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Baptiste claims gold; bronze for Ahye

RETURNING NATIONAL sprint ace, Kelly-Ann Baptiste backed up her golden women’s 60 metres showing at the LSU High Performance Meet last week when she sped to victory in the same event at the LSU Twilight Meet in Louisiana, United States, on Friday.

Baptiste crossed the finish line in 7.19 seconds, finishing ahead of LSU’s Mikiah Brisco (7.30) and Jada Martin (7.40). The embattled sprinter also improved on her 7.20 clocking set in the preliminary round.

Meanwhile, Trinidad and Tobago’s speedster Michelle Lee Ahye produced another highly commendable showing at the Sainsbury Indoor Grand Prix in Birmingham, England, yesterday, when she bagged bronze in the women’s 60m event.

Ahye crossed the line in 7.17 seconds, trailing the fastest woman for 2015 thus far Murielle Ahoure of Ivory Coast, who captured gold in 7.10. Claiming the runner-up position was American Tianna Barloletta, who clocked 7.15.

In the preliminary round, Ahye was first to finish in her heat. Here, she clocked 7.18, the fourth fastest overall, as Ahoure recorded the fastest time of 7.13. Ahye’s third place clocking was 0.06 seconds short of her season’s best of 7.11 set in her runner up finish to Ahoure at the Milrose Games in New York on February 14. Additionally, Renny Quow got his 2015 season off on a winning note taking the men’s 600 yards event in one minute 8.81 seconds at the Texas Tech Red Raider Open, Lubbock, Texas, United States on Friday. Olympic, World Relay and Commonwealth bronze medallist Jarrin Solomon missed out on a top three finish in the men’s 400m taking fourth spot in 47.04. Solomon was looking for his second win for the season after his triumph at the Don Kirby Open in Albuquerque, New Mexico one week earlier but had to settle for a season’s best improving on the 47.06 clocking in New Mexico. Mikel Thomas established a new personal best of 7.70 in taking sixth spot in the ;s 60m hurdles finals. The national 110m hurdles record holder also improved on his previous best of 7.72 set in his second place at the New Mexico Classic on February 7.

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