Trinidad and Tobago athletes Marc Burns and Ayanna Alexander were in winners' row in the United States, on the weekend.
At the Clemson Invitational indoor meet, in South Carolina, Burns was a comfortable winner of the men's 60 metres dash, the 2008 Olympic Games sprint relay silver medallist getting to the line in 6.71 seconds. In the preliminary round, he had clocked 6.76.
Burns' best run this season is 6.64 seconds, produced in his fifth-place finish at the Auburn Invitational in Alabama, two weekends ago.
At the Patriot Games, in Virginia, Alexander topped the women's triple jump field with a 13.68 metres effort.
Alexander opened the competition with a 13.34m jump. She improved to 13.50m in the second round, but fouled her third attempt. In round four, however, Alexander produced the 13.68m effort.
The 29-year-old athlete followed up with a 13.62m jump, before passing in the sixth and final round.
The victory was Alexander's third in as many indoor meets this season. In her opener, at the Father Diamond Invitational in Virginia, she jumped 13.36m. And two weekends ago, at the Hokie Invitational, also in Virginia, the 2010 Commonwealth Games silver medallist produced a 13.43m effort.
In Wisconsin, Chris Hercules jumped 7.47m to cop fourth spot in the Tadd Metzger Invitational men's long jump. On December 3, Hercules opened his indoor season with victory in the men's triple jump, at the Early Bird Invite, in Illinois. He jumped 15.37m.
In outdoor action, T&T's Ayanna Hutchinson clocked 24.42 seconds to finish third in section two and ninth overall in the Queen's/Grace Jackson Track Meet women's 200m event, at the National Stadium in Jamaica.
Another T&T sprinter, Emmanuel Callender, was 13th in the men's 400m in 49.03 seconds.
-Kwame Laurence
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