Deon Lendore and Mikel Thomas are T&T's highest ranked athletes in the latest IAAF World Outdoor rankings. Both are at number four in their events. Lendore jumped into the top five in the men’s 400m following his 45.56 seconds clocking at the UM Hurricane Alumni Invite in Florida, USA on Saturday. The Queen’s Royal College graduate dipped under the Olympic B standard of 45.90 sec. Lendore also improved his personal best of 46.20 seconds and his previous ranking of 23rd. Jarrin Solomon is at 22nd after he sped to victory at the Don Kirby Classic in 45.92 seconds on April 7. Thomas remains at 4th in the men’s 110m hurdles standings with his Olympic qualifying time of 13.48 sec.

Keston Bledman and Janeil Bellille are the next highest rated local athletes at fifth. Bledman blazed into to the top ten of the men’s 100 performance list with his Olympic qualifying time of 10.12 sec (a standard—10.18) in finishing second at the UM Hurricane Alumni Meet on Saturday. Bellille is fifth quickest in the world in the women’s 400m hurdles with her 55.91 victorious run at the Texas Relays on March 31. At the last rankings the 2008  double Carifta champion was fourth. Emmanuel Mayers also dropped one place in the men’s one-lap hurdles list to 12th with 50.32 run on April 6. Nineteen-year-old Keshorn Walcott is at 19th in the men’s javelin rankings following his 77.59 gold medal performance in taking his third straight boys under 20 Javelin title at this year’s Carifta Games in Bermuda on April 9. Walcott’s effort is a new national and CAC Junior record.

T&T IAAF World outdoor rankings
Men
100
1 Yohan Blake Jam 9.90 +1.6 UTECH Classic Kingston, Jamaica  
5 Keston Bledman 10.12 +0.1 UM Hurricane Alumni Florida,  
16 Emmanuel Callander 0.0 Falcons Games, POS, Trinidad

200
1 Wallace Spearmon USA 19.95 +1.8 Texas, USA
45 Moriba Morain 20.85 0.0 Falcons Games

400
1 Manteo Mitchell USA 45.25 Alabama, USA  
4 Deon Lendore 45.56 UM Hurricane Alumni Florida, USA
22 Jarrin Solomon 45.92 Don Kirby, New Mexico, USA

110mH
1 David Oliver USA 13.30 -3.2 Florida, USA
4 Mikel Thomas 13.48  +1.9 Texas Relays  Texas, USA
31 Jehue Gordon 13.81 nwi Falcon Games POS, Trinidad

400mH
1 Bershawn Jackson 48.49, Florida, USA
12 Emmanuel Mayers 50.32 Louisiana, USA

Javelin
1 Sergey Marakov 83.39 Adler Russia
19 Keshorn Walcott 77.59 Carifta Games Devonshire Bermuda  
Women
100
1 Octavious Freeman USA 11.10 +1.2 Florida, USA
25 Semoy Hackett 11.39 -1.5 Tiger Classic Louisiana, USA  

400mH
1 T'ierra Browne USA 54.88 Florida, USA
5 Janeil Bellille 55.91 Texas Relays Texas, USA
21 Sparkle MC Knight 57.42 Texas Relays Texas, USA

Shot Put
1 Valarie Adams New Zealand 20.67 Sydney Australia   
26 Annie Alexander 17.20 Double Dual Meet California, USA.

-Clayton Clarke

Source: www.guardian.co.tt