...Relay teams in top ten

Kelly-Ann Baptiste and Jehue Gordon are this country’s highest ranked athletes according to the latest IAAF World Outdoor Track and Field rankings. Baptiste is at number two in the women’s 100m performance listing following her 10.86 season opener at the Jamaican Invitational on May 5. The 2011 World Championships bronze medallist is behind World champion, Carmelita Jeter (10.81), who got the better of her at the Jamaica Invitational. Baptiste also clocked 10.98 last week to take her sixth national title at the NAAA Sagicor/NGC Open Track and Field Championships at the Hasely Crawford Stadium. The 25-year-old sprinter is among six local sprinters to be ranked in the event. Semoy Hackett (11.10-19th), Michelle Lee Ahye (11.19-33rd), Kai Selvon (11.21-41st) and Reyare Thomas (11.30-68th) are next with personal best clockings.

Veteran Ayanna Hutchinson is 148th with her 11.43 clocking. National men’s 100m gold medallist, Keston Bledman, lies at fifth in the men’s dash with his 9.86 personal best run last Saturday. Bledman, a member of this country’s 2008 Olympic and 2009 World Championships silver medal sprint relay team, is behind World record holder, Usain Bolt of Jamaica (9.76), reigning World Indoor 60m champion Justin Gatlin of the USA (9.80), current World 100m winner, Yohan Blake of Jamaica (9.84), and former record holder Asafa Powell of Jamaica (9.85). National record holder Richard Thompson (9.96) is tenth.  The current Olympic runner-up is ahead eight other local sprinters on the rankings: Rondell Sorillo (10.03-19th), Marc Burns (10.06-32nd), Emmanuel Callender (10.07-33rd), Jamol James (10.17-59th), Aaron Armstrong (10.22-96th), Darrel Brown (10.25-119th) and Shermund Allsop (10.29-160th). World Junior champion, Jehue Gordon, is fifth in the men’s 400m hurdles after his 48.78 run in taking second place at the Diamond league Oslo leg on June 7.

Hackett is also at number 13 in the women’s 200m listing following her national record run of 22.55 at the NCAA Regionals in Florida on May 26. National 200m champion Selvon is at 53rd after she sped to 22.96 in taking her second straight national crown. In the women’s shot put, Cleopatra Borel is at number 20 with her 18.69 season’s opening performance at the Jamaica Invitational. The men’s 4X100m team is at number five on the 2012 Olympic qualifying list following its 37.91 clocking at the heats of the 2011 World Championships and its 38.89 silver medal run at the 2011 CAC Senior Championships in Mayaguez, Puerto Rico. The local contingent is behind World champions and record holder Jamaica, USA, France and Great Britain. The men’s 4X400m and women’s 4X100m squads are at number 10. The men’s mile relay outfit moved up from 13th following its national record run of 3:00.45 at the National Championships on Sunday while the women’s sprint team also sped to a national record of 43.21 in Bahamas on June 16.  The top sixteen teams will qualify to compete at the London Olympics.

Rankings

Local athletes on the latest 2012 IAAF World Rankings (as at June 27)


WOMEN 100m
Rank Mark Wind Name
2 10.86 Kelly Ann Baptiste
19 11.10 +1.9 Semoy Hackett
33 11.19 +1.5 Michelle Lee-Ahye
41 11.21 +1.8 Kai Selvon
68 11.30 +0.4 Reyare Thomas
148 11.43 +1.1 Ayanna Hutchinson

200m
13 22.55 +0.2 Semoy Hackett
53 22.96 -1.9 Kai Selvon
83 23.13 +0.8 Michelle Lee-Ahye
126 23.29 +1.9 Sparkle McKnight
142 23.36 -1.9 Reyare Thomas


400m
116 52.44 Sparkle McKnight
133 52.66 Shawna Fermin


100m Hurdles
73 13.07 +1.0 Josanne Lucas
91 13.15 +2.0 Aleesha Barber


400m Hurdles
38 55.91 Janiel Bellille
39 5.92 Josanne Lucas
112 57.42 Sparkle McKnight


Triple Jump
38 14.14 +1.9 Ayanna Alexander


Shot Put
20 18.69 Cleopatra Borel
54 17.36 Annie Alexander
94 16.54 Hilenn James


Discus
96 56.78 Annie Alexander
108 55.92 Hilenn James


MEN 100m
5 9.86 +1.4 Keston Bledman
10 9.96 +1.4 Richard Thompson
19 10.03 +1.4 Rondel Sorillo
32 10.06 +1.4 Marc Burns
33 10.07 +1.5 Emmanuel Callender
59 10.17 +1.4 Jamol James
87 10.21 -0.2 Aaron Armstrong
96 10.22 +1.7 Moriba Morain
119 10.25 -0.2 Darrel Brown
160 10.29 +0.2 Shermund Allsop


200m
31 20.42 +0.1 Rondel Sorillo
134 20.70 +1.9 Lalonde Gordon
154 20.74 +0.7 Emmanuel Callender
176 20.77 +0.6 Moriba Morain
196 20.80 +1.8 Richard Thompson
211 20.82 +0.6 Jereem Richards


400m
22 45.13 Deon Lendore
33 45.33 Lalonde Gordon
47 45.48 Renny Quow
97 45.88 Jarrin Solomon
129 46.02 Machel Cedenio
147 46.13 Ade Alleyne-Forte


800m
107 1:46.88 Jamaal James


110m Hurdles
27 13.37 +1.8 Wayne Davis 11
45 13.48 +1.9 Mikel Thomas
95 13.67 +1.3 Durrell Busby
149 13.81 nwi Jehue Gordon


400m Hurdles
5 48.78 Jehue Gordon
96 50.32 Emanuel Mayers


Long Jump
81 7.91 +1.9 Kyron Blaise


Triple Jump
80 16.49 +0.8 Kyron Blaise


Discus
148 58.27 Quincy Wilson


Javelin
49 80.11 Keshorn Walcott

-Clayton Clarke

Source: www.guardian.co.tt