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Baptiste leads the way

Veteran Mark-Baird among record-breakers

Seven meet records were established on the weekend, at the NGC-Sagicor National Association of Athletics Administrations (NAAA) Open Track and Field Championships.

Kelly-Ann Baptiste led the way with a 10.84 seconds golden run in Saturday’s women’s 100 metres final. The clocking also equalled her own Trinidad and Tobago record.

Also on Saturday, Renny Quow clocked 44.90 seconds to establish a new Championship record in the men’s 400m, and Guadeloupe’s Christelle Laurent returned a time of 19 minutes, 00.61 seconds in the women’s 5,000m.

On Friday, Emmanuel Stewart produced a 52.49 metres effort to set a new Championship record in the men’s hammer throw, and Kenyan Kenneth Rotich topped the men’s 10,000m field in 30:48.25.

On Sunday, Olympic champion Keshorn Walcott landed the spear 84.84 metres to win the men’s javelin and break his own Championship record.

The other record-breaker at the three-day meet was Marsha Mark-Baird.

On Saturday and Sunday, the 41-year-old athlete accumulated 4,793 points to strike gold in the women’s heptathlon, erasing Natoya Baird’s 4,679-point Championship record from the books in the process.

Baptiste, Quow, Stewart, Walcott and Mark-Baird are all expected to represent T&T at the July 10-26 Pan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

Baptiste, Quow and Walcott achieved qualifying standards on the weekend, while Stewart and Mark-Baird qualified earlier in the season.

On March 21, in North Carolina, USA, Stewart threw 53.41m to better the 53.00m men’s discus standard.

And on May 13 and 14, in Utah, USA, Mark-Baird totalled 5,105 points in the women’s heptathlon, more than 200 points better than the 4,900 Pan Am standard in the seven-discipline event.

SUNDAY'S FINALS

Men's 200m (wind: +1.7)

• 1 Kyle Greaux (Abilene) 20.42
• 2 Rondel Sorrillo (La Brea) 20.50
• 3 Dan-Neil Telesford (Neon Trackers) 20.53

Women's 200m (wind: +2.2)

• 1 Reyare Thomas (Abilene) 22.97
• 2 Kamaria Durant (Simplex) 23.15
• 3 Magnolia Howell (unattached) 23.64

Men's 200m “B” race (wind: +1.9)

• 1 Tristan Walker (Jamaica) 20.60
• 2 Winston George (Guyana) 20.68
• 3 Kevin Haynes (Defence Force) 21.14

Women's 200m “B” race (wind: +1.8)

• 1 Karene King (British Virgin Islands) 23.26
• 2 Ashley Kelly (British Virgin Islands) 23.36
• 3 Ngozi Onwumere (Nigeria) 23.78

Men's 800m

• 1 Jamaal James (Rebirth) 1:49.36
• 2 Nicholas Landeau (Rebirth) 1:49.41
• 3 Kendis Bullard (Defence Force) 1:51.01

Women's 800m

• 1 Alena Brooks (Memphis) 2:06.71
• 2 Myah Hicks (Memphis) 2:07.66
• 3 Dawnel Collymore (Memphis) 2:10.76

Men's 5000m

• 1 Kenneth Rotich (Kenya) 15:04:66
• 2 Jules La Rode (Penal) 16:17:15
• 3 Iley Bruce (Dovers) 16:26:73

Men's 400m hurdles

• 1 Jehue Gordon (Memphis) 50.06
• 2 Emmanuel Mayers (Rebirth) 50.24
• 3 Ruebin Walters (Memphis) 51.82

Women's 400m hurdles

• 1 Josanne Lucas (Falcons) 56.76 (56.757)
• 2 Sparkle McKnight (Memphis) 56.76 (56.759)

Men's high jump

• 1 Brendan Williams (Dominica) 2.10m
• 2 Omari Benoit (Falcons) 1.90m
• 3 Rodney Liverpool (Defence Force) 1.90m

Men's pole vault

• 1 Ian West (Point Fortin New Jets) 3.00m
• 2 Anderson Subero (Sangre Grande Secondary) 2.60m

Women's long jump

• 1 Chantel Malone (British Virgin Islands) 6.51m (wind: +2.4)
• 2 Josanne Joseph (Concorde) 5.76m (wind: +3.3)
• 3 Dannielle Davis (unattached) 5.64m (wind: +2.1)

Men's triple jump

• 1 Elton Walcott (UTT) 16.40m (wind: +3.9)
• 2 Kyron Blaise (Rebirth) 16.23m (wind: +3.0)
• 3 Steve Waithe (Memphis) 16.04m (wind: +2.5)

Women's shot put

• 1 Cleopatra Borel (Rebirth) 18.46m
• 2 Chelsea James (Falcons) 14.54m
• 3 Jaleesa Williams (D'Abadie Progressive) 14.48m

Men's discus

• 1 Quincy Wilson (Rebirth) 57.78m
• 2 Emmanuel Stewart (Zenith) 51.80m
• 3 Keon Francis (UWI) 46.47m

Men's javelin

• 1 Keshorn Walcott (Rebirth) 84.84m CR
• 2 Shaquille Waithe (Rebirth) 77.30m
• 3 Anderson Peters (Grenada) 74.20m

Men's decathlon

• 1 Victor Isaac (Toco TAFAC) 5,872 points
• 2 Shevon Smith (Sangre Grande Secondary) 4,014
• 3 Brad Robert (Sangre Grande Secondary) 3,875

Women's heptathlon

• 1 Marsha Mark-Baird (Palo Seco) 4,793 points CR
• 2 Kechelle Douglas (UTT) 4,590
• 3 Aeisha McDavid (unattached) 4,569

Men's 4x100m

• 1 Abilene 40.75
• 2 Alpha Athletic 41.02
• 3 Defence Force 41.91

Men's 4x400m

• 1 Memphis Pioneers 3:13.72
• 2 Defence Force 3:14.29
• 3 Dovers 3:22.78

Men's 100m Masters (wind: +1.8)

• 1 Norton St Louis (Defence Force) 10.98
• 2 Martin Prime (ZC) 11.85
• 3 Lester Herbert (ZC) 12.04

Women's 100m Masters (wind: +1.9)

• 1 Ayanna Hutchinson (Concorde) 11.96
• 2 Alisha Fortune (Guyana) 12.20
• 3 Joan Hospedales (T&T Masters) 13.90

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