media_artricles :: 2015

Waithe earn gold at President’s Classic

BUDDING NATIONAL javelin prospect, Shakiel Waithe, continued his dominance on the local field athletics circuit when he propelled the spear to a golden mark of 71.01 metres at the National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) President’s Classic which launched off at the Hasely Crawford Stadium, Mucurapo on Saturday.

The 20-year old Rebirth representative threw 69.57m on his first attempt and then followed up with his golden throw of 71.07m on the second. He however, fouled out his remaining four throws. On Waithe’s second attempt, as the spear pierced the northern air, spectators were wowed by the youngster’s impressive distance, with some drawing comparison and optimistic hopes to reigning Olympic gold medallist Keshorn Walcott.

Receiving silver in this event at the one-day meet was UTT Fast Track’s Andwele Korede (56.32m) while Warriors’ Precious George recorded a distance of 51.88m respectively.

In other events, 2008 Olympic 4x100m silver medallist Emmanuel Callender (Memphis Pioneers), sprinted to gold in 10.23 seconds of the Men’s 100m Open. He outlasted eventual silver medallist Josh Hamilton (UTT Fast Track) 10.52 and third placed Courtney Bascombe (Memphis Pioneers) 10.65.

The women’s equivalent also saw Simplex’s Kamaria Durant claim top honours with her impressive 11.61 clocking. Concorde’s Lisa Wickham (11.71) and Mauricia Prieto (11.91) picked up silver and bronze respectively.

The night’s feature races — men’s and women’s 4x400m — were also well contested with Memphis Pioneers (3:13.37) successfully holding off Abilene Wildcats (3:16.01) and TT Defence Force respectively in the former and UTT Fast Track (3:51.43) powering to victory ahead of runners-up Abilene Wildcats (3:55.49) and third placed Point Fortin New Jets (3:56.90).

Selected Results -

Men Triple Jump Open - 1.Seon Stafford (TT Defence Force) 15.84m; 2.Elton Walcott (UTT Fast Track) 15.82m; 3.Terrel Paul (Toco Titans) 13.76m; 4.Troy Richards (Toco Titans) 13.55m.

Men High Jump Open - 1.Rodney Liverpool (TT Defence Force) 1.96m; 2.David Thomas (Jaguars) 1.93m; 3.Omari Benoit (Falcons) 1.90m; 4.Victor Isaac (Toco Tafac) 1.80m; 5.Troy Richards (Toco Titans) 1.80m.

Women 4x100m Relay - 1.Simplex (46.46); 2.Concorde (47.59); 3.UTT Fast Track (47.70).

Men 4x100m Relay - 1.UTT Fast Track (41.86); 2.Abilene Wildcats (42.22); 3.Point Fortin New Jets (43.42).

Women 400m - 1.Romona Modeste (Abilene) 55.57; 2.Renee Stoddard (Speed Factory) 56.48; 3.Danielle David (PFNJ) 57.23.

Men 400m - 1.Kevin Haynes (TT Defence Force) 48.30; 2.Anika Prince (TT Defence Force) 48.37; 3.Tacuma Sterling (Alpha Athletic) 48.74.

Boys Under-20 100m - 1.Francis Louis (Toco Tafac) 10.70; 2.Gervais Ford (Abilene) 10.96; 3.Joash Huggins (Dovers) 10.97.

Girls Under-18 100m - 1.Ayla Stanisclaus (Zenith) 12.08; 2.Jendayi Noel (Speed Factory) 12.16; 3.Skikyla Walcott (Simplex) 12.29.

Boys Under-18 100m - 1.Akanni Hislop (Zenith) 21.28; 2.Jerod Elcock (Abilene) 22.22; 3.Jalen Purcell (Simplex) 22.56.

Boys Under-16 100m - 1.Timothy Frederick (PFNJ) 11.27; 2.Che Lara (Abilene) 11.31; 3.Dominic Cole (Abilene) 11.65.

Girls Under-16 100m - 1.Melissa Boxhill (Cougars) 12.86; 2.Mykael-Ann Julien (PFNJ) 12.87; 3.Aleisha Smith (Abilene) 13.11.

Girls Under-18 400m - 1.Anika Wolfe (PAP) 56.52; 2.Aaliyah Mitchell (Abilene) 58.19; 3.Schrese Trim (Zenith) 59.28.

Boys Under-18 400m - 1.Judah Taylor 49.37 (Abilene); 2.Kareem Le Gendre 49.90 (Simplex); 3.Keivonne Alexander 50.17 (Abilene).

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