Baptiste wins windy 200
By Kwame Laurence kwame.laurence@trinidadexpress.com
Story Created: May 13, 2013 at 9:08 PM ECTKelly-Ann Baptiste emerged victorious in her first 200 metres race this season, the Trinidad and Tobago sprinter getting home first in the National Training Centre (NTC) Classic women’s half-lap event, in Florida, USA, on Saturday.
Baptiste clocked a wind-assisted 22.63 seconds, a strong 6.3 metres per second following wind pushing her to the line.
Keston Bledman stopped the clock at 10.14 seconds to finish first in heat one in the men’s 100m preliminaries. The race was the T&T sprinter’s 2013 individual opener.
In the final, Bledman was a non-finisher. The Express has been informed, though, that the double Olympic medallist is not injured.
Machel Cedenio seized silver in the men’s 400m, the 2013 Carifta Games boys’ under-20 champion clocking 46.66 seconds to finish behind Kenya’s Alfas Kishoyan (46.61).
Moriba Morain clocked a wind-aided 21.10 seconds, for second spot in the men’s 200m “B” race.
On Sunday, at the Belem Grand Prix, in Brazil, T&T’s Rondel Sorrillo snapped up silver in the men’s 100m dash in 10.28 seconds. Marc Burns finished fourth in 10.51, the same time clocked by his fifth-placed fellow-T&T sprinter, Emmanuel Callender.
Mikel Thomas bagged bronze in the men’s 110m hurdles, the T&T athlete getting to the line in 13.77 seconds.
At a meet in Baie Mahault, Guadeloupe, last Wednesday, Sorrillo topped the men’s 100m field in 10.21 seconds.
Jehue Gordon was also impressive, the T&T athlete clocking 49.05 seconds—his fastest time this season—to finish second in the men’s 400m hurdles. Gordon is sixth on the 2013 world performance list.
Jereem Richards finished second in a men’s 400m event in 47.30 seconds.
Reubin Walters was second in the boys’ under-20 110m hurdles in 13.91. In the men’s 400m hurdles “B” race, Walters got home in 53.51 seconds to cop third spot.
Ayanna Alexander produced a 13.67 metres effort to secure bronze in the women’s triple jump.
Michelle-Lee Ahye got home in 23.59 seconds to finish fourth in the women’s 200m. And in the men’s 110m hurdles, Thomas clocked 13.50 seconds to earn fifth spot.
Alexander was back in action on the weekend, at the Virginia Challenge, in the United States. The T&T athlete won the women’s triple jump with a 13.70m effort.
St Augustine’s College junior, Jameel Walcott returned a time of one minute, 53.26 seconds to finish 12th overall in the men’s 800m.
At the Oxy-Lu Last Chance Qualifier, in California, Magnolia Howell completed a rare treble, winning the women’s 100 “B” race in 11.77 seconds, the 200m in 24.08 and the 400m in a personal best 53.45.
Deborah John struck gold at the Summit League Championships, in Indiana. The North Dakota State University junior clocked 13.75 seconds to capture the women’s 100m hurdles crown. In the preliminaries, John got to the line in 13.68. The T&T athlete also competed in the 100m flat event, finishing seventh in the final in 12.26 seconds—27-hundredths of a second slower than the 11.99 she had clocked in the qualifying round.
At the Big Sky Conference Championships, in Oregon, Portland State University’s Geronne Black won the women’s 100m title in 11.57 seconds.
Steve Waithe grabbed gold in the men’s triple jump, at the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) Championships. The Shippensburg University student produced a winning effort of 15.48m. In the long jump, Waithe was fourth with a 6.94m leap.
At the Abilene Christian Oliver Jackson Twilight meet, in Texas, Reyare Thomas captured the women’s sprint double. She won the 100m in a wind-assisted 11.38 seconds, and the 200m in a windy 23.04. In the men’s 400m, Abilene Christian University student, Osei Alleyne-Forte was fourth in 47.88.
Emanuel Mayers secured silver in the Georgia Tech Invitational men’s 400m hurdles in 50.34 seconds.
At the Sun Belt Conference Championships, in Florida, Kashef Daniel finished second in the men’s high jump, the Arkansas State University junior getting over the bar at 2.05m. Middle Tennessee State University sprinter, Kendall Bacchus was 17th overall in the men’s 100m in 10.84 seconds and 23rd in the 200m in 21.81.
At the Atlantic Sun Championships, in Florida, Jacksonville University senior, Akeela Bravo earned silver in the women’s shot put with a 12.98m throw. She was fourth in the hammer throw (49.68m), but fouled out of the discus competition.
In Ohio, Alena Brooks was fourth in the Big 10 Championship women’s 800m final in 2:09.70. The University of Minnesota student had clocked 2:08.31 in the qualifying round. University of Iowa’s Carisa Leacock finished seventh in the women’s triple jump with a wind-aided 12.19m effort, and 14th in the long jump (5.57m).
Samantha Shukla got home in 4:32.71 to finish fourth in the women’s 1,500m event, at the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC) Championships, in Iowa. The Wichita State University student was 11th in the 5,000m (17:39.03) and 12th in the 800m (2:16.21). Wichita State sprinter, Aaron Leung Woo-Gabriel finished 16th overall in the men’s 200m in a windy 22.59 seconds and 17th in the 100m in 11.10.
At the Incarnate Word Last Chance meet, in Texas, Ade Alleyne-Forte was fourth in the men’s 400m in 47.27 seconds.
Coppin State University freshman, Deandra Daniel cleared the bar at 1.71m to finish ninth in the women’s high jump, at the ECAC & IC4A Championships, in New Jersey. Temple University sophomore, Kiersten LaRoche was 10th in the women’s long jump with a 5.68m leap. Haysean Cowie-Clarke finished 11th overall in the men’s 100m, the Coppin State freshman getting to the line in 10.81 seconds. And Delaware State University’s Kevaughn Laviea was 32nd in the men’s 400m hurdles in 1:01.62.
At the Pac-12 Championships, in California, Shawna Fermin clocked 53.36 seconds to book a lane in the women’s 400m final. However, the Washington State University student did not face the starter in the championship race.
And at the Conference USA Championships, in Texas, University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) senior, Kyron Joseph was 13th overall in the men’s 200m in 22.09 seconds.
