Quincy Wilson put Trinidad and Tobago on the medal table, on the opening day of the North America, Central America and Caribbean (NACAC) Under-23 Track and Field Championships, in Irapuato, Mexico, late on Friday.
Wilson landed the discus 57.98 metres to capture bronze.
Just two throwers in the 11-man field were better than Wilson on the day—Jamaica's Traves Smikle, the gold medallist at 62.11m, and American Mason Finley (59.00m).
Hilenn James finished just outside the medals in the women's shot put. The T&T thrower copped fourth spot with a 15.88m effort.
Americans Brittany Smith (17.03m) and Alyssa Hasslen (16.86m) earned gold and silver, respectively, while bronze was bagged by Canada's Taryn Suttie (16.22m).
T&T's Jamol James copped fifth spot in the men's 100 metres final. He got to the line in 10.26 seconds.
Jason Rogers struck gold for St Kitts and Nevis in an impressive 10.06. The other podium positions were claimed by Americans Keenan Brock (10.15) and Charles Silmon (10.17).
In the qualifying round, James topped heat three in 10.20 seconds to advance to the final second fastest. Another T&T sprinter, Shermund Allsop was fourth in heat two and 13th overall in 10.53, and did not secure a championship race lane.
T&T quarter-milers, Sparkle McKnight and Shawna Fermin were on show late yesterday in the women's 400m championship race.
In Friday's preliminaries, McKnight clocked 53.78 seconds to finish second in heat one, earning an automatic berth in the final, while Fermin was fourth in heat two in 54.45, progressing as a "fastest loser".
-Kwame Laurence
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