, I am impressed with the return of Deon Lendore, which strengthens the 400 pool, but i am worried that Cedenio doesn't appear as strong and fast as he was two years ago. From my eyes, he appears over weight but that could be deceiving.
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Indoors is completely different to outdoor running. you hardly ever find the same people winning both. for example, has Bolt ever run indoors or won an indoor medal? Its a banked track with sharp turns. I wouldn't worry too much about the results here. Having said that, I am impressed with the return of Deon Lendore, which strengthens the 400 pool, but i am worried that Cedenio doesn't appear as strong and fast as he was two years ago. From my eyes, he appears over weight but that could be deceiving.
Cedenio is our tallest quarter-miler and has never done a full indoor season with his club so in addition to not being physically suited to running indoors he doesn't have as much experience running indoors as our other athletes who were selected for the 4x4 team in Birmingham. Also Cedenio being more conditioned and suited to running outdoors will tend to peak later in the outdoor season anyway.
Cedenio should be just fine provided he has put in the required winter/pre-season training.
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TT don't ever have an indoor season. Only the US based athletes tend to particpate. Cedenio is home based.
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TT don't ever have an indoor season. Only the US based athletes tend to particpate. Cedenio is home based.
Cedenio is now based in the USA and trains with a professional adidas camp in Orlando and has been there for the last few seasons.
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This weekend is Carifta? I eh hearing nothing from the TF people on this forum. It that bad?
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It commences tomorrow Deeks
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Dwight St . Hillside 45.62 Florida Relays
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Delta Timing Group - Contractor License 3/30/2018 - 1:05 PM
2018 Pepsi Florida Relays - 3/29/2018 to 3/31/2018
University of Florida
Percy Beard Track
Event 66 Men 400 m Dash College
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Track: T 44.66 4/8/1989 Tyrone Kemp, Florida
Relays: R 45.13 1999 Butch Reynolds, Unattached
Name Year School Finals H#
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Finals
1 Nathan Strother SR Tennessee 45.46 1
2 Dwight St Hillaire FR Kentucky 45.62 1
3 Kunle Fasasi JR Florida 45.83 1
4 Chantz Sawyers FR Florida 45.88 2
5 Benjamin Vedel FR Florida 46.20 2
6 Taj Burgess FR Rutgers 46.31 3
7 Trevor Stewart FR N. Carolina A&T 46.61 4
8 Daniel Pietsch JR Georgia Tech 46.67 3
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http://cariftabahamas2018.com/competition/results/
Wow, not a single post. Actually, it is very disappointing on our part. JA 28 Gold, Bahamas 6 Gold, TT 3 Golds. And I think this JA high school TF weekend. So their best is no at the Carifta. So how effective is TF grass-root programs.
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http://cariftabahamas2018.com/competition/results/
Wow, not a single post. Actually, it is very disappointing on our part. JA 28 Gold, Bahamas 6 Gold, TT 3 Golds. And I think this JA high school TF weekend. So their best is no at the Carifta. So how effective is TF grass-root programs.
Fyi Champs in Jamaica was last weekend, not this weekend.
And actually we won 4 gold medals, 6 silver & 7 bronze medals for a total of 17 medals.
On Day 1 we won 4 medals (2 gold, 0 silver, 2 bronze)
On Day 2 we won 6 medals (1 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze)
On Day 3 we won 7 medals (1 gold, 4 silver, 2 bronze)
Our Boys U17 4x4 team got DQed for exchanging the baton outside of the exchange zone otherwise we would have won 1 more bronze medal for a total of 18 medals.
In addition Avindale Smith picked up a hip injury and did not start in the Boys U17 200m final where he was a strong contender to medal. Avindale was also withdrawn from our Boys U17 4x4 Relay team which would have been a strong contender for gold if he was healthy to run in the final as he was winner of the individual Boys U17 400m gold.
Adéll Colthrust the 2017 Carifta Boys U17 100m champion was also missing from our team due to injury.
Still we under-performed and won less medals than last year so it seems that we are going backwards rather than forwards.
Our main flaw was not fielding any athletes in about half the events rather than taking a leaf from Jamaica and trying to field athletes in as many events as possible. It seems that NAAA has a policy that if they believe an athlete is not a strong contender for gold then they don't want to send you to the Carifta Games and in this regard they don't seem to realize that the Carifta Games is the major development meet for young athletes in our region and the more athletes we can give the experience of competing against the best in the region is the more they can improve and then be able to come back stronger the following year to become stronger medal contenders.
Bahamas with 1/4 of T&T's population seem to understand that Carifta Games is a development meet which is why they are now reaping the fruits of their investment in their young athletes over the past number of years. Our NAAA seems to be very shortsighted in this regard and don't want to use Carifta as a development meet for our young athletes which it is.
I have heard the NAAA President Ephraim Serrette refer to the Carifta Games as the Olympics for our young athletes which clearly tells me that he has the totally wrong concept of what we should be using the Carifta Games for which is as a development meet for as many of our young talented athletes as we possible can.
If Mr Serrette does not understand how to use the Carifta Games to develop our young athletes to compete against the best young athletes in our region then all that he needs to do is to watch what Jamaica and The Bahamas are doing and to copy their development strategy. This should not be so difficult for him to figure out.
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Socapro, thanks for the info. Congrats to the medal winners and those who participated in this weekend Carifta. While as a former Carifta partipant Emphraim may see this as a mini Olympics, I agree with you, this a Developmental Games. I remember in one games not too long ago, there was a girls u-17 relay I think, where there were just 4 countries contesting. We were not one of them. We have over a million people and we can’t find yutes to partipate ? As you said, how come Bahamas can do it? For me, this is the main reason why we have never had a woman medal in the Olympics. You are correct. NAAA has to change its approach. We know money is always a problem. But we MUST continue to engage the govt, business and parents. This is the point where We may have the last chance to influence some of our youths. After that is hit or miss. There is so much internal and external negative influences that can catch their attention. Anyway, let us see how the NAAA approach this next year.
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I was flicking the tv channel and came up on the Diamond league in China. The 100 had Gatlin, Degrasse. The other American dude dropped out. Gatlin and Degrasse did not place. But was impressed with the Chinese sprinter who came second(he was given first, but VAR corrected that). The winner was a guy named Prescod from UK. He was in the outside and accelerated in the last 40 to pip the Chinese. It was 10. something. But it was raining and miserable, so I guess a lot of people did not want to overextend so early in the season. But the Brit say, he loved it. That is the kind of weather he was training in back home.
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Did anyone see Michelle, Kyle Greaux, Blledsman run in the Addidas Boston street races?
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Did anyone see Michelle, Kyle Greaux, Blledsman run in the Addidas Boston street races?
Results
Wind: 0.2 m/s
PLACE ATHLETE RESULT REACT LN/POS
1 USANoah Lyles
United States
14.77 0.156 3
2 GBRNethaneel Mitchell-Blake
Great Britain
14.81 0.116 4
3 TTOKyle Greaux
Trinidad and Tobago
15.03
PB
0.151 2
4 JAMJevaughn Minzie
United States
15.08 0.128 5
5 JAMRasheed Dwyer
Jamaica
15.12 0.139 1
Kyle is shaping up into a decent home grown athlete
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Results
Wind: 2.4 m/s
PLACE ATHLETE RESULT REACT LN/POS
1 GBRZharnel Hughes
Great Britain
9.99 0.135 5
2 RSAAkani Simbine
South Africa
10.03 0.153 3
3 JAMYohan Blake
Jamaica
10.17 0.142 4
4 USATyson Gay
United States
10.29 0.144 2
5 TTOKeston Bledman
Trinidad and Tobago
10.35 0.143 1
Bledman is far off from his best. I can't remember the last time he placed in a race.
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Results
Wind: -0.7 m/s
PLACE ATHLETE RESULT REACT LN/POS
1 BAHShaunae Miller-Uibo
Bahamas
16.23 0.133 3
2 TTOMichelle-Lee Ahye
Trinidad and Tobago
16.57 0.141 2
3 JAMShashalee Forbes
Jamaica
16.75 0.118 5
4 USAHannah Cunliffe
United States
16.95 0.135 4
5 USATiffany Townsend
United States
17.01 0.151 1
Boss run by Miller. MLA moves into all time top 10 in this event.
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Results
Wind: 0.3 m/s
PLACE ATHLETE RESULT REACT LN/POS
1 BAHSteven Gardiner
Bahamas
19.88 0.136 4
2 PANAlonso Edward
Panama
20.03
SB
20.024
0.122 2
3 TTOJereem Richards
Trinidad and Tobago
20.03
20.029
0.148 3
4 USAJosephus Lyles
United States
20.36
PB
0.144 5
5 TTORenny Quow
Trinidad and Tobago
20.78
SB
-0.014 1
Gardiner is going to be hard to beat in the 200m and 400m.
Jereem is getting used to life as a professional. He'll be a regular sub 20 soon.
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TT athleletes did not do to badly. I saw Michelle run against Miller. It was not bad either. But Miller is an Amazon. Barring injury, she can leave her mark on the 400 and 200.
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Dwight St Hillaire 44.55 PR to top NCAA East regional
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Dwight St Hillaire 44.55 PR to top NCAA East regional
wow..... like it !!!!
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Dwight St Hillaire 44.55 PR to top NCAA East regional
It's a wonder that we keep producing 400m talent throughout the years. Well done. It's onwards and upwards from here. I pray he remains healthy esp for next 3 years as they are championship years. Keep improving
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Our women's sprints seems to be increasing in depth. If Kayelle Clarke decides to compete as a professional athlete and can keep dropping her times that's a great addition to not only the 200 individual (just ran 22.82 pb at NCAA east prelims) but 4x100 too since she runs a solid 3rd leg. Zakiya Denoon just ran pbs 11.30 and 22.96 at the NCAA east prelims just hoping she continues to get better and better. She has shown steady improvement. If KAB can be her ever dependable self, MLA is healthy, Khalifa continues to improve. Then we just need one other solid leg together with a lot of practice to have a great shot at a medal. We have options now- Selvon, Hackett, Thomas, Durant, Denoon and Clarke...
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Congrats to 2008 relay team :beermug:
https://socamusictv.blogspot.com/2018/06/t-relay-to-get-2008-olympic-gold.html
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-5826631/British-sprinter-Zharnel-Hughes-runs-fastest-100m-2018-9-91sec.html
Just read that Zharnel Hughes ran 9.91 in JA. Then they have another 100 man called Prescod. He is damn fast. Ran a 9.99 the other day. Where are our sprinters?
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Section 2 Finals Wind: 0.7
1 Ahye, Michelle-Lee 92 Rebirth 11.14 NS 10
2 St. Fort, Khalifa 98 Unattached 11.23 NS 8
3 Denoon, Zakiyah 95 Zenith 11.31 NS 6
4 Hackett, Semoy 88 Zenith 11.37 NS 5
5 Thomas, Reyare 87 Abilene 11.41 NS 4
6 Spinks, Jenea 00 Concorde 11.46 3
7 Clarke, Kayelle 96 PAP 11.55 2
8 Durant, Kamaria 91 Simplex
We are seeing the emergence of Zakiya Denoon at senior level, she ran an 11.21 PB in the heats. One more year at LSU and I believe she will be in the 11.0x range let's hope. That will be key for our relay. We need KAB back at her best though. Jenea Spinks again present in the 100m final bodes well for the future.
Excellent job by Andwuelle Wright for that 8.23m jump.
Kyle Greaux has great technique and I'm wishing him continued success. Wishing Keston Bledman a speedy recovery.
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Nothing special from our top athletes this so far this 2018 season. Yes credit to MLA and Richards on the commonwealth gold medals but throughout the season our athletes failed to be consistent and gave us poor performances.
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Gunna say that it's a non championship year so maybe that's why
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Have they presented the team for the CAC games as yet?
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Any interest in the CAC games ?
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They have posted a list Deeks I will try find it. There is no Michelle, no Jereem and no Quatermilers.
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They have posted a list Deeks I will try find it. There is no Michelle, no Jereem and no Quatermilers.
They have posted a list Deeks I will try find it. There is no Michelle, no Jereem and no Quatermilers.
This is the games where the ones who are "overlooked" should excel. We will see?
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Athletics:
Athletes: Alena Brooks, Ayanna Alexander, Cleopatra Borel, Janeil Bellille, Kayelle Clarke, Khalifa St Fort, Khemani Roberts, La Toya Gilding, Portious Warren, Reyare Thomas, Semoy Hackett, Sparkle Mc Knight, Tyra Gittens, Zakiya Denoon, Aaron Lewis, Akeem Stewart, Andwuelle Wright, Hezekiel Romeo, Jalen Purcel, Jehue Gordon, Johnathan Farinha, Kareem Roberts, Keshorn Walcott, Keston Bledman, Kyle Greaux, Nathan Farinha, Nicholas Landeau, Reubin Walters
Staff: Dexter Voisin (manager), Arlon Morrison (coach), Ian Carter (coach), Ismael Mastrapa (coach), Jamal James (coach), Niconner Alexander (coach), Wade Franklyn (coach), Wendell Williams (coach).
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Good luck to the team! 🇹🇹
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Good luck. Bring gold medals!
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So far 5 golds(4 swimming), 2 silvers and 8 bronze. T&F yet to start.
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If we cant excel at a CAC level where only Central American and Caribbean athletes compete then we goose really really cook
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If we cant excel at a CAC level where only Central American and Caribbean athletes compete then we goose really really cook
And 2 South Americans. Colombia and Ven.
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Decathlon going currently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XcI36bfnRuA
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Brooks was very impressive in the women 800 m. She got the silver. Congrats, Ms Brooks!!!
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Brooks was very impressive in the women 800 m. She got the silver. Congrats, Ms Brooks!!!
:thumbsup:
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Was hoping for Khalifa to win Gold , but still congrats to her on winning silver :beermug:
https://www.facebook.com/TTOlympic/posts/1798544480192014
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Kyle Greaux just won a bronze in the 200.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTzXfM-mSLA
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How the hell we did not have no men and women 400 meters runners in these games?
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How the hell we did not have no men and women 400 meters runners in these games?
Yuh forget about the ting we have in Trinbago called the NAAA?
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>:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( >:( underachievers!
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Another Gold for Cleo, even at her age she continue to dominate her event in the region for so many years :beermug:
https://tinyurl.com/ycmfs39q
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Happy for the medals but Hackett can run much faster than 22.95, not sure if she will be happy with that silver
The relays will be interesting
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Anyone know what happened with our hepthlon girls? they both did not run the last event(800m) . One was in medal contentin as well ???
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Che, I was asking myself the same question.
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Anyone know what happened with our hepthlon girls? they both did not run the last event(800m) . One was in medal contentin as well ???
That will be interesting to find out as Tyra Gittens was in bronze medal position after 6 disciplines and could have easily won a bronze medal had she competed in the last event (the Women's 800m Heptatahlon);
It also does not make any sense that T&T did not field any male 400m runners and a Men's 4x400m relay team especially knowing the high calibre of Male 400m runners that we have when compared with the best in the region. It is also at these regional games that we should be blooding our individual Women 400m and Women's 4x400m relay teams if the NAAA TT are serious about ever making sure that T&T fields competitive Women's 4x400m relay teams at future global championships.
Or maybe they are content to continue seeing our TTO Teams underachieving for the talent we have at our disposal as we currently have been doing for the last decade at various track & field games and championships.
We need to continue lashing the NAAA TT hard for their shortsightedness in selecting TTO teams for these various regional games which ultimately leads to our teams underachieving in the amount of medals they bring home. The NAAA TT still seems to be more concerned about taking the maximum number of officials on these trips than they are about giving the maximum number of TTO athletes the opportunity to compete against the best in the region for medals and to also gain vital experience that can serve them well for being competitive at the world class level at future global championships.
On a related side note, maybe the time has come for Jehue Gordon to also try his hand at some other track events and not to limit himself to just the 400m Hurdles as that strategy might benefit him in the long term in getting back to the top flight in his pet event. If I was Jehue I would try my hand at competing in more 400m flat events and more 110m Hurdles events to help work on my top end speed and speed endurance.
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I was under the impression that Nesta Carter was banned, and lost his appeal. Can someone give me an update please ?
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Did some of our athletes get food poisoning? I was watching a video of the 800 meters race. Saw Nicholas Landau starting the race, and by the last 400 meters he was nowhere to be seen.
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Silver medal in the women 4x100 m. I think baton passing cost us a real shot at the gold. 10 guesses who won.
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Barbados win the Gold in the men 4x100. We 4th. Baton passing is atrocious.
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I think Keshorn won the Gold. Not sure.
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4x400 No Trinis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d7ieIyuaR64
Cuba, JA, Colombia in that order.
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still amazed no Trini team in the men 4x400, this has been our strongest relay event in recent years
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I think Keshorn won the Gold. Not sure.
Yeah he win, see it dey
https://tinyurl.com/y96rqnow
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I think Keshorn won the Gold. Not sure.
Yeah he win, see it dey
https://tinyurl.com/y96rqnow
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A Hearty Congrats to this Great Athlete!!!!!
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Check out Team TTO Athletes at 2018 NACAC Championships at below link!
Today is the last day of the 2018 NACAC Championships in Toronto, Canada and Team TTO athletes compete in 10 Finals. All times listed are in local Toronto time.
Andwuelle Wright competes in the Men Long Jump Final at 1:20pm;
Akeem Stewart competes in the Men Discus Final at 1:45pm;
Sparkle Mcknight competes in the Women 400 M Hurdles Final at 2:10pm;
Cleopatra Borel competes in the Women Shot Put Final at 2:15pm;
Jehue Gordon competes in the Men 400 M Hurdles Final at 2:20pm;
Reyare Thomas & Semoy Hackett competes in the Women 200 M Final at 2:30pm;
Kyle Greaux competes in the Men 200 M Final at 2:40pm;
Ayanna Alexander competes in the Women Triple Jump Final at 3:15pm;
Women 4x100 M TTO Relay Team of:
1) Tyra Gittens 20 2) Khalifa St. Fort 20
3) Semoy Hackett 29 4) Reyare Thomas 31 competes in the Women 4x100 M Relay Final at 3:40m;
Men 4x100 M TTO Relay Team of:
1) Keston Bledman 30 2) Jalen Purcell 19
3) Kyle Greaux 30 4) Johnathan Farinha 22
competes in the Men 4x100 M Relay Final at 3:50pm;
2018 NACAC Championships, August 10-12, 2018, Varsity Stadium - Toronto
http://results.deltatiming.com/nacac/2018-nacac-championships#2018-08-12
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Congrats to Kyle Greaux on winning GOLD at NACAC Championships. The one and only Gold medalist thus far
https://tinyurl.com/ybatxpwx
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This is a pleasant surprise. And we have Jareem. Nice!