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Mc Kay, Williams share golden spotlight

Shakeem Mc Kay and Destiny Williams closed out day one as the top athletes of the National Gas Company (NGC) National Association Athletic Administrations (NAAA) Juvenile Games that took over the Hasely Crawford Stadium in Mucurapo, nabbing three gold medals each, yesterday.

In perfect weather for track and field, Mc Kay of Memphis Pioneers sent the small gathering which included T&T's first Olympic gold medal winner Hasely Crawford, into a frenzy sealing the top spot in the boys Under-14 100 metres final in a record-breaking time of 11.43 seconds. He bettered the previous record of 11.73 achieved by Timothy Frederick in 2014.

Mc Kay beat his club mate Daniel Qui into second in 11.74 and third was Kern Cedeno of Fyzabad Athletic Stars in 11.91, to bring to an end an exciting day of athletics. Earlier, he won the boy's U-14 high jump with a best effort of 1.55 metres and then partnered with Atiya Croal, Arianne Lucio and Qui, to cross first in the mixed U-14 4x100m relay event. The Memphis quartet clocked 48.00 to beat Cougars (48.86) and Abilene Wildcats (52.31) to the line in a race that had two boys and two girls competing in any order of the clubs' choosing.

On the field, there was no doubt as to who was the feature athlete as Williams picked up gold in three events. In the morning session, the Cougars athlete won the Girls U-14 Shot Put event with the best attempt of 8.35m. Later when Williams tackled the discus event, her toss of 18.05m got her the top spot on the podium and then an hour later she sealed gold in the javelin throw with a winning effort of 22.99m.

Lesanne Hodge was also special on the day, taking home two gold medals in the Girls U-10 age-group. The Memphis sprinter won the 60m, clocking 8.93 to finish ahead of Kaziah Phillip (Simplex) in 9.09 and Sianna Bishop (Burnley) in 9.20, respectively.

Hodge then joined with Melania Nanton, Tristan Alexander-Farina and Kelvin Cudjoe to win the U-10 mixed relay in 29.62. Second was Burnley (30.56) and Fyzabad Stars was third in 31.75.

Cougars was the favourite to repeat as winner as they held the record but dropped the baton in the second handover, resulting in them placing 13 in 35.56 in the timed event.

The Cougars team did get to celebrate victory in the U-12 Mixed 4x100m with sprinters Khaliff Danglade, Kyrell Thomas, Janika Jordan and Kianna Llewellyn combining to take the event in 53.65. Memphis and Abilene placed second and third in 53.82 and 55.19, respectively.

T&T's young track and field athletes will be back at it today in the second and final day of action in the meet also sponsored by Blue Waters and blink/bmobile.

Day one NCG/NAAA Juvenile Games Results
100m
Girls U-14
1 Kurlecia Francis (Simplex) - 12.86
2 Shaniqua Bascombe (Cougars) - 12.69
3 Venessa Stephen (Silver Bullets) - 13.10

Boys U-14
1 Shakeem McKay (Memphis) - 11.43
2 Daniel Qui (Memphis) - 11.74
3 Kern Cedeno (Fyzabad Stars) - 11.91

400m
Girls U-14
1 Natasha Fox (PFNJ) - 1:00.40
2 Shaniqua Bascombe (Cougars) - 1:02.52
3 Atiya Croal (Memphis) - 1:02.72

Boys U-14
1 Kern Cedeno (FAS) - 54.79
2 Shane Ashton (Speed Factory) - 56.31
3 Jaabir Taylor (Kaizen Panthers) - 56.83

800m
Girls U-14
1 Shakiah Phillip (Morvant Jets) - 2:41.18
2 Abigail Burton (Cougars) - 2:56.00
3 Adrianna Quamina (DPAC) - 2:56.36

Boys U-14
1 Andre Joseph (Morvant Jets) - 2:32.08
2 Ben Bannister (Mason Hall) - 2:35.50
3 Nathan Aguillera (Cougars) - 2:37.55

1,000m
Girls U-14
1 Karessa Kirton (Cougars) - 3:26.15
2 Faith Deane (Silver Bullets) - 3:27.41
3 Octavia Cambridge (Cougars) - 3:28.77

Boys U-14
1 Jemell Boatswain (Silver Bullets) - 3:12.15
2 Cyril Sumner (Memphis) - 3:12.31
3 Khaylon Antoine (Cougars) - 3:13.10

80m
Girls U-12
1 Janae De Gannes (Zenith) - 10.82
2 Kadija Pickering (Abilene) - 10.86
3 Nakida Peters (Simplex) - 10.88

Boys U-12
1 Tyreese James (Silver Bullets) - 10.28
2 Reyshawn Andrews (Memphis) - 10.35
3 Kyrell Thomas (Cougars) - 10.36

60m
Girls U-10
1 Lesanne Hodge (Memphis) - 8.93
2 Kaziah Phillip (Simplex) - 9.09
3 Sianna Bishop (Burnley) - 9.20

Boys U-10
1 Isaiah Clark (ZC) - 8.45
2 Giovanni Bobb-Semple (Abilene) - 8.48
3 Emmanuel James (Simplex) - 8.60

Hurdles
Girls U-14 60m
1 Shaniqua Bascombe (Cougars) - 10.56
2 Kernile Waldron (Toco Totans) - 10.56
3 Peniel John (Cougars) - 12.05

Boys U-14 80m
1 Brian Morris (Cougars) - 12.99
2 Darius Joseph (Easonians) - 13.54
3 Aaron Antoine (Neon Wolves) - 13.59

Relays
U-10 Mixed 4x50m
1 Memphis (Lesanne Hodge, Melania Nanton, Tristan Alexander-Farina, Kelvin Cudjoe) - 29.62
2 Burnley (Lenika Acres, Khamilla Swan, Sianna Bishop, Tre Vaughn Stewart) - 30.56
3 Fyzabad Stars (Xavier Floyd, Emilio Peters, Odika Simmons, Jenecia Chase) - 31.75

U-12 Mixed 4x100m
1 Cougars (Khaliff Danglade, Kyrell Thomas, Janika Jordan, Kianna Llewellyn) - 53.65
2 Memphis (Ifeoma Mars, Keone John, Janae Murray, Reyshawn Andrews) - 53.82
3 Abilene (Daeshaun Cole, Kadija Pickering, Nzinga Charles, Rekem Riley) - 55.19

U-14 Mixed 4x100m
1 Memphis (Atiya Croal, Shakeem McKay, Arianne Lucio,Daniel Qui) - 48.00
2 Cougars (Renecia Andrews, Jorvan Westfield, Shaniqua Bascombe, Jordan Pope) - 48.86
3 Abilene (Carlissa Harry, Asiel Gonzales, Alison Phillip, Tehir Charles) - 52.31

Long Jump
Girls U-12
1 Naomi Pierce (Memphis) - 3.75
2 Tyler Shears (Matelot Com School) - 3.73
3 Kevah Scott (Zenith) - 3.72

Boys U-12
1 Keone John (Memphis) - 4.55
2 Kyrell Thomas (Cougars) - 4.32
3 Dorian Charles (La Brea) - 4.26

High Jump
Girls U-14
1 Jelese Alexander (Zenith) - 1.42
2 Shaniya Moore (Neon Wolves) - 1.33
3 Arianne Lucio (Memphis) - 1.25

Boys U-14
1 Shakeem McKay (Memphis) - 1.55
2 Aaron Antoine (Neon Wolves) - 1.52
3 Ezekiel Salvary (Toco Tafac) - 1.35

Girls U-14 Shot Put
1 Destiny Williams (Cougars) - 8.35m
2 Trishelle Riley (EFA) - 6.91m
3 Jean-Marie Farinha (EFA) - 6.41m

Javelin Throw
Boys U-14
1 Josiah Bideshi (DPAC) - 41.87
2 Dimitri Francis (Morvant Jets) - 39.68
3 Ryan Bissoon (Caroni Hindu School) - 30.78

Girls U-14
1 Destiny Williams (Cougars) - 22.99
2 Geshawna Francis (PFNJ) - 16.22
3 Peniel John (Cougars) - 14.44

Discus
Girls U-14
1 Destiny Williams (Cougars) - 18.05
2 Trishelle Riley (EFA) - 16.54
3 Malika Coutain ( PFNJ) - 15.48

Ball Throw: Girls U-10
1 Maya Ramkeelawan (Simplex) - 24.12
2 Jenique Mc Laren (Matelot Com School) - 21.06
3 Armani Merry (PFNJ) - 18.92

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