Kershorn Walcott smashed his national junior javelin record yet again throwing 75.77 metres in finishing seventh at the 16th Pan American Games at the Telmax Athletic Stadium in Guadalajara, Mexico on Friday. The reigning 2010/2011 Carifta Boys Under-20 champion opened up with 72.92m to improved on the 72.87m he set on June 25. The 18-year-old then fouled his second throw before unleashing a big 75.77m finish in the top eight. The Toco Secondary student shared that he was happy with getting a personal best. “I am thanking God for today (yesterday) although I placed seventh, I came out with a personal best of  75.77.”  

Walcott has improved the national junior mark no lesser than five times for the season and broke the 24-year-old Carifta record in capturing his second Carifta title in Jamaica in April. The tall thrower will be going for a third Carifta crown in Bermuda next year and will be aiming to medal at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Barcelona, Spain from July 10-15. His older brother Elton captured his third Carifta boys U-20 triple jump gold as well at the Pan American Junior Championships title earlier this year. Keshorn missed the junior event because of visa problems.

T&T’s Ayanna Alexander came away the fifth best among the women in the triple jump event. Her best effort was 13.54m. The winner was Colombian Catherine Ibarguen, who set a new Pan Am record of 14.92m in her final attempt. Yesterday, midfielder Akim Toussaint unleashed five goals to see T&T hockey men whip Barbados, 9-1 and earn the seventh spot. His goals came in the eighth, 20th, 52nd, 67th and 69th minutes. Christopher Scipio netted three for T&T in the 13th, 39th and the 68th. Kwadnwane Browne was the only other player to get his name on the scoresheet with a goal in the 16th minute.

Jemar Small produced the Barbadians lone item in the 45th minute. At the end of the Games, T&T emerged with four medals two silver and two bronze. Cleopatra Borel, got silver in the Women’s Shot Put; and Shooter Roger Daniel earned a silver in the Men’s 10m Air Pistol while Emmanuel Callender won bronze in the Men’s 100m final in 10.16 seconds; and cyclist Phillip, bronze in the Match Sprint event.

Source: www.guardian.co.tt