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Top athletes honoured tonight at SOSA Awards

World 400m hurdles champion Jehue Gordon, and swimmers Shanntol Ince and Dylan Carter have all been nominated for five Spirit of Sport Awards (SOSA) tonight at Queen’s Hall from 6 pm.

Twenty awards will be distributed, as the Ministry of Sport and the Sports Company of T&T (Sportt) honour the country’s top athletes and administrators of 2013. Jehue became a household name in T&T when he won 400m hurdles gold at the World Athletics Championships in Russia, back in August. Jehue clocked 47.69 seconds, edging American Michael Tinsley (47.70) in a photo finish.

Also in August, Carter swam his way to a silver medal in the 50m butterfly event at the FINA Junior World Swimming Championships in Dubai. Carter’s efforts have already been recognised, as he won the Junior Male Athlete of the Year award at the SOSA Nomination ceremony on December 17. In October, Ince made a name for herself at the third Youth Para Pan American Games in Argentina, copping four gold medals. She won the 400m freestyle, 100m backstroke, 100m butterfly and the 100m freestyle. Ince won the Best Athlete with a Disability (physical) award at last year’s SOSA Awards. Also nominated for multiple awards are George Bovell (swimming), Njisane Phillip (cycling), Marisa Dick (gymnastics) and Sunil Narine (cricket).

SOSA CATEGORIES
MANAGER OF THE YEAR
Kirth Davis - Hockey
Anthony Ramjit - Cricket
Dexter Voisin - Athletics

CONSISTENT PERFORMER
George Bovell - Swimming
Christina Ferreira - Golf
Jehue Gordon - Athletics
Sunil Narine - Cricket
Arun Roopnarine - Table Tennis

COMEBACK PERFORMANCE
Emile Abraham - Cycling
Stacy Ann King - Cricket
Romona Modeste - Athletics

TEAM
Senior Men, Cricket
Senior Men, Hockey
Senior Men, Rugby Sevens

COACH
Glenn Francis - Hockey
Stephen Hart - Football
Franz Huggins - Swimming
Dr Ian Hypolite - Athletics
Anil Roberts - Swimming

ATHLETE WITH A DISABILITY (PHYSICAL)
Shanntol Ince - Swimming
Ronald Carlos Greene - Athletics
Wimana Akeem Stewart - Athletics

COMMUNITY SPORT PROGRAMME
Deaf Sports Organisation of Trinidad and Tobago
KFC/Comets Youth Development Programme
San Fernando Future Football Stars

COMMUNITY CHAMPION
Andy Allan
Preston Nanan
Kwanieze John

PARENT
Mr & Mrs Ince
Mr & Mrs Kallicharan
Sean Olton

BREAKTHROUGH ATHLETE
Dylan Carter - Swimming
Marisa Dick - Gymnastics
Jehue Gordon
Shanntol Ince
Njisane Phillip - Cycling

RECORD-BREAKING PERFORMANCE
Dylan Carter
Njisane Phillip
Jehue Gordon

EMERGING ATHLETE
Dylan Carter
Marisa Dick
Shanntol Ince
Nicholas Pooran - Cricket
Justin Roberts - Cycling

MALE ATHLETE
George Bovell
Dylan Carter
Jehue Gordon
Sunil Narine
Njisane Phillip

FEMALE ATHLETE
Kirbyina Alexander - Cricket
Cleopatra Borel - Athletics
Marisa Dick
Aleena Edwards - Table Tennis
Shanntol Ince

SPORT PERFORMANCE
George Bovell
Dylan Carter
Shanntol Ince
Jehue Gordon
Njisane Phillip

TECHNICAL TEAM MEMBER
Verne Alleyne
Gerald Garcia
Wayne Samuel
Ian Sharpe

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