Cleopatra Borel of Trinidad and Tobago wins national Championships (© Trinidad Express)
Cleopatra Borel was dominant in the women's Shot Put, on day two of the Sagicor Trinidad and Tobago Championships, yesterday.
The 2003 CAC (Central American and Caribbean) Senior Championship silver medallist threw the iron ball 18.38 metres to earn top honours, ahead of Candice Scott (16.49m) and Annie Alexander (14.65m).
Afterwards, Borel said she was satisfied with her performance.
"I'm happy I can get to 18 metres on a fairly consistent basis."
Teenager Marcus Duncan whipped the men, yesterday. The 17-year-old sprinter clocked 20.91 seconds to claim top honours in the 200 metres final, finishing ahead of Julieon Raeburn (21.06) and 2003 champion Jacey Harper (21.13).
Cayman Islands sprinter Cydonie Mothersill, the women's 100m silver medallist, claimed gold in the 200m in 22.92 seconds. Wanda Hutson seized silver in 23.65, while Daniella Vega (24.02) bagged bronze.
Fana Ashby, who beat Mothersill to the line in Saturday's 100m dash, did not face the starter in the 200m. Ashby, though, was still very much in the news. Her 11.03 clocking in the 100m championship race will not be recognised as the new national record. Instead, the 11.12 run she produced in the semi-final round will remain as the Trinidad and Tobago standard.
Track referee Nadine Hamid explained, yesterday, that the -2.2 metres per second wind reading on the official results was, in fact, an error.
"A technical problem with the communications equipment led to the incorrect reading. The wind reading was actually +2.2," just above the allowable limit of 2.0 metres per second.
As a result, the 11.20 run produced by bronze medallist Ayanna Hutchinson will not earn her qualification for the Olympics.
Texas-born LeJuan Simon was handicapped by a heel injury, and had to settle for second spot in the men's Triple Jump, with a wind-assisted 13.58m effort.
With Ato Boldon, Darrel Brown and Marc Burns injured, no T&T team was fielded in the men's 4x100m relay. Fortunately, all three are expected to be fit enough to fulfill their pre-Olympic commitments, in Europe. In the absence of a T&T team, Simplex won the men's sprint relay, in 41.89 seconds.
A T&T quartet, Keenan Gibson, Ashby, Kimberly Walker and Hutchinson, clocked 44.07 seconds to triumph in the women's 4x100m. A T&T junior team, Jurlene Francis, Hutson, Monique Cabral and Kelly-Ann Baptiste, finished second in 44.44, a new national junior record.
Day Two Results
Men's 200m (wind: +1.8 metres per second)
1 Marcus Duncan (Silver Bullet) 20.91 seconds
2 Julieon Raeburn (Phoenix) 21.06
3 Jacey Harper (Rebirth) 21.13
Women's 200m (wind: -0.8 m/s)
1 Cydonie Mothersill (Cayman Islands) 22.92
2 Wanda Hutson (Memphis) 23.65
3 Daniella Vega (Simplex) 24.02
Men's 800m
1 Sherridan Kirk (Zenith) 1:50.75
2 Simeon Bovell (Simplex) 1:50.76
3 Ezra Richards (Eagles) 1:51.14
Women's 800m
1 Melissa DeLeon (Phoenix) 2:03.93
2 Aisha Hume (Petrotrin) 2:11.87
3 Denelle DeVerteuil (Phoenix) 2:13.90
Women's 3000m
1 Pilar McShine (Success & Excellence) 11:07.76
2 Samantha Shukla (Success & Excellence) 11:19.83
3 Paula Jones (Memphis) 11:41.58
Men's 5000m
1 Richard Jones (Unattached) 15:40.81
2 Denzil Ramirez (Defence Force) 15:41.41
3 Curtis Cox 15:55.66
Men's 400m hurdles
1 Sancheze Ross (Eagles) 52.06
2 Steve Gittens (Memphis) 53.03
3 Kwesi Toney (Zenith) 53.94
Women's 400m hurdles
1 Patrina Allen (Jamaica) 56.57
2 Josanne Lucas (Tobago Falcons) 59.42
3 Crystal Skeete (Zenith) 1:03.21
Women's high jump
1 Marissa Uzoary (United States) 1.78 metres
2 Rhonda Watkins (Bishop Anstey) 1.70m
3 Natoya Baird (Zenith) 1.60m
3 Caleigh Bacchus (Bishop Anstey) 1.60m
Men's pole vault
1 Peter Springer (Palo Seco) 2.70m
Men's triple jump
1 Mikel Courtney (Toco) 13.83m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
2 LeJuan Simon (Memphis) 13.58m (wind: +2.1 m/s)
3 Ishmael O'Garro (Unattached) 13.11m (wind: +2.4 m/s)
Women's triple jump
1 Sheron Mark (QRC) 12.01m (wind: -1.5 m/s)
2 Tricia McLetchie (Unattached) 10.25m (wind: 0.0 m/s)
Women's shot put
1 Cleopatra Borel (Eagles) 18.38m
2 Candice Scott (George Clarke Striders) 16.49m
3 Annie Alexander (Burnley) 14.65m
Men's discus
1 Basil Andrews (Palo Seco) 38.62m
2 Patrick Russell (Unattached) 37.85m
3 Wade Franklyn (Zenith) 36.16m
Women's discus
1 Annie Alexander (Burnley) 36.42m
2 Jodie Sutherland (Burnley) 31.71m
3 Loktoya McShine (Success & Excellence) 31.15m
Men's 4x100m
1 Simplex 41.89
2 Concorde 42.01
3 Silver Bullet 42.47
Women's 4x100m
1 Trinidad & Tobago (Keenan Gibson, Fana Ashby, Kimberly Walker, Ayanna Hutchinson) 44.07
2 Trinidad & Tobago juniors (Jurlene Francis, Wanda Hutson, Monique Cabral, Kelly-Ann Baptiste)44.44 National Junior Record
Men's 4x400m
1 Trinidad & Tobago (Damion Barry, Simon Pierre, Sherridan Kirk, Ato Modibo) 3:05.49
2 Trinidad & Tobago juniors (Damon Douglas, Jamil James, Deverne Charles, Renny Quow) 3:12.02
3 Zenith 3:21.40
Women's 4x400m
1 Trinidad & Tobago (Josanne Lucas, Melissa DeLeon, Abigail David, Nickeisha Charles) 3:32.80
2 Trinidad & Tobago (Shade St Louis, Denelle DeVerteuil, Crystal Skeete, Britney St Louis) 3:43.33
For Day one results click here
Kwame Laurence (Trinidad Express) for the IAAF
