media_artricles :: 2015

Bronze for Waithe, gold for McKnight

Steve Waithe bagged bronze for Pennsylvania State University at the Big Ten Indoor Track and Field Championships, in Ohio, USA, yesterday.

The Trinidad and Tobago athlete disturbed the sand at 15.85 metres to secure third spot in the men’s triple jump. In the long jump, Waithe was 15th with a 7.00m leap.

T&T’s Sparkle McKnight just missed out on a berth in the women’s 400m finals, at the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships, in Kentucky, USA.

In Friday’s preliminary round, the University of Arkansas senior topped heat 11 in 53.77 seconds. However, the clocking was the ninth fastest in the event, and only the top eight advanced to the finals. McKnight’s clocking was a mere two-hundredths of a second slower than the 53.75 run that earned her Arkansas teammate, American Daina Harper the eighth and final spot.

There was some consolation for McKnight on the second and final day of the meet, yesterday. She ran the second leg for Arkansas in the women’s 4x400m relay, helping her team earn gold in three minutes, 30.79 seconds.

In the men’s 400m, Texas A&M University senior, Carlyle Roudette got home in 48.28 seconds to finish second in heat one and 23rd overall. Another T&T/Texas A&M athlete, defending champion Deon Lendore was a non-finisher in the same heat.

At the Conference USA Championships, in Alabama, Peli Alzola finished 10th overall in the women’s 60m dash in 7.60 seconds. In the 200m, the Western Kentucky University sophomore was 18th in 24.81.

At the Big 12 Championships, in Iowa, Dannielle Davis was 11th in the women’s long jump with a 5.63m leap. The Baylor University senior also competed in the 60m hurdles, finishing 15th overall in 8.75 seconds.

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